Demand Planner

Job Responsibilities

• Lead Demand Planning for a high-volume Business Unit portfolio, ensuring high-quality forecasts that guide production, inventory, and service decisions
• Own the trend and executional planning process across the Business Unit, synthesizing consumption, fill rate, customer inventory, and shipment dynamics
• Leverage advanced analytics and machine-learning models within ERP systems to generate and refine short-term forecasts (12 week scope) in partnership with Forecast Analysts
• Serve as the primary liaison to Supply Planning, ensuring alignment on constraints, risks, and opportunities
• Present and animate core KPIS – forecast accuracy, bias, waste, and service – across senior stakeholders
• Partner and lead alignment conversations with Sales, Marketing, Category, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to develop long-term consensus forecast
• Collaborate closely with Category and Commercial teams to manage allocations, prioritization, promotional impacts, and innovation launches
• Build and present the long-term forecast to cross-functionals – leveraging relevant consumption data, seasonality, and consumer behavior to drive a precise baseline

Job Qualifications

• Experience with one or more planning platforms such as: SAP APO, o9, SAP ECC/S4, Circana, IRI, Nielsen, or similar tools
• Experience leveraging statistical or machine-learning forecasting outputs to improve demand plans, with root-cause analysis, and scenario planning
• Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence key stakeholders
• Experience supporting S&OP/IBP cycles and presenting to senior leadership

Experience and Education Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 3-7 years of hands-on demand planning or forecasting experience in CPG, food & beverage, or similarly complex supply chains
• 3+ years of experience with S&OP processes and cross-functional collaboration
• APICS/IBF certification (CPIM, CSCP, or CPF) is a plus.
• O9 and/or Circana/IRI systems experience is a plus.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $80,000.00 – $117,000.00 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions.

Benefits

• Physical Wellbeing: We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model.
• Mental Wellbeing: Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.
• Financial Support: We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
• Family Care: We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance.

About the Role

This role is designed for an experienced planner who thrives in advanced ERP environments and can translate data into decisive action.