Direct responsibility for the management of a consensus enterprise forecast for assigned brands and business units.
Coordination of monthly demand planning meetings with Sales, Marketing, Customer Marketing, and Manufacturing.
Analysis of customer acceptance information and market penetration estimates to develop forecasts for new product introductions, identifying high side and low side risk to these estimates.
Maintaining inventory at appropriate level to ensure high customer service, while meeting brand inventory targets.
Review and challenge monthly/weekly production, inventory deployment and capacity plans to ensure proper flow of finished goods across the product supply chain for assigned consumer products.
Thorough management of Excess and Obsolete stock
The joint development of inventory strategies with Manufacturing, using accuracy statistics, forecast variability, and estimated risk to forecast projections.
Evaluation of consumer and trade promotion activities to establish meaningful projections of future promotions.
Contribution to the implementation of processes and systems tools to develop a customer demand driven demand-planning process.

Must have a BS degree in engineering, supply chain management, logistics, business or another related discipline
2+ years in a demand planning or similar supply chain role
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Work experience within the fast-moving consumer goods industry is preferred
Proven experience working in a fast-paced environment with ability to manage multiple priorities
Solid working knowledge using an MRP system (Kinaxis strongly preferred)
Strong computer skills, especially using excel with ability to create spreadsheets and perform advanced formulas and functions
Pro-activeness /self-learner
Team player
involves working with different departments
Data-driven & hands-on approach when necessary.
Effective leadership skills to be able to drive projects to completion
Excellent communication skills

Demand Planner

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