Strategic Demand Planner | IBP & Analytics

Treehouse Island, Inc.; Oak Brook (IL); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods in Oak Brook, IL, is seeking a Demand Planner to develop and maintain base and consensus forecasts in collaboration with Sales, Category Management, Finance, Supply Planning and Operations.

You will translate forecast inputs into actionable insights, lead IBP demand consensus, analyze forecast accuracy, and incorporate promotions, events, and product changes to improve planning maturity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2–4+ years in demand planning, forecasting, analytics, or market analysis.
• IBP / S&OP experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, statistical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience in FMCG / Consumer Products preferred.
• Experience with Advanced Planning Systems (e.g., Blue Yonder, o9, Kinaxis).
• Exposure to cross-functional supply chain or financial planning processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts using sales, shipment, depletion, consumption, and customer demand data.
• Analyze forecast accuracy, bias, value-add, volatility, and stability; diagnose forecast variances and implement corrective actions.
• Manage DFUs, forecast exceptions, and product lifecycle events, including new product introductions, phase-ins, phase-outs, and discontinuations.
• Lead and facilitate IBP demand consensus discussions and align Sales, Category Management, Finance, and Supply Chain to a single forecast.
• Document forecast assumptions, decisions, risks, and opportunities, including volume and revenue impacts.
• Provide analysis, recommendations, and insights to support business and planning decisions.
• Evaluate the impact of planning assumptions on supply execution and escalate potential risks as needed.
• Collaborate with Supply Planning to communicate forecast changes and downstream business impacts.
• Incorporate promotions, events, product launches, discontinuations, market trends, and customer ordering patterns into forecast assumptions.
• Utilize external market data and competitive intelligence to inform forecasts and assess market dynamics.
• Translate commercial strategies into quantified demand impacts and support scenario planning for risks and opportunities.
• Leverage planning, reporting, and business intelligence tools to generate forecasts, analyses, and actionable insights.
• Identify, investigate, and escalate data quality issues that negatively impact forecast performance.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships, align stakeholders on demand drivers and tradeoffs, and translate complex data into clear, actionable business insights.

Skills

IBP/S&OP experience

Advanced analytics

Stakeholder management

FMCG experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, or related field

Tools

Blue Yonder (Luminate)

o9

Kinaxis

Job description

TreeHouse Foods in Oak Brook, IL, is seeking a Demand Planner to develop and maintain base and consensus forecasts in collaboration with Sales, Category Management, Finance, Supply Planning and Operations.

You will translate forecast inputs into actionable insights, lead IBP demand consensus, analyze forecast accuracy, and incorporate promotions, events, and product changes to improve planning maturity.