Demand Planner III

Rheem•Roswell, GA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Forecasting Demand Planner III is responsible for the development and maintenance of Demand plan of assigned finished goods, managing statistical forecast in a planning system, leading collaboration efforts with internal and external stakeholders around demand input, and delivering excellence in forecasting via metrics and KPIs. The position works closely with SIOP, sales/marketing, finance and product organizations to align demand plans with company goals connected to customer delivery and inventory management. This position supports our Enterprise division in Roswell, GA (Onsite) .

Requirements

B.S or B.A. preferably in supply chain and/or SIOP
5+ years of experience in demand planning and sales forecasting
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and a high degree of comfort learning and working with networked computer systems.
Excellent analytic skill
Strong systematic problem solving ability
Superior written and verbal communication

Nice To Haves

APICS certification

Responsibilities

Proactively identify relevant demand trends and portfolio impacts, leveraging development of data analytics, as well as new product forecast refinement
Develop and maintain monthly, quarterly, and annual demand forecasts using statistical models and business and customer intelligence
Analyze historical data, market trends, and promotional activities to improve forecast accuracy on a sku-DC planning level
Maintain demand planning systems and ensure data integrity within master data of planning attributes
Manage product lifecycle on a sku level in demand planning system to ensure right seasonality and trends are applied to forecast patterns
Generate reports and dashboards to communicate forecast accuracy, demand trends, and KPIs to SIOP stakeholders
Own and maintain SIOP Demand Review content for monthly business review with sales and supply organizations
Monitor forecast accuracy KPIs through various exception reports to ensure bias is minimized
Work with the Supply Chain to identify opportunities for improvement related to demand planning, forecast attainment metrics through Continuous Improvement efforts as well as planning system parameters
Lead cross-functional product, customer, sales and SOE meetings to communicate, align, and optimize demand plans with operations execution
Leads the demand planning consensus process including taking into account inputs from statistical models, sales and marketing insights, and other analyses while collaborating with cross functional teams including commercial and supply chain. This position will also be responsible for managing relevant measures (KPIs) to help drive better forecast accuracy and lower error rate
Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market related changes
Ensure that the agreed consensus forecast is passed accurately and at the appropriate level of detail to the production planning systems, on a timely basis
Escalate any supply chain related issues for awareness and action using the correct sense of urgency
Ability to work cross-functionally and adapt to evolving needs of Planning and Business
Manage various ad-hoc reports from large, complex data sets using Excel
Leads and owns master data in support of efficiency and accuracy in plans
Improvement and automation of supporting processes
Other duties as required