Demand Planning Analyst

Sonoco; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 77,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) match

Wellbeing programs

Paid time off

Insurance plans

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sonoco, a global packaging leader based in Charlotte, NC, seeks a Demand Planning professional to develop long-term demand plans via the S&OP process and support customer teams on short- to mid-term plans. You will forecast accuracy, drive KPI improvements, and collaborate across Sales, Finance, and Operations.

The role requires a BS/BA and 1–2 years of Demand Planning experience (or 5+ years in a fast-paced manufacturing setting).

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, or Logistics.
• 1-2 years of Demand Planning experience or 5+ years in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills.
• Experience with Oracle, Logility, Excel, Access.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Experience with Sales & Operations Planning is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create Consensus Forecast from sales, statistical, and customer inputs.
• Monitor forecast sets and propose improvements.
• Collaborate with Sales to update the consensus forecast.
• Compare targets with actual results; perform gap analysis.
• Prepare demand-related reports and KPIs.
• Understand financial expectations for customers and communicate gaps.
• Improve demand planning metrics and link to business performance.
• Develop repeatable demand planning processes.
• Highlight business impact of planning improvements.
• Identify strategies to sustain improvements.
• Support quarterly financial forecasting and annual budget.
• Coordinate cross-plant revenue planning with Finance.
• Become expert in the corporate Demand Planning software.
• Ensure data maintenance of critical sources.
• Optimize forecast parameters and models.
• Implement KPI generation software.
• Collaborate with global BT to sustain systems.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Demand planning

Travel flexibility

Education

BS/BA in Business, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, or Logistics

Tools

Oracle

Logility

Excel

Access

Job description

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.

Reporting directly to the Associate Demand Planning Manager, you will be responsible for managing and adhering to the systems and processes that support the Demand Management for all Sonoco RPCNA plants.

As a key member of the supply chain team, you will have the responsibility of developing a long-term demand plan through the S&OP process and supporting the customer teams on the short to mid-term plans. By leveraging statistical forecasting, cross-functional inputs, and analytical skills, this role will measure our success of the plan by utilizing available tools and key metrics.

This position is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Creation of the “Consensus Forecast” using demand pillars (sales forecast, statistical forecast, customer forecast) and balancing the interests of Sales and Operations
• Evaluation and monitoring of different forecast sets (consensus forecast, sales forecast, statistical forecast), and make recommendations for improvement
• Regular collaboration with Sales to continuously update and optimize the consensus forecast
• Comparison of targets with actual business results, gap analysis of production and sales quantities
• Preparation and review of demand related reports, analysis and KPIs
• Understand financial expectations for customers in revenue and units; discuss and communicate gaps that exist
• Contribution direction to maximize demand planning metrics (forecast accuracy, bias) and demonstrate the correlation to business performance by
• Identifying and deploying repeatable demand planning processes
• Demonstrating the business impact and benefit of demand planning improvements
• Identify and develop strategies and best practices as primary routes to drive and sustain improvement
• Support quarterly financial forecasting and yearly Budget generation
• Coordination with Finance regarding cross-plant revenue planning
• Become a business expert in the use of the corporate Demand Planning software
• Ensure correct data maintenance of all critical sources
• Evaluation and optimization of the relevant forecast parameters and statistical forecast models to continuously improve the statistical forecast
• Implementation and adoption of a software based KPI generation
• Close collaboration with global BT to sustain and optimize the system

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Bachelor’s Degree – BS/BA in Business, Finance, Marketing Supply Chain, Logistics with 1-2 years of Demand Planning experience or 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning in a fast-paced manufacturing organization
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
• Assertive, collaborative, and results oriented
• Success in working in a matrix environment
• Track record of cross-functional interaction preferred
• Strong working knowledge of systems (Oracle, Logility, Excel, Access, etc.)
• Ability to travel as needed to support business needs
• Demand Planning/ Statistical Forecasting Experience (Preferred)
• Experience with Sales & Operations Planning is strongly desired (Preferred)
• Financial acumen coupled with effective inter-personal style (Preferred)

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $77,440 to $87,120.

At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits.

Benefits:

Benefits listed below are for employees located in the U.S. Specific benefits and wellbeing programs may vary depending on your location (within the U.S. or global), or if you are a union employee.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
• Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
• Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.

Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a global leader in value-added, sustainable metal and fiber consumer and industrial packaging. The Company is now a multi-billion-dollar enterprise with approximately 22,500 employees working in 270 operations in 40 countries, serving some of the world’s best-known brands.

Guided by our purpose of Better Packaging. Better Life., we strive to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and excellence to provide solutions that better serve all our stakeholders and support a more sustainable future.

Sonoco was proudly named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek.

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