• Create baseline demand plan converting sales plans to unit production requirements and benchmarking against demand plan.
• Facilitate regional demand planning meetings with direct interaction and input from sales and marketing.
• Provide pro-active professional gap analysis of demand, financial, supply plans.
• Document major assumptions in the demand plan, including the coordination of new products, projects, promotions, events and/or customer planning activities.
• Validate and align of baseline forecasts to meet the Regions sales goals with regional sales leaders.
• Adjust baseline forecasts to include demand forecast exceptions provided by sales team
• Provide root cause analysis and corrective actions to continually improve demand plan quality.
• Provide relentless, professional 3-step feedback loop on monthly basis (demand plan vs. incoming order rates vs. plant shipments.)
• Lead corrective action on behalf of regional Sales Inventory & Operations Planning team for demand plan accuracy, sales forecast accuracy.
• Partner with SIOP process team and supply planners to facilitate maximum customer satisfaction, stakeholder satisfaction and financial performance.
Desirable Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, accounting, operations management, marketing or supply chain management.
• Experience with SAP ERP systems
• Experience with a Demand Planning tool (e.g. RapidResponse, SAP APO module, Forecast Pro).
• APICS, CPIM, CPSM, or CPF certification preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft applications.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong verbal & written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to efficiently multi-task, prioritize, and delegate.
• Ability to collaborate with both internal and external customers.