Planner, Demand

Coca Cola Beverages Florida • Tampa, FL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Coke Florida is looking for a Demand Planner based out of our Tampa Headquarters location. We’re currently looking for 8:30AM to 5:00PM, working Monday through Friday.  What You Will Do: The Demand Planner will support all processes relating generation, assessment of the Demand Forecast that drives our supply chain process, resource allocation decisions and service our customer and consumer needs. As a key team member within the Planning team, the Demand Planner will need to operate and embrace the team’s principles of: Create “one” consensus forecast, an agreed upon single source of truth to which all are accountable enabled through cross functional team input, technology and business insightsManage integrated business processes of planning to effectively deliver desired customer value propositions Enable execution of segmented customer & consumer service models with effective program design Allocate resources to optimize CCBF’s business outcomes, while managing trade-offs and investment decisions PGM & Planning to support CCBF in making its next best decision with end to end thinking to deliver disciplined & sustained profitable growth

Requirements

• Strong attention to detail and business process improvement.
• Strong self-motivation to improve capabilities of self and others through various learning methods.
• Ability to navigate complex business processes with an understanding of upstream and downstream implications.
• Strong business acumen.
• Proven cross-functional team collaboration at all levels.
• Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management, or Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in Business Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations.
• Strong forecasting and supply planning experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

• Project management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a statistical demand forecast based on a defined framework, applying promotional and lifecycle planning modules to create a rolling forecast with a specified time horizon.
• Evaluate the results of the statistical forecast at various levels (customer, location, package, material) against mid-term derived customer forecasts from the customer account management team. Understand variances and make necessary adjustments to reflect the most appropriate demand forecast results.
• Assist with the Sales & Operations execution process that drives the company's consensus forecast with key stakeholders (Sales, Operations, Production, Finance, Planning teams, etc.)3. Proactively assess forecast quality using trend analysis, forecast vs. actual results, and data input of volume by utilizing customer promotional calendars, history, and current information4. Collaborate with other planners (lifecycle, bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable integrated planning activities and processes5. Support the management of material introduction and deletion for forecast needs, including re-alignment requirements of sales history. Support all related integrated planning requirements and/or other assigned projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level