Sr. Demand Planner - Overland Park, KS

Role Summary

As our Demand Planner, you will be the vital link between our commercial teams and the category supply chain, ensuring our demand plans are perfectly aligned to meet business objectives. You will drive continuous improvement across our customer demand activities.

Responsibilities

• Build Collaborative Demand Plan – Regularly interact with commercial teams (CDT's, customer marketing, and consumer marketing) to gather customer plans & other demand inputs. Determine deviations vs. statistical demand plan, gain alignment, & document key assumptions.
• Review Demand Plan – Prepare & participate in the Monthly CBP discipline process to develop an aligned demand plan. Gaps & opportunities are identified, quantified & addressed.
• Synchronize Supply & Demand – Ensure alignment between the final demand plan and the supply plan. Communicate supply risks, opportunities, and constraints, along with potential solutions, and detail their impact on the "unconstrained demand plan.
• Support New Product Planning & Life Cycle Planning – Work cross functionally to finalize pipeline volume & first 6 months of demand for new products. Track/measure actual shipments vs. documented key assumptions.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team to manage & communicate SKU performance and life cycle changes.
• Measure & Track Performance – Measure, report, and drive improvement of demand planning process & results.
• Communicate & Manage Demand – Monitor orders and shipments regularly. Identify and communicate significant changes, and facilitate the Fast Track process.
• Must be able to differentiate between actionable demand signals and distracting noise.
• Lead Change Mgmt Initiatives – Participate in change management initiatives related to Demand Planning. Communicate and implement these initiatives within the functional area.
• Drive the integration and adoption of AI/automation initiatives into daily Demand Planning tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration; B.S. in Engineering, Finance, Logistics or related field.
• 5+ years of commercial and/or planning experience
• Strong data-driven decision-making skills and a proactive approach to leveraging technology.
• Proven ability to manage complex demand signals and interpret master data.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with comfort in presenting to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change management initiatives and build relationships across diverse functional teams.