Sr. Analyst, Demand Planning

The primary role of the market Demand Planner is to ensure a rolling 18+ month forecast is developed, reviewed, published, and adjusted as needed by partnering with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain. The Demand Planner will manage a portfolio of approximately 300-500 SKUs and will develop a forecast by using insights such as promotional plans, distribution changes, shipment history, competitor activities and marketing plans. This position is a key driver in creating and managing the true consumer demand signals by which to align the rest of the Supply Chain.

• Act as a key player in the S&OP process as the process owner of Step 2
• Analyze historical and future demand inputs such as distribution changes, price changes, new product launches, and calculate their impacts on demand
• Make recommendations to enhance business processes, and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies
• Work with cross-functional partners on projects such as new product launches, obsolescence, and transitions to evaluate assumptions– new product forecast, pipeline fill, and cannibalization
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Finance on advertising and promotional plans and evaluate against performance from similar historical activities
• Work with statistical Demand Planner to ensure statistical models are creating sensible 24-month rolling baseline forecasts; help maintain cleansed history in APO at the appropriate level
• Ensure demand plan is shared in level of detail and timing required by internal customers and supply chain partners with documented assumptions, including risks and opportunities
• Conduct monthly root cause analyses on forecast error and identify corrective actions
• Measure, analyze, and communicate key process metrics and monitor adherence to key performance indicators, while driving continuous improvement
• Conduct Step 2 meetings with the cross functional teams 
• Work with another Demand Planner on the brand to make sure forecast is aligned tops down vs bottoms up
• Collaborate with the Demand Planning team on new ways of working and establishing best practices within the team
• Collaborate with the Sales team on the long-term item level forecast and reconcile forecast changes at the account level

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 2-4 years of relevant work experience or an advanced degree with 1-3 years relevant work experience
• Military experience considered in lieu of education requirement

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field required

• Minimum three years of combined experience in Demand Planning, Sales, and/or Supply Chain
• Experience in the CPG industry
• Experience with planning applications such as SAP, APO, or SAS
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word  
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across all levels within the organization
• Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, problem-solving, and presentation skills
• Experience leading process improvement initiatives
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs

Job Requirements

• Primary work location is the SCJ Chicago office and periodic travel to Waxdale SCJ office (in Racine, WI) for meeting attendance
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States

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