Summary:

This role is responsible for analyzing historical sales data, forecasts, market trends, and customer insights to generate accurate demand plans for the business. This position collaborates with cross-functional teams, including sales, marketing, and supply chain, in managing the aggregation of the demand planning processes across items, product lines, and regions producing a rolling unconstrained and consensus demand plan.

Essential Functions: Responsible for supporting the execution of the demand planning process within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with cross-functional teams to obtain and ensure that current, accurate information, and prudent business intelligence & assumptions are used for demand forecasts which end up in demand plans that represent the business needs. Lead respective regional monthly forecast review meetings, reviewing sales forecasts, new programs, as well as risk and opportunities. Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions. Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results to drive its accuracy improvements. Initiate appropriate communications with internal stakeholders regarding forecast changes. Align with cross-functional stakeholders on demand handoff to supply chain planning and operations. Understand and communicate customer demand/order-pattern characteristics based on changes in forecast and market trends to help the supply planning and operations team adjust inventory targets and build plan strategies. Gather, manipulate, and interpret data to create meaningful and accurate reports. Support and maintain a high quality of data and specifics for gap-closing targets for planning parameters—item ABC, customer ABC, forecast model parameters, etc.   Use and maintain all forecasts within the forecasting system,as well as support and train other users in the process and the tools used for forecasting. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree.  May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of a degree. 2+ years of demand planning experience. Experience data mining and analyzing complex data sets. Knowledge of key demand planning concepts, methods and metrics, and forecasting.