Demand Planning Analyst: Data-Driven Forecasting & Optimization

Kraft Heinz; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Prescription Drug

401k

Life Insurance

AD&D

Disability

Flexible Work Arrangements

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking an Analyst, Demand Planning Capabilities to help evolve demand planning processes, tools, and systems across the organization. You will bridge data, technology, and supply chain to build and improve capabilities driving accurate forecasting and informed decision-making.

You will work with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Digital, IT, and business teams to support planning effectiveness, issue resolution, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field.
• 1–3 years’ experience in logistics, demand planning/forecasting, supply planning, or related areas, within CPG preferred.
• Proficient in Excel and general knowledge of other MS Office applications.
• Experience with planning tools (e.g. o9, SAP IBP/APO, Kinaxis, Anaplan) and strong analytics skills (Excel; Power BI/Tableau and SQL a plus).
• Problem-solving mindset, with a passion for analyzing large data sets and translating insights into action
• Excellent communication and cross‑functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• Support weekly/monthly demand planning processes by preparing accurate data, reports, and analysis in a timely manner.
• Support Demand Planners by troubleshooting reports, system, and data issues; documenting risks and enhancement requests; and driving timely resolution.
• Maintain dashboards, reports, and ad hoc analyses that track forecast accuracy, bias, autonomous/touchless forecasting, and other key planning metrics.
• Analyze forecast performance to identify trends, root causes, data quality gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Support the design, testing, release, deployment, and adoption of demand planning capabilities (system enhancements, tools, and process improvements).
• Maintain business requirements, process workflows, standard operating procedures, training materials, playbooks, and other capability documentation.
• Partner with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Digital, IT, and other cross‑functional teams to support planning effectiveness, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Problem solving

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field

Tools

o9

SAP IBP/APO

Kinaxis

Anaplan

Power BI/Tableau

SQL

Job description

Kraft Heinz in Chicago is seeking an Analyst, Demand Planning Capabilities to help evolve demand planning processes, tools, and systems across the organization. You will bridge data, technology, and supply chain to build and improve capabilities driving accurate forecasting and informed decision-making.

You will work with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Digital, IT, and business teams to support planning effectiveness, issue resolution, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.