Senior Demand Planner: CPFR Forecasting Leader

LG Electronics, Inc.; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No-cost health benefits for employee/2

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Performance-based incentives

Mental health resources

Parental leave

Group life and disability insurance

Job summary

LG Electronics, Inc. is seeking a demand planning professional to manage CPFR activities with the Home Depot account and maintain forecast models.

The role requires analyzing sales, marketing, finance data, and retailer replenishment inputs to optimize inventory and service levels. You will collaborate with sales, BM/PM teams, and customers to generate consensus forecasts, identify improvements, and drive opportunities for efficiency and cost reduction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or relevant field.
• 5+ years demand planning or relevant experience.
• APICS certification preferred.
• Must understand collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) to effectively manage forecast.
• Strong written, verbal, and in-person communication skills required as this position interfaces with customers directly.
• Strong relationship builder
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Solid business acumen

Responsibilities

• Elevate impact of operational targets (overall sales and profitability) or service standards through execution of strategic initiatives (system visibility/network strategy) and long-term based organization vision.
• Gather and incorporate all source of market intelligence to produce the best possible operational forecast through internal CPFR tools and processes.
• Participate in weekly conference calls with internal/external customers to review sales, forecast, and commitments.
• Facilitate weekly meeting w/ sales teams & customers to generate consensus forecast (sell out/sell in).
• Report all the necessary information for action plan, contingency plan, and to align on decision making w/ BM, PM, and sales team.
• Gather customer's needs and changes in demand as proactively as possible.
• Develop YoY analysis tool to compare and validate current forecast (based on promo, run rate, market situations, etc.).
• Participate in meetings to help look for process improvement opportunities and ways to optimize network strategy with customers.
• Share all insights related to demand shift/shaping such as market condition, account specific trends, internal promotion changes, etc.
• Use sales trend, business intelligence market data, machine learning suggestion, competition information shared by the customer
• Negotiate with BM/PM teams to acquire allocations under factory constraint situations

Skills

CPFR knowledge

Data analysis

Communication skills

Relationship building

Business acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management

APICS certification preferred

Job description

LG Electronics, Inc. is seeking a demand planning professional to manage CPFR activities with the Home Depot account and maintain forecast models.

The role requires analyzing sales, marketing, finance data, and retailer replenishment inputs to optimize inventory and service levels. You will collaborate with sales, BM/PM teams, and customers to generate consensus forecasts, identify improvements, and drive opportunities for efficiency and cost reduction.