Demand Planner

Position Summary

Responsible for leading all forecasting activities associated with OE customers and products. Collects and analyzes customer forecast submissions, reviews historical sales trends, identifies key demand drivers, and develops consensus forecast plan with stakeholders. Analyzes forecast performance and investigates variances between forecasted and actual demand, providing insights and recommendations to improve forecast accuracy.

Position Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop consensus demand forecasts, ensuring current and accurate business information is incorporated into planning assumptions.
• Cook up customer forecast collection, data consolidation, and variance analysis to support demand planning activities.
• Develop revenue projections based on demand forecasts and identify gaps or opportunities relative to business targets.
• Facilitate routine forecast review meetings with Sales to evaluate customer behavior, market trends, and key demand drivers.
• Partner with Supply Chain to support inventory strategies, capacity planning, and forecast accuracy improvement initiatives.
• Lead the monthly consensus demand review process and provide demand planning inputs to support the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process.
• Participate in S&OP meetings and communicate forecast assumptions, demand trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance demand planning tools, reports, and dashboards utilizing Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Maintain product master data, item attributes, and product hierarchy structures to ensure data integrity and reporting accuracy.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, forecast bias, and error trends; identify root causes and implement corrective actions to improve performance.
• Analyze market conditions, customer trends, and competitive intelligence to identify factors impacting demand.
• Prepare and maintain demand planning reports, metrics, and analyses to support business decision-making.
• Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities as required.
• Support demand planning activities for new product introductions, product transitions, and lifecycle management initiatives.

Specific Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

• Experience with Power Query and basic understanding of Data modeling preferred
• Knowledge of Power BI report development preferred
• Ability to facilitate consensus review meetings with stakeholders expected

Position Qualifications

• Education: BS/BA degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Experience: 2-5 years of experience in demand planning, supply chain, inventory management, forecasting, or related analytical role.
• Experience supporting forecast development, inventory planning, or S&OP processes in a manufacturing, distribution, or consumer product environment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data, identify trends, and collaborate cross-functionally to improve forecast accuracy and inventory performance.