Demand Planning Analyst

Job Duties

• Responsible for proactive end-to-end promotional ad management, including forecasting at the SKU level for assigned customer groups for promotional and turn activities on a weekly basis.
• Manage a process of distributions, ad changes, and additions from the time that C&S receives the information to the time of booking expiration.
• Maintain, analyze, and make adjustments to the turn forecast.
• Perform real time promotional analysis of ad items to ensure the highest service levels utilizing the least amount of inventory.
• Run and review reports analyzing the quantity of product allocated to promotional activity as it relates to turn forecasts regarding C&S as a whole.
• Maintain all communications between internal C&S procurement teams as needed.
• Prepare for and participate in weekly ad conference calls with assigned customer grouping(s) to review future promotional activities.
• Participate in the daily customer service level review.
• Optimize C&S Demand Planning tools to help achieve a proactive and adaptable approach to forecasting assigned customer groups as each organization evolves.
• Weekend coverage 4-5 weekends per year; support holiday actions or troubleshooting activities.
• Other tasks as needed.

Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate Excel skills.
• Analytical and math-based skills; working knowledge of statistics.
• Potential for minimal travel to other offices for cross-training purposes.

Qualifications

• Years Of Experience: 0-2
• Wholesale experience in a retail environment is a plus.