Demand Planner

About the position

What you’ll do

• Develop and enrich make-to-stock product forecasts using market, customer, distributor, and commercial inputs, prioritizing high-impact segments.
• Lead regional demand reviews and coordinate sign-off of the rolling demand plan.
• Improve statistical and consensus forecast accuracy and reduce forecast bias.
• Partner with Sales, Market Strategy, Product Management, and Marketing on demand-driving events.
• Review demand trends, forecast accuracy and bias, inventory signals, variances, and corrective actions with distributor partners.
• Maintain and cleanse planning history, documenting adjustments for abnormal or non-recurring events.
• Validate assumptions for product introductions, promotions, customer changes, discontinuations, and other significant events.
• Maintain product lifecycle inputs in planning systems and reflect product status and transition timing in the demand plan.
• Oversee safety stock for SBU-owned IDHs and align documented changes with stakeholders.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, analytics, finance, marketing, or related discipline, or equivalent education and experience.
• 5–7 years of related experience, including at least 2 years in demand planning, forecasting, business analytics, supply chain planning, or a related area.
• Cross-functional understanding of demand planning, sales, distribution, product management, marketing, finance, and supply planning.
• Advanced Excel and data-analysis capability; experience with enterprise planning, ERP, BI, and CRM tools.
• SAP and demand-planning system experience preferred.
• Strong analytical judgment, communication, meeting facilitation, stakeholder management, root-cause analysis, and constructive challenge of assumptions.

Compensation

• Salary range is $105,000–$125,000 yearly; the position may also be eligible for incentive pay or other compensation.
• Actual compensation depends on factors including skills, experience, education, training, and work location.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing coverage; paid time off; retirement and employee share programs; family support; and career development resources.
• Flexible and hybrid work policies may depend on the role.