Demand Planning Analyst

Role Overview

• Develop demand forecasts for assigned BBC brands at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons
• Utilize internal and syndicated sources to gather business performance data
• Use statistical and trend-based models to generate forecasts
• Interact with Sales & Brand teams to understand forecast drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Own monthly Demand Reviews for assigned brands in the BBC S&OP process
• Facilitate alignment between functions on yearly, quarterly and style-level depletions
• Understand inputs and explain variances between multiple demand scenarios
• Summarize key changes in volume projections to an executive level
• Participation in regular S&OP and Commercialization meetings
• Provide support to key business partners (Finance, Operations, Brand, Sales)
• Provide reporting on actual performance vs projection
• Drive alignment between top-down and bottoms-up forecasts
• Monitor and reconcile variances against forecasts
• Identify products performing outside of expected trends and conduct additional analyses to help identify reason(s) for variance
• Work cross-functionally to gather insights from Brand and Sales teams to further explain variances and identify assumptions to include in updated forecasts
• Provide support with PBI reporting and other visuals for S&OP support
• Provide support with integration between Kinaxis, Anaplan and OBO
• Establish bench strength to support Demand Planning activities for all brands
• Provide additional ad hoc analysis and support upon request
• KPI accountability to support operating performance in forecasting accuracy, Finished Goods Reserves/Write-off Risk, and Customer Satisfaction (Service Level)

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, mathematics, statistics or quantitative methods preferred.
• Strong understanding of demand planning in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
• Strong analytical abilities
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks while setting priorities simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy in an Analyst function.
• Extensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilities (advanced excel skills)
• Ability to manipulate large data sets
• High sense of urgency and commitment to task with a strong sense of accountability
• Detail and action-oriented self-starter
• 4+ years of analyst experience preferred
• Knowledge of demand management/forecasting tools, forecasting processes in sales, marketing, operations, finance, manufacturing and supply chain issues
• Knowledge of Power BI a plus

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Fertility/adoption support
• Free financial coaching
• Health & wellness program and discounts
• Professional development & training
• Free beer!