Sr. Demand Planner

SunPower; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Sr. Demand Planner to enhance demand forecasting and drive continuous improvement in supply chain processes. In this pivotal role, you'll leverage your analytical skills to develop accurate demand plans, engage with cross-functional teams, and provide insights that influence executive decision-making. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact financial performance while working in a dynamic, data-driven environment. If you're passionate about optimizing processes and thrive in a collaborative atmosphere, this role could be your next big career move.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning within a product technology organization.
• Proven track record for improving demand forecast accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the demand plan, collaborating with sales and operations teams.
• Lead cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment of forecasts.

Skills

Demand Planning

Statistical Modeling

Analytical Skills

Cross-collaboration

Communication Skills

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Advanced Degree in Supply Chain Management

Tools

Anaplan

Job description

Sr. Demand Planner

Austin, TX / Operations – Supply Chain / Full-Time / Hybrid

Do you want to change the world? We do, too. SunPower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a passionate and driven team of more than 3,660 full-time employees in North America and the Philippines. SunPower provides world-class solar solutions to residential customers across the U.S. with a commitment to a superior customer experience. We welcome forward thinkers, freedom chasers and all those demanding better, cleaner energy to join us.

Summary of Role:

SunPower is seeking a results-oriented, highly analytical leader that will be responsible for the development and accuracy of the demand plan. The Sr. Demand Planner will own the full lifecycle forecast; engaging with sales and operations teams on developing a bottom’s up demand plan, and product and engineering teams to build a longer-term financially aligned demand plan. The ideal candidate will have experience with various types of forecasting models and has a passion for continuous improvement using data-driven models. This role will provide an opportunity for ongoing systems and process development. The Sr. Demand Planner will lead various cross-functional meetings to ensure alignment of SunPower’s forecast and provide leadership and guidance as a key member of SunPower’s S&OP team. The ideal candidate is an owner, thrives in a data-driven environment, and enjoys analytical deep dives and problem-solving. This position has high visibility to SPWR executive decision-making and contributes substantively to SPWR’s financial performance. This role can be virtual, with a preference that the candidate has proximity to one of SPWR’s corporate offices in Austin, TX, Richmond, CA, or Tempe, AZ. The position will require minimal travel, but travel once per quarter may be necessary.

Functional Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning within a product technology organization
• S&OP process experience
• Proven track record for improving demand forecast accuracy, foundational understanding of Bias, MAPE, and forecast accuracy metrics
• Outstanding analytical skills – experience deep diving complex topics to identify root cause of errors
• Statistical modeling – Experience operating or developing statistical forecast models
• Cross-collaboration and strong communication with New Products teams (NPI), Sales, Finance, peers, and management to improve demand forecasts
• Analysis of historical demand data to predict future growth using statistical processes
• Analysis of history to drive improvements in existing processes
• Improve accuracy metrics via Forecast Value Add (FVA) and drive efficiency and accuracy to planning
• Analyze demand vs. supply on all SKUs to proactively navigate potential supply shortages
• Maintain data in Anaplan and help highlight improvement opportunities

Leadership Requirements:

• Extremely detail-oriented – Proven success in auditing demand forecast accuracy from end to end.
• Outstanding communication skills – Ability to provide written and oral summaries to skip level executive audience.
• Process orientation – 2-3 years of experience driving continuous improvement in Supply or Demand Planning.
• Ownership – Ability to work independently to deliver results.
• Facilitation skills – Ability to lead cross-functional meetings to drive decision-making.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Preferred advanced degree or training in supply chain management, operations, statistics.