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Job Description

Job Title: Senior Demand Planner

The Senior Demand Planner role supports the Customer Channels Group (CCG) division by using planning techniques to drive continuous improvement and maintain optimal inventory levels. This position is responsible for handling demand variability, ensuring favorable inventory results aligned with financial plans. The role combines data analysis and cross-functional partnership to support an efficient customer order fulfillment experience.

How will you make an impact? You will support the constantly evolving demand variability, assisting in making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. By applying data analysis and cross-functional collaboration, you will help meet or surpass market product availability while maintaining favorable inventory days and mitigating excess and expiry risk to achieve annual financial plans. You will also ensure customer satisfaction and effective business and end-to-end supply chain planning.

Key Responsibilities:

Build demand forecasting and planning capabilities, ensuring alignment among all partners of the process.Support product lifecycle management, including portfolio expansion, new item setup, product conversion, rationalization/discontinuation, and collaboration with key departments.Achieve and maintain inventory optimization plans, perform data analysis to identify risks and opportunities, and implement demand sensing techniques for timely adjustments.Drive continuous improvement, influence departmental metrics, and assess and mitigate risks for new product launches through proactive project participation and leadership.Maintain and complete strategic system planning processes, including stocking decisions, safety stock, order quantity assignments, forecast management, and replenishment lead time.Establish standard methodologies and keep process documentation/task flows updated.Maintain, improve, or suggest improvements to demand planning technology.Collaborate with IT to ensure system stability and execution of planning initiatives, and design, develop, and deploy automated workflows to increase efficiencies.Work on software & tool development, activation of new functionality, and resolving break fixes.Perform routine reporting and operational execution activities, and train internal peers on the use of tools and processes.Provide leadership and support to co-workers, promoting positive communication and interaction, while supporting procurement, transportation, distribution, customer service, manufacturing, and portfolio management functions.

Key Proficiencies:

A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain / Logistics, Business Management, or a related field.4+ years of senior level experience in distribution operations, inventory management, forecasting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Strong analytical and shown problem-solving abilities.Proven understanding of SQL and confirmed experience in analyzing significant amounts of data and turning it into concrete information.Understanding of planning systems and their effects on inventory and service levels.Proven passion for improvement, self-motivation, and ability to independently drive successful execution of initiatives with a high bias for action.Agile, adaptable, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious environment with a strong focus on achieving outcomes.Effective written and oral communication skills, coupled with a dedication to continuous learning and development. Ability to travel 5-10%.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of sophisticated planning systems (Logility), analytical tools (SQL Server, Power BI), Excel, and data warehouse.Forecast development experience using methods to account for trend, seasonality, and product life cycle changes.Experience in a fast-paced, multi-location distribution environment.

Apply today and contribute to our remarkable mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer!