Manager, Demand Planning

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world. Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers. Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better.

About the role

Accountable for the demand plan associated with the domestic facet of the Crayola business for the assigned customer segment. This key supply chain leader coaches a team of demand planners to provide consistent and accurate item ship-point level forecasts to the organization. The manager leads and facilitates consensus and merchandising meetings to effectively communicate the results of times series, barometric, and Delphi forecasting methods thereby achieving buy-in from sales, marketing, and finance collaborators. Finally, the position is responsible for ensuring that all master data within the demand planning software and reporting tools (IBP and Orbit) is up-to-date and accurate.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the domestic (non CPFR item/distribution center) level forecast accuracy and bias to achieve desired levels/tolerance of forecast bias, customer service, and inventory
• Leads and coaches a team of demand planners by providing coaching in statistical forecasting methods, data mining approaches, and collaboration methods
• Interprets and conveys the results of times series, regression, barometric, and Delphi modeling methods
• Collaborates cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and finance, to capture requirements as inputs to statistical models to increase forecast accuracy
• Facilitates demand planning pre-consensus and merchandising meetings with the merchandising, sales, and finance teams to convey the results of the monthly forecasting process and achieve buy-in to the demand plan
• Responsible and accountable for accurate and timely master data (customer, product, sales BOM, etc.) within IBP and reflective reporting systems

Requirements

• College degree in Business, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, Economics/Econometrics, Quantitative Methods, or Supply Chain with Statistical Methods
• Minimum 5 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment, supply chain planning or capacity planning role
• Proficient with MS Office Suite including MS Visio
• Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• APICS certification desirable

Physical Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is occasionally required to walk
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus

Benefits

• Kid Inspired Culture
• Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees
• Community Volunteerism Opportunities
• Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
• Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
• Education Assistance Program
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
• Company Sponsored Employee Events
• Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment

Pay

Crayola is committed to providing competitive market compensation. Our pay ranges are established using reliable market data and consider factors such as job responsibilities, industry benchmarks, and geographic location. Individual starting pay is determined by a candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications. This role is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan as per plan guidelines.