Senior Demand Planner, Private Label & Pet

Post Holdings, Inc.; Lakeville (MN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Consumer Brands in Lakeville, MN is seeking an experienced Demand Planner to own the end-to-end demand planning process for Private Label and co-manufactured pet brands. This hybrid role collaborates across Sales, Marketing, and Supply Planning to build robust item- and DC-level forecasts.

You will combine historical data, POS trends, and customer input to guide budgeting, production, and service decisions while driving process improvements and adoption of standardized tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, mathematics, statistics, or related field.
• 5-10 years of demand planning or supply chain management experience.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally, influence without authority, and build alignment around decisions.
• Ability to stay organized, manage change, work effectively under pressure, and move multiple priorities forward.
• Experience in consumer packaged goods a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end demand planning process for Private Label and co-manufactured pet business.
• Lead the demand portion of the monthly integrated business planning process with cross-functional teams.
• Build item- and distribution-center-level forecasts using multiple data sources.
• Analyze forecast accuracy and bias; identify root causes and recommendations.
• Turn data and insights into a clear demand story for decisions.
• Collaborate with Supply Planning to align production plans.
• Monitor point-of-sale performance to refine forecasts.
• Drive adoption of standardized Demand Planning processes and tools.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, mathematics, statistics, or related field

Tools

Logility

Kinaxis

Demantra

Microsoft Power BI

Job description

Post Consumer Brands in Lakeville, MN is seeking an experienced Demand Planner to own the end-to-end demand planning process for Private Label and co-manufactured pet brands. This hybrid role collaborates across Sales, Marketing, and Supply Planning to build robust item- and DC-level forecasts.

You will combine historical data, POS trends, and customer input to guide budgeting, production, and service decisions while driving process improvements and adoption of standardized tools.