Strategic Demand Planner

ARMADA; Wexford (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARMADA is seeking a Demand Planner to establish sales forecasts and inventory targets for key clients and to develop demand plans enabling the Inventory Management team to meet service objectives.

The role involves maintaining forecast models, leveraging BI, collaborating with Account Management, Field Services, Client Support, and Supply Planning to drive accurate demand and scalable inventory solutions within a redistribution environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of inventory management experience and/or proven mastery of business analytics as it relates to inventory management
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain, or other relevant experience
• Strong analytical abilities and attention to detail
• Experience using inventory management software (e.g., Blue Yonder, SAP, Manugistics, etc)
• Experience using business intelligence applications to pull data and make business decisions/recommendations (e.g., Cognos)
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact cross-functionally, with higher-level management, and with external clients
• Strong understanding of Excel and/or Powerpoint
• Ability to set priorities and make decisions in a dynamic work environment
• Action oriented, with good problem solving, analytical, and math skills

Responsibilities

• Assemble and analyze data for creating the sales forecast
• Continuously improve forecasting techniques and KPIs
• Coordinate cross-functional research to reconcile variances
• Develop stocking strategies with Supply Planning
• Build and maintain Demand Planning reports and SOPs
• Participate in design, testing, and implementation of BI/tools for forecasting

Skills

Strong analytical abilities

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain

Tools

Blue Yonder

SAP

Manugistics

Cognos

Job description

ARMADA is seeking a Demand Planner to establish sales forecasts and inventory targets for key clients and to develop demand plans enabling the Inventory Management team to meet service objectives.

The role involves maintaining forecast models, leveraging BI, collaborating with Account Management, Field Services, Client Support, and Supply Planning to drive accurate demand and scalable inventory solutions within a redistribution environment.