Sr Demand Planner

Medline•Northbrook, IL

3d•$92,000 - $138,000

About The Position

Under minimal supervision, manage, determine and communicate SKU level forecasting for Inventory Management. Lead demand planning related projects and analytics. Responsible for mentoring and training the Demand Planning team. Job Description Responsibilities Assess the impact of market changes or significant variances in the forecast, and recommend appropriate revisions and tactics Manage statistical forecast exceptions by utilizing demand-planning exception reports to identify and fix potential issues Collaborate with various departments to adjust and calibrate demand forecasts based on external and internal factors such as market trends, demand drivers, bias, and volatility. Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies. Lead the process of creating and modifying a demand plan. Assist in development of annual plans and reconcile them with monetized demand plans. Ensure the demand forecast is shared in the format required by customers and supply chain partners. Identify demand signals, and translate into forecast inputs. Lead the assessment of promotions and events on demand and provide recommendations. Determine methods to address and correct any demand-planning group behaviors that adversely affect S&OP KPIs. Collaborate with various cross-functional teams on projects such as new product launches, line extensions, product discontinuations, promotions and events. Lead and improve team skills and capabilities through peer mentoring, project management, and other indirect leadership opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Mathematics, Applied Statistics, or related field.
At least 4 years of experience in operations and/or supply chain.
Experience with modeling, forecasting, analysis and simulation tools.

Nice To Haves

APICS certification.
Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Experience forecasting in sales, marketing operations, finance and manufacturing.
Experience interpreting and communicating results of analysis to various audiences.
Experience taking the steps to ensure the assignment/ project is accomplished within tight timeframes.
Experience processing all relevant details, understanding and prioritizing their importance and drawing clear and concise conclusions.
Experience controlling and coordinating concurrent projects, competing priorities and critical deadlines.
Experience communicating with internal and external business partners and cross functional teams at various levels.

Responsibilities

Assess the impact of market changes or significant variances in the forecast, and recommend appropriate revisions and tactics
Manage statistical forecast exceptions by utilizing demand-planning exception reports to identify and fix potential issues
Collaborate with various departments to adjust and calibrate demand forecasts based on external and internal factors such as market trends, demand drivers, bias, and volatility.
Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
Lead the process of creating and modifying a demand plan.
Assist in development of annual plans and reconcile them with monetized demand plans.
Ensure the demand forecast is shared in the format required by customers and supply chain partners.
Identify demand signals, and translate into forecast inputs.
Lead the assessment of promotions and events on demand and provide recommendations.
Determine methods to address and correct any demand-planning group behaviors that adversely affect S&OP KPIs.
Collaborate with various cross-functional teams on projects such as new product launches, line extensions, product discontinuations, promotions and events.
Lead and improve team skills and capabilities through peer mentoring, project management, and other indirect leadership opportunities.