Demand Planner

Demand Planner Job Description

Rockfield,WI, US

Senior Level

$130,000 - $150,000 per year

• Develop and maintain rolling statistical baseline forecasts using historical sales, seasonality, trends, and causal factors
• Apply forecasting methodologies including moving averages, exponential smoothing, regression, and other statistical models
• Continuously evaluate forecasting parameters to improve forecast accuracy and reduce bias
• Maintain forecasts at the SKU, product family, and customer ship-to level
• Manage short-, mid-, and long-range demand forecasts
• Incorporate POS data, market indicators, economic data, and other external demand signals where available

• Lead the demand review portion of the monthly SIOP / IBP cycle
• Prepare forecast packages and facilitate demand review meetings
• Present demand plans, variance analysis, assumptions, and key findings to senior leadership
• Align commercial forecasts with statistical baseline forecasts
• Challenge and document commercial forecasting assumptions
• Translate demand plans into accurate and timely supply planning inputs
• Maintain SIOP / IBP calendars, templates, and process documentation

• Own forecast accuracy metrics including MAPE at the SKU, family, and total business level
• Conduct monthly forecast accuracy reviews
• Perform root-cause analysis on significant forecast misses
• Monitor over-forecasting and under-forecasting trends
• Develop corrective actions to improve forecast performance
• Create and publish demand planning KPI scorecards
• Benchmark forecasting performance and establish improvement targets

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Key Account Management to incorporate customer and market intelligence
• Incorporate promotional plans, distribution gains, pricing activity, and customer-level insights into forecasts
• Validate commercial forecast adjustments against historical performance and statistical trends
• Model expected demand associated with promotions, pricing changes, and merchandising programs
• Serve as a demand planning advisor to commercial stakeholders

• Develop launch forecasts for new product introductions
• Quantify launch risks and forecast uncertainty
• Coordinate product phase-in and phase-out planning
• Partner with PMO and cross-functional stakeholders on launch timing and initial inventory requirements
• Manage end-of-life and SKU rationalization planning
• Reduce obsolete and excess inventory exposure
• Maintain product lifecycle information within planning systems

• Provide demand inputs for safety stock and replenishment calculations
• Analyze demand volatility by SKU and category
• Identify potential inventory risks and opportunities
• Support slow-moving and excess inventory analysis
• Partner with Supply Planning to align demand and supply plans
• Identify potential service, inventory, and supply gaps

• Serve as a subject matter expert for demand planning systems and metrics
• Improve planning tools, workflows, and data quality
• Partner with IT on system enhancements
• Maintain planning master data and product hierarchies
• Support implementation and evaluation of new planning technologies

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Statistics, Economics, or a related field
• 3-6 years of demand planning, forecasting, or supply chain analytics experience
• Experience preferably within consumer goods, manufacturing, distribution, CPG, food & beverage, or another high-SKU environment
• Strong background in statistical forecasting and practical application of forecasting models
• Experience working within an S&OP, SIOP, or IBP process
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, INDEX/MATCH, statistical functions, and scenario modeling
• Hands-on ERP system experience
• Experience measuring and improving forecast accuracy and forecast bias
• Ability to manage SKU-level and aggregate forecasting
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Planning

• Dedicated demand planning software experience including o9 Solutions, Kinaxis Rapid Response, Blue Yonder, E2open, John Galt, Logility, or similar
• Power BI or Tableau experience
• Trade Promotion Management / TPM exposure
• CPG, food & beverage, high-SKU-count, or limited-shelf-life industry experience
• APICS CPIM or IBF Certified Professional Forecaster / CPF certification
• Exposure to machine learning-based forecasting approaches

Founded over a century ago, we are a leading manufacturer specializing in innovative aseptic food and beverage processing solutions. With a strong commitment to quality, safety, and continuous improvement, we partner with customers to bring products from concept to full-scale production. Our collaborative culture focuses on communication, employee wellness, and ongoing professional development while investing in modern technologies and advanced…