Senior Demand Planning Analyst

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With a strong focus on innovation, service, quality, and sustainability, Shearer's has been awarded the food industry’s highest award for environmental sustainability, as well as multiple Supplier of the Year awards.

Operating 16 locations across North America and employing more than 5000 team members, Shearer's is driven by its core values of People, Grow, Impact and Win. The company mission is to deliver exceptional products and services that make snacking a time to celebrate for our customers, colleagues, and community.

At Shearer's Foods, we believe in a skills-first approach to recruitment and employment. This means focusing on what you can do and how you can grow, rather than traditional metrics alone. We are committed to adhering to anti-exclusion practices, removing barriers to access, and enhancing opportunities for all individuals based on merit and potential. Your skills, experience, and perspective are valuable—and we want to empower you to make your mark here with us.

• Manage the collaborative monthly forecast process as a key part of the S&OP process for a defined portion of the business.
• Partner with sales and marketing to integrate promotional calendar and new product introduction into forecast plan.
• Maintain and improve the forecast models (by product, customer and plant).
• Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Product management and Operations to incorporate causal events into the forecast, and align them with supply chain planning to meet customer service expectations.
• Interact with customer supply planning teams.
• Adhere to strict deadlines for deliverables in the S&OP system.
• Monitor and improve key performance metrics.

• Bachelor’s degree in operations / supply chain management or related business discipline is preferred; an associate’s degree with relevant experience will be considered.
• 2 to 4 years’ experience working as a Forecast Analyst and looking for the opportunity to build and grow within Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics and/or forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Experience working within a forecasting software program, preferably JDA.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Associate

Full-time

Supply Chain and Analyst

Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage