Demand Planner

DöhlerGroup; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DöhlerGroup in New Jersey is seeking a Demand Planner to increase transparency of medium-term demand, improve forecast accuracy, and ensure customer orders are fulfilled efficiently and cost-effectively.

You will monitor material availability, check production capacities, and coordinate S&OP with sales and other stakeholders while documenting processes in the IT systems and driving continuous optimization.

Qualifications

• Completed commercial apprenticeship and/or degree in Business Administration/Economics.
• 3-5 years of professional experience, ideally in a consulting role for the supply chain and Production environment.
• Excellent knowledge of SAP R/3 and common analysis and evaluation tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for increasing transparency of medium-term demand and improving forecast accuracy.
• Coordinate S&OP calls with relevant stakeholders and review pipeline, orders vs. forecast.
• Check material availability and production capacities against incoming orders and optimize processes.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Business Administration/Economics degree

Tools

SAP R/3

Analysis tools

Job description

The Demand Planner is responsible for increasing the transparency of the medium-term development of demand within Doehler North America and improving forecast accuracy and processing customer orders efficiently and on time taking into account cost-optimized production and customer requirements into account.

Your Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Adhering to the approved budget and introducing suitable measures to counteract potential and actual deviations in consultation with the line manager.
• Continuously standardizing and optimizing processes and organizational structures and initiating corresponding measures.
• Defining, implementing and ensuring an optimum exchange of information within the division and with the interfaces.
• Documenting efficient and effective processes in the company's internal IT systems.
• Implementing and maintaining OEDM standards (e.g. 5S; standardised work).
• Monitoring medium-term changes in demand/trend recognition (raw materials and final products).
• Continuously optimizing of the system environment.
• Checking material and raw material availability and production capacities in accordance with incoming customer orders.
• Conduct S&OP calls with relevant stakeholders.
• Review upcoming pipeline, project launch dates, orders vs forecast an a regular basis with sales.

Travel

Less than 10%

Your Profile

• Completed commercial apprenticeship and/or degree in Business Administration/Economics
• 3-5 years of professional experience, ideally in a consulting role for the supply chain and Production environment
• excellent knowledge of SAP R/3 and common analysis and evaluation tools