Demand Planner

About the role

Demand Planners are key contributors to the supply chain team, responsible for building and maintaining accurate demand forecasts that align with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain an unconstrained demand forecast aligned with Sales, Finance, Operations, and other partners.
• Consolidate demand opportunities, risks, assumptions, and business impacts.
• Create, maintain, and enhance statistical forecasting models.
• Validate historical data, model assumptions, and statistical exceptions to improve forecast accuracy.
• Maintain demand planning performance for an assigned product portfolio.
• Partner with Sales to understand customer behavior, market trends, promotions, and demand drivers.
• Translate commercial conversations into measurable forecast assumptions and recommendations.
• Present demand insights, risks, and opportunities during S&OP meetings.
• Implement initiatives to close performance gaps and improve forecast quality.
• Share demand planning best practices across the organization.
• Support a safe, accountable, and collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field.
• 1-2 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, sales analysis, supply chain analytics, or statistical modeling.
• Experience in flexible packaging, manufacturing, or related industries strongly preferred.
• Strong mathematical, analytical, and statistical forecasting skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities.
• Experience developing or maintaining statistical forecast models.
• Understanding of demand drivers, segmentation, and forecasting methodologies.
• Ability to evaluate how forecast decisions affect Sales, Operations, Supply Planning, and Finance.
• Strong communication and meeting facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong judgment, curiosity, accountability, and problem-solving skills.