Senior Demand Planning Specialist

FuseGlobal; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 49,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

FuseGlobal is seeking a Senior Demand Planning Specialist to own the Demand Plan and collaborate with cross-functional teams from sales, marketing, finance, and operations. You will champion the MBP process and drive accurate forecasting in a fast-paced environment.

The role is remote for candidates located in the United States. Required 3–5 years in Demand/Supply Planning, strong analytics, and experience implementing planning processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of business experience in Demand & Supply Planning or related fields.
• Experience with Demand or Supply Planning.
• Ability to influence others.
• Demand Planning and statistical forecasting techniques.
• Preferable DTC and/or ecommerce.
• Experience implementing processes and systems.
• Strong analytical aptitude with data modeling.
• Excellent communication and time-management skills.
• Creative thinking and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain Master Data in the planning systems, minimizing errors and reflecting lifecycle.
• Generate and maintain a Demand Plan at the product hierarchy and time levels.
• Understand Demand Planning KPIs and targets.
• Improve Demand Plan accuracy and reduce forecast bias.
• Utilize planning system features for exception-based management.
• Implement improvements to processes and tools to deliver benefits.
• Prepare and participate in Monthly Business Planning meetings.
• Recommend baseline forecasts and defend changes.
• Analyze forecast assumptions and external events.
• Analyze actual sales and sell-out data to explain deviations.
• Drive timely actions to minimize deviations.
• Present outcomes to leadership and gain buy-in.
• Provide reporting for the latest Demand Plan to partners.
• Partner with supply for discontinuations and reformulations.

Skills

Demand planning

Statistical forecasting

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Cross-functional

Influence others

Process improvement

Data interpretation

Creative problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Title:

Senior Demand Planning Specialist

Location:

Remote (candidates must be located in the United States)

Company:

Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing

Initial term:

9 months (position expected to run longer)

Schedule:

Mon-Fri; 9 AM - 5 PM Eastern

About This Role:

Responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the Demand Plan for the departments. This includes implementation of performance standards/operating procedures that affect the Demand Planning function; deployment of related demand planning tools/reports; and maintenance of demand forecast for the business unit.

Champion of the Sales and Operations Planning Process (MBP - Monthly Business Planning), assessing content of the Monthly Sales and Gap Reviews through collaboration meetings with cross functional partners, and Weekly Business Review (WBR) meetings, ensuring robust business processes and facilitating the interaction between Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations

What You'll Do:

• Creates and maintains the appropriate Master Data in the planning systems in use, minimizing errors, avoiding duplication/obsolescence and reflecting product lifecycle (e.g. Product Hierarchy, Finished Goods creation workflow, Demand Lifecycle Management).
• Generates and maintains a Demand Plan for the business unit at the levels (product hierarchy & time) at which the decisions are taken, appropriately considering recent events.
• Understands Demand Planning key performance metrics and targets.
• Consistently improves Demand Plan Accuracy and drives out systematic forecast bias through detailed root cause analysis on past performance, maintaining an efficient learning log.
• Effectively utilizing all Demand Planning system functionalities to enable an exception based management approach.
• Implement improvements to the Demand Planning processes and tools to deliver tangible benefits (e.g. time saving, efficiencies).
• Contributes to the cross-functional planning activities according to best practices and ensures necessary preparation and follow up actions for the Monthly Business Planning meetings are completed in due time.
• Makes recommendations on the baseline forecast for the business unit and defends the appropriate changes to the Consensus Demand Plan (CDP).
• Captures, prioritizes and analyzes forecast assumptions used in the consensus demand plan, such as Marketing and Sales events, customer, consumer and competitor information, product launches and related cannibalization with impact to the demand plan.
• Analyzes actual sales to Customers and sell-out (e.g. POS, if available) data to identify exceptional and unforecasted activities, challenging the appropriate groups to help explain deviations to forecast.
• Use findings to drive timely and appropriate actions to minimize the impact of deviations from the Demand Plan.
• Presents outcomes for the Monthly Business Planning process to leadership and get buy-in from the relevant stakeholders.
• Through systematic reporting, ensures the latest Demand Plan is readily available to internal business partners as required.
• Partnering with supply for discontinuations and reformulations.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 3-5 years of business experience in one of the functions: Demand & Supply Planning; Supply Chain Development; Procurement; Physical Logistics; Customer Service; Sales & Marketing; Finance.
• Planning experience in the area of Demand or Supply Planning.
• Bonus Points: Proven ability to influence others.
• Demand Planning and statistical forecasting techniques.
• Preferable DTC and/or ecommerce.
• Experience of implementing processes and systems to improve organization and working methods.
• Strong analytical aptitude with a proven ability to analyze/interpret data and build quantitative models of business problems.
• Excellent oral and written skills, organizational and time-management abilities, effective inter-personal skills, and the ability to work with personnel at all organizational levels.
• Flexibility and adaptability to the demands and requirements of a fast-paced environment with multiple demands and priorities.
• Creative thinking skills with emphasis on developing innovative solutions to complex problems.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Up to $43.00 per hour + Overtime
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance

About FuseGlobal:

FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies, working together to make things run better. For 25 years we have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains, resulting in enterprises that run smarter and more sustainably. Interested in digital manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain management, all-things tech, and energy & the environment? This is where we live. Engage with us!

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