Demand Planning & IBP Advisor — Hybrid/Remote

Cardinal Health; Dublin (OH); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks an Advisor in Supply Chain Demand Planning to own customer demand forecasting and IBP processes, aligning cross-functional teams to support supply chain goals.

The role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, scenario planning, and data-driven inventory decisions across finance, sourcing and accounts. Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of planning experience and a strong analytics background.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in demand planning and supply chain, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• Highly skilled in scenario planning and Integrated Business Process (IBP)
• Proven success in improving forecast accuracy.
• Experience building cross functional relationships in a complex environment.
• Strong data analysis with demand forecasting, identifying trends and root cause.
• Experience with Kinaxis Maestro is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Serve as the key facilitator for cross-functional collaboration across finance, sourcing, consumer health, purchasing and key accounts.
• Drive forecast accuracy improvements, validating and challenging inputs from stakeholders, market trends, and system forecast parameters.
• Conduct scenario planning to evaluate the impact of various business scenarios, including local/global supply disruption, customer demand shift, and seasonal planning.
• Ensure accurate and timely data flow to the planning tool, analyzing data to provide actionable insights for inventory decision making.
• Analyze customer demand data, identifying inventory gaps, load holdout in appropriate locations to support customer demand changes or addressing short term demand fulfillment gaps.
• Analyze demand forecast, identifying trends, root causing demand forecast errors, working cross-functionally to address customer demand swing, and taking actions to improve demand forecast accuracy in planning system.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Scenario planning

Cross-functional collaboration

IBP process

Data analysis

Kinaxis Maestro

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Kinaxis Maestro

Job description

Cardinal Health seeks an Advisor in Supply Chain Demand Planning to own customer demand forecasting and IBP processes, aligning cross-functional teams to support supply chain goals.

The role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, scenario planning, and data-driven inventory decisions across finance, sourcing and accounts. Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of planning experience and a strong analytics background.