Demand Planner AM-N BIBSP

SIG Group; Northlake (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & life insurance

401K retirement matching

Vacation & PSL

Paid Holidays

Performance bonus

Job summary

SIG Group is seeking a Demand Planner AM-N BIB/SP to understand product needs and ensure inventory and capacity to meet demand on time. You will communicate across functions, analyze data, and contribute to sales-driven strategies that improve marketplace execution and service levels.

In this role you will collaborate with the Head of Sales Operations and KAMs, finance, and customers to improve forecast accuracy, develop monthly trend reports, monitor risks, and drive continuous S&OP

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Economics, or a related field preferred
• 1-2 years of experience in Demand Planner or similar field.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce CRM and ERP/MRP systems such as SAP or LN.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets and translate data into actionable business insights.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with Power BI.
• Experience developing forecasts, inventory analyses, dashboards, and business reports.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Head of Sales Operations to identify forecast bottlenecks and improve sales performance.
• Work closely with KAMs, finance, customers and other internal stakeholders to drive improvements in forecast accuracy (FCA); Develop a monthly forecast trend report by KAM (highlighting FCA by customer and top SKUs).
• Track and update monthly forecast risks and opportunities.
• Initiate S&OE continuous improvements.
• Develop a monthly inventory report that includes product details and suggested customers.
• Develop and implement a statistics supported forecast.
• Apply quantitative analysis and data visualization to tell the story behind the numbers.
• Participate in regional SI&OP sessions and own monthly reporting, analysis and improvement action plans to boost KPIs.
• Provide support for ad hoc reports as well as regular forecasts and pipeline analytics.
• Optimize sales and operational efficiency through innovative thinking, process improvement and system enhancements and best practice sharing.
• Manage and optimizing transportation, inventory, and material flow processes for VMI customers to ensure seamless production and delivery.
• Maintain and utilize sales analytics reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights that support data-driven decision making for the KAMs.
• Drive process improvements in Salesforce CRM including workflow, reporting, data integrity and maintenance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Forecasting

Dashboards

Stakeholder management

Communication

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Economics, or a related field

Tools

Salesforce CRM

SAP

LN

Job description

You may be our new

Demand Planner AM-N BIB/SP

Summary Of Role

COMPENSATION: $70k-$90k

We are seeking a Demand Planner who will help the organization understand the specific product needs of our customers and ensuring we have the inventory and capacity to meet those needs on time. This dynamic role will include high levels of communication across functional areas, data analysis and insights reporting, demand and materials planning, as well as direct engagement with Sales and Customers. You'll be part of a high-performing team with responsibilities for building strategies that guide sales decisions. You will help create & develop processes that allow our sales team to drive superior marketplace execution, customer service, share of wallet and overall market share.

Key Responsibilities

As an at-will employer, SIG reserves the right to add to or modify this list to the extent it deems necessary.

• Collaborate with the Head of Sales Operations to understand forecasting bottlenecks and inconsistencies to improve sales team's performance
• Work closely with the Key Account Managers (KAMs), finance, customers and other internal stakeholders to drive improvements in forecast accuracy (FCA) Develop a monthly forecast trend report by KAM (highlighting FCA by customer and top SKUs).
• Track and update monthly forecast risks and opportunities.
• Initiate S&OE continuous improvements
• Develop a monthly inventory report that includes product details and suggested customers.
• Develop and implement a statistics supported forecast
• Apply quantitative analysis and data visualization to tell the story behind the numbers
• Participate in regional SI&OP sessions and own monthly reporting, analysis and improvement action plans to boost KPIs
• Provide support for ad hoc reports as well as regular forecasts and pipeline analytics
• Optimize sales and operational efficiency through innovative thinking, process improvement and system enhancements and best practice sharing
• Manage and optimizing transportation, inventory, and material flow processes for VMI customers to ensure seamless production and delivery
• Maintain and utilize sales analytics reports and dashboards to provide actionable insights that support data-driven decision making for the KAMs
• Drive process improvements in Salesforce CRM including workflow, reporting, data integrity and maintenance

You Bring These Skills, Experience & Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Economics, or a related field preferred
• 1-2 years of experience in Demand Planner or similar field.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce CRM and ERP/MRP systems such as SAP or LN.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets and translate data into actionable business insights.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with Power BI.
• Experience developing forecasts, inventory analyses, dashboards, and business reports.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

We Offer

• Generous Day 1 eligibility healthcare & life insurance for you and qualified dependents
• 401K Retirement matching reimbursement
• Vacation & PSL
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonus
• And much more!

SIG COMPENTENCIES

We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.

OUR PROMISE

SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.

About Sig

SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better.

Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.