🏢Client Overview
A well-established and growing consumer products manufacturer is seeking a Demand Planner to join its Sales team. The company develops and distributes branded products sold through major retail, e-commerce, and distribution channels across North America. Known for its commitment to quality, innovation, and customer service, the organization operates in a fast-paced environment supporting both everyday consumers and retail partners.
Salary/Hourly Rate
$75k - $85k
Position Overview
We're seeking a true end-to-end Demand Planner who has owned the forecasting process, partnered closely with Sales and Operations, and understands the downstream impact of forecasts on inventory, production, and customer service.
The Demand Planner will develop, maintain, and continuously improve demand forecasts that align customer sales expectations with operational capabilities. This role serves as a critical link between Sales, Operations, Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Product Management to ensure demand forecasts support inventory planning, production schedules, and overall business objectives.
The ideal candidate will leverage historical sales data, inventory trends, POS information, promotional activities, seasonality, and product lifecycle changes to develop accurate and actionable forecasts. This position requires strong analytical abilities, excellent communication skills, and a solid understanding of forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain operations.
This role follows a hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
Responsibilities Of The Demand Planner
- 🔹Develop and maintain customer-, product-, and channel-level demand forecasts using sales history, POS data, customer inventory information, seasonality, promotional plans, and commercial inputs.
- 🔹Partner closely with Sales teams to understand customer commitments, promotional events, inventory trends, business opportunities, and forecast drivers.
- 🔹Support the demand planning process by incorporating customer and sales assumptions into supply, inventory, and manufacturing plans.
- 🔹Analyze manufacturing lead times, production capacity, inventory levels, material availability, service risks, and backorder trends to develop realistic demand plans.
- 🔹Utilize forecasting, inventory planning, ERP, EDI, and reporting systems to identify demand, supply, and inventory exceptions.
- 🔹Lead recurring forecast review meetings with cross-func…