Demand Planner

Position summary

Location and work arrangement

• The position is based in Milton, Ontario, with four days in person and one day remote.

Responsibilities

• Own S&OP meeting preparation and present consolidated, accurate information to drive discussion, decisions, and actions.
• Create and maintain the rolling sales forecast in Logility; lead CPFR meetings.
• Monitor forecast accuracy, forecast bias, inventory health, and on-time delivery KPIs.
• Document and evaluate business-planning assumptions; serve as the demand-planning and forecasting point of contact.
• Partner with Sales to translate and validate sales plans into demand plans; analyze sales trends and propose improvements.
• Maintain forecast master data, planning parameters, and documentation; drive process standardization and continuous improvement.
• Forecast across product lifecycles, from new launch to rationalization; provide demand information to other functions and perform ad hoc analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations/manufacturing, or a related discipline.
• Five years of progressive supply-chain experience in demand planning or forecasting; manufacturing experience preferred.
• Prior demand-planning and forecasting experience is required.
• Experience leading CPFR meetings with external customers and S&OP or Integrated Business Planning process improvements.
• Strong supply-chain principles, analytical, problem-solving, communication, facilitation, relationship-building, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work independently, collaborate across stakeholders, handle complexity, and manage multiple priorities.
• Experience in other supply-chain planning or inventory management areas, Six Sigma, and knowledge of Logility and Power BI are assets.
• Enrollment in or completion of APICS CPIM/CSCP certification is preferred.