Demand Planner

About Bay Wa r.e.

Bay Wa r.e. Solar Systems LLC (Bay Wa r.e.) is a solar supply partner providing panels, racking, inverters, energy storage, and eBOS components to local, independent solar installers. We deliver a differentiated experience for customers and vendor partners through expert logistics and innovative solutions.

Our mission is to be the preferred solar and energy storage partner, and our vision is to drive stable, long-term adoption of renewable energy. We offer best-in-class products, dedicated support, and services that help installation companies work smarter and grow faster. Here, people come first — their ideas, collaboration, and commitment power our mission.

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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

We strive to offer progressive benefits to our employees. We believe that our employees and our culture are the foundation of the work that we do.

• The total compensation range $60k-$75k per year. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, prior experience, and skill set.

• 401k with up to 5% Employer match
• Health Premium covered at 100% for individuals (for select plans)
• Dental, Vision, Accident, Critical Illness, Group & Voluntary Life Insurance and AD&D
• Unlimited PTO
• 100% Paid family leave up to 12 weeks

JOB PURPOSE

This Demand Planner is responsible for coordination of all forecasting and demand planning activities in alignment with organizational revenue goals and Sales & Operations Planning cadence. The Demand Planner creates and maintains demand plans incorporating business intelligence, forecast information gathered from sales, marketing and product strategy. The role is also responsible for reporting on performance to plan and to highlight gaps to S&OP leadership.

The position reports into the Manager, Sales and Operations Planning.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Demand Planning (80%)
• BI Analytics (20%)

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demand Planning:80%
  • Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for necessary time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
  • Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, solidify methodology and evaluate forecast results.
  • Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and supply chain assumptions.
  • Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Product Management and Supply Chain to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
  • Own and update the Demand Planning program (Excel & Kinaxis) as the primary system planning tool.
  • Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
  • Daily management and problem-solving of supply and inventory plan variances, including unexpected demand, to ensure appropriate communication and actions with sales and supply chain personnel.
  • Coordinate and support demand & inventory planning meetings with sales, supply chain and logistics team to update demand plans in a timely manner.
  • Review product portfolio to proactively work together with sales to continuously be aligned around when and which products/items/SKUs are introduced to or withdrawn from the market.
  • Coordinate with the inventory obsolescence manager and supply chain to drive disposition of excess/obsolete inventory.
  • You will partner closely with regional teams to ensure demand plans are tracked against sales, relevant gap analysis is conducted and discussed with key stakeholders.
  • Enable forecast accuracy by ensuring that sales input is supported with objective and reliable data.
  • Achieve KPI goal deliverables:
    • Improve demand planning accuracy.
    • Inventory health optimization through effective demand planning coordination of stockouts, excess and aged inventory.
  • BI Analytics:20%
    • Support the team through the design of decision support systems and exploratory data analysis pertaining to demand planning.
    • Support and lead data driven…