Senior Demand Planner: Data-Driven Forecasting & Growth

Johnsonville, LLC.; Sheboygan Falls (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnsonville, LLC, headquartered near Sheboygan Falls, WI, seeks a Senior Demand Planning Analyst to lead forecasting across item, customer, and location levels, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to translate insights into executable plans.

You will apply statistical forecasting, market intelligence, and promotional planning within a Connected Planning environment (o9), driving accuracy, reducing bias, and guiding continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Statistics, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience in Demand Planning or Supply Planning.
• Hands-on experience with a Connected Planning Solution.
• Experience with o9 is highly preferred.
• IBF, APICS or other forecast/supply chain certification preferred.
• CPG industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop rolling demand forecasts across the planning horizon at item, customer, and location levels.
• Utilize statistical forecasting models while incorporating commercial intelligence.
• Analyze historical sales, shipment, consumption, seasonality, trends, demand-drivers and market changes.
• Incorporate promotional activity, innovation launches, customer wins/losses, and lifecycle management into forecasts.
• Use and maintain o9 Connected Planning solution’s driver-based forecasting tool.
• Adhere to IBP methodology through the cross-functional collaboration of sales, marketing, commercial planning, finance, and supply chain.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, forecast bias along with other relevant KPIs to provide regular analysis to stakeholders. Identify root causes of forecast errors and implement corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in the accuracy and reliability of the statistical models, constantly refining methodologies to optimize business outcomes.
• Lead initiatives to enhance demand planning processes, incorporating best practices and automation where possible.

Skills

Forecasting analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Scenario modeling

Data-driven decision making

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Statistics, Economics, Business or related field

Tools

o9 Connected Planning

Job description

Johnsonville, LLC, headquartered near Sheboygan Falls, WI, seeks a Senior Demand Planning Analyst to lead forecasting across item, customer, and location levels, collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to translate insights into executable plans.

You will apply statistical forecasting, market intelligence, and promotional planning within a Connected Planning environment (o9), driving accuracy, reducing bias, and guiding continuous improvement.