Demand Planner

Overview

We are seeking a data-driven Demand Planner to manage, optimize, and execute our product forecasting processes.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Forecasting (SAP IBP): Develop and maintain high-quality baseline statistical forecasts within SAP IBP Demand Planning, leveraging machine learning, demand sensing, and historical data patterns.

• System Integration & Data Flow: Manage the transfer of master data and planning figures between SAP IBP and SAP ECC. Ensure generated forecasts successfully write back to ECC as Planned Independent Requirements (PIR) to feed Material Requirements Planning (MRP).

• Consensus Planning & S&OP: Facilitate monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings with sales, marketing, and finance teams to integrate promotional calendars, market intelligence, and lifecycle changes into the consensus plan.

• Data Sanitization & Integrity: Audit and clean historical sales history data within SAP IBP, adjusting for one-time anomalies, stockouts, or unexpected spikes to ensure forecast model integrity.

• KPI Management: Track, analyze, and report on key metrics including Forecast Accuracy, Error, Bias, and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), diagnosing root causes to continuously refine the system's predictive accuracy.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, or a related field.

• Experience: 3 to 5+ years of dedicated supply chain or demand planning experience.

• SAP IBP Expertise: Minimum 2 years of practical experience using SAP IBP (specifically the Demand and S&OP modules), including setting up key figures, planning levels, and running "what-if" scenario models.

• SAP ECC Fluency: Solid functional knowledge of SAP ECC modules (specifically PP, MM, or SD), master data elements (material master, BOMs), and how system-led planning maps to execution.

• Analytical Tools: Highly proficient in advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, data modeling) and analytics platforms like Microsoft Power BI.

• Soft Skills: Proven ability to translate complex data into clear operational guidance and manage cross-functional stakeholder alignments effectively.

Pay

Base Pay Expected Base Pay Range: $90k - $118k annualized.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, tax saving spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with employer match, tuition reimbursement, and other perks and benefits.

• Time off for employees to recharge, including paid company holidays, paid personal time off, and paid sick time meeting or exceeding state/local requirements.

• Flexible paid time off policy for salaried employees, in accordance with or exceeding local law.

• Health and Welfare benefit package for salaried employees working at least 30 hours per week.