Demand Planning Manager

The Honey Pot Company; United States; In loco; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Honey Pot Company is seeking a Demand Planning Manager in the United States to lead end-to-end forecasting and IBP/S&OP processes. You will work with Sales, Finance, Product, and Operations to deliver accurate, data-driven forecasts and drive planning improvements.

You will own forecast development, monitor performance, and enable informed business decisions through cross-functional partnership and KPI reporting. This role emphasizes forward-looking planning and process simplification.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Finance, Economics, or related field is required.
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.
• Demand planning certification desirable.

Mansioni

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts across all product categories and sales channels.
• Analyze demand trends and identify drivers impacting forecast performance.
• Own the demand planning process end to end and optimize forward-looking demand signals.
• Support S&OP and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Finance, Product, and Portfolio.
• Develop KPI reporting and forecast performance analysis; communicate insights to leadership.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias; implement corrective actions to improve planning outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement of forecasting processes and tools, aiming for a single source of truth.

Conoscenze

Forecasting

Data analysis

S&OP processes

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Finance, Economics, or related field

APICS CPIM or CSCP

Demand planning certification desirable

Strumenti

ERP systems

Planning software

Descrizione del lavoro

Please note that we are currently not working with recruiters or any external agencies, as we handle all talent acquisition in-house with our dedicated team.

Who We Are:

The Honey Pot was born out of one woman’s need to naturally heal herself. And evolved into a mission to clean up the feminine care aisle. Our mission is to educate, support, and provide humans with vaginas around the world, the tools and resources that promote health and wellness; by engaging these humans one healthy honey pot at a time. Through our functional plant derived feminine care system, our goal is to provide humans with a safe and alternative to feminine care that is powered by herbs.

Company Mission: We serve humanity through community connections, transparent education, and safe, plant-derived products that work.

The Demand Planning Manager owns the end-to-end demand planning process and is responsible for developing, managing, and continuously improving demand planning capability to deliver an accurate, data-driven, forward-looking forecast that supports business growth, customer service objectives, inventory optimization, and financial performance.

Reporting to the Director, Integrated Business Planning, this role partners closely with Sales, Product & Portfolio, Finance, and Operations to create a consensus demand plan that serves as the foundation for the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.

The Demand Planning Manager drives forecast accuracy by optimizing forward-looking demand signals rather than relying solely on historical data, identifies risks and opportunities, and provides actionable insights that enable informed business decisions. The role also leads the simplification, automation, and consolidation of planning processes and tools.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Demand Planning & Forecast Development (50%)

Forecast Ownership

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts across all product categories and sales channels.
• Utilize historical sales trends, market intelligence, promotional plans, customer insights, and business assumptions to develop forecast recommendations.
• Own the demand planning process end to end and optimize forward-looking demand signals so forecasts are not solely reliant on historical data.
• Manage short-term, mid-term, and long-range forecasts.
• Ensure forecast assumptions are documented, validated, and regularly reviewed.

Demand Analysis

• Analyze demand trends and identify drivers impacting forecast performance.
• Evaluate risks and opportunities affecting future demand.
• Identify demand volatility and partner with stakeholders to mitigate risks.

Product Lifecycle Planning

• Support new product introductions, line extensions, and product discontinuations.
• Ensure demand assumptions are incorporated into commercialization and launch planning.
• Review forecast impacts associated with portfolio changes.

2. S&OP & Cross-Functional Collaboration (30%)

Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted business partner to Sales, Finance, Product and portfolio, Customer Service, and Supply Planning teams.
• Facilitate demand review meetings and consensus forecasting discussions.
• Challenge assumptions and drive fact-based decision making.
• Ensure functional alignment around a single demand plan.
• Support monthly S&OP and Integrated Business Planning processes.
• Present forecast changes, risks, opportunities, and key assumptions.
• Provide recommendations to address forecast gaps and business risks.

Executive Reporting

• Develop KPI reporting and forecast performance analysis.
• Communicate demand insights to leadership teams.
• Provide recommendations to improve business performance.

3. Forecast Performance & Continuous Improvement (20%)

KPI Management

• Monitor forecast accuracy, forecast bias, customer service levels, and planning effectiveness.
• Track performance against established metrics and targets.
• Implement corrective actions to improve planning outcomes.

Process Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement within forecasting processes and tools.
• Simplify, automate, and consolidate planning workflows, tools, and reports to reduce manual effort and establish a single source of truth.
• Improve planning methodologies, analytics, and reporting capabilities.
• Support planning system enhancements and process maturity initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Forecast accuracy and bias performance.
• Quality of the consensus demand plan.
• Demand visibility and business risk identification.
• Successful support of S&OP and IBP processes.
• Cross-functional alignment around forecast assumptions.
• Planning process improvement.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Finance, Economics, or related field.

Certifications

• APICS CPIM or CSCP preferred.
• Demand planning certification desirable.

Experience

• 5+ years of demand planning, forecasting, supply chain, or business planning experience.
• Experience supporting S&OP or IBP processes.
• Strong analytical and forecasting experience.
• Advanced ERP and planning system experience.

Planning Expertise

• Statistical forecasting
• Demand management
• S&OP processes

Analytics

• Forecast modeling
• Data interpretation
• KPI management

Business Partnership

• Communication

Success Measures

The Demand Planning Manager will be successful when:

• Forecast accuracy consistently improves.
• Risks and opportunities are proactively identified.
• Stakeholders operate from a single demand plan.
• Demand assumptions support informed business decisions.
• S&OP discussions are data-driven and actionable.

The Honey Pot Company's Core Values in Action

Human Centered Mindset:

We carefully consider and address the impact all our business decisions will have on the humans we serve. We know our humans so well that we can anticipate their needs, and we seek to provide an experience that exceeds their expectations.

Courageously Collaborative:

We are a talented team who respects each individual for their towering strengths and understands that the best results come from clear expectations, collaboration and holding ourselves and each other accountable for shared results.

Growth Mindset:

We put fresh thinking in action and constructively challenge the usual approach of doing things in order to create better products for our humans and a better work experience for our team.

Wellbeing inside and out:

We know that people reach their full potential when they operate in an environment that supports their wellbeing. At The Honey Pot we prioritize wellbeing with consistency and transparency for our internal team, our external partners and our humans.

Partners in Profit:

We are all owners of The Honey Pot and we partner to make thoughtful and well-reasoned business decisions to drive growth.

Company Guidelines

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member during the course of employment. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned by supervisor as business needs dictate and as the supervisory personnel deem appropriate.

All The Honey Pot Company team members are expected to follow company policies and procedures, whether those policies and procedures are established in writing or in practice.

All The Honey Pot Company team members must adhere to the highest of ethical standards, respect and cooperation in the workplace and focus on delivering a world-class experience to internal customers and all The Honey Pot Company clients.