Senior Demand Planner

Senior Demand Planner

Requirements

• Excellent communication (oral & written) skills
• Strong organizational skills
• High customer focus with an ability to drive for results
• Ability to lead, coach and develop staff to improve performance and achieve professional goals
• Ability to work/communicate with all levels of the organization
• Develops collaborative and diverse relationships
• Ability to understand, assess & problem solve
• Proficient PC skills (spreadsheets, word processing, databases)
• Familiar with Legality Forecasting System
• 3-5 years of related experience in demand, supply, sourcing, or other related supply chain functions

Responsibilities

• Prepare and facilitate monthly cross-functional demand forecast meetings with Sales, Finance, and Merchandising by analyzing historical demand and current trends with focus on reaching consensus on final forecast.
• Convert demand forecast into financial ship forecast by analyzing current order base, carry over, and ship assumptions using spreadsheet formats.
• Facilitate monthly meeting with Finance and Sales to recommend ship forecast and reach agreement on financial forecast submission to corporate.
• Prepare forecast reporting and demand planning metrics for monthly S&OP meetings.
• Recommend style and color forecasts (material level) to Merchandising and Sales by analyzing historical trends.
• Facilitate meetings to ensure global forecast agreement is reached at the product line level in accordance with financial and merchandising plans.
• Based on product line forecast and additional statistical forecasting methods prepare detailed forecast at style/color level for Sourcing to secure capacity.
• Execute product line and style level forecast by loading data into current systems to ensure correct product mix for purchasing using forecast software.
• Develop annual ship forecast for recommendation to Finance on Financial Plan by converting demand to ship goals and establishing monthly seasonality.
• Develop annual inventory roll based on Financial Plan for recommendation to Finance on inventory plan.
• Provide team with special reporting as required i.e. 5 Year Plan, monthly demand for high volume/multiple delivery product lines, color blank requirements, forecast accuracy (forecast vs purchase follow up) etc.
• Provide analysis and follow through for business improvements related, but not limited to, shipping, inventory, sku efficiency, systems and process.
• Deliver an accurate demand plan to achieve brand inventory and on-time targets.
• Partner with Supply Planning to understand the supply demand match and collaborate with the business unit on action plans.
• Develop, mentor, train peers when needed.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.