DEMAND PLANNER

IN DEMAND Recruitment & Consulting Inc. is currently looking to hire a DEMAND PLANNER (Hybrid Position – Agri-chemicals). This position is available in one of these three locations: Alsip IL, Raleigh NC, or Calgary AB Canada.

Working closely with the local and regional Commercial (Sales, Marketing and Portfolio) and Supply Chain teams, this position is responsible for facilitating the Demand Planning process across the 0-24 month horizon, including developing the demand plan with supporting assumptions and ensuring the execution through the IBP process.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

1. Ensure the effective and efficient facilitation of the demand planning process to enable delivery of a robust monthly DMR (Demand Management Review) within the IBP (Integrated Business Planning) process across the 0-24+ month horizon for assigned regions.
2. Effectively collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure the Demand Plan aligns with business strategies, Commercial plans, historical performance, and statistical modelling.
3. Using exception-based planning to identify issues to improve performance.
4. Collect past/future demand factors, including promotion & event management, from sales & marketing and forecast/model their impacts on demand. Prepare and facilitate the DMRs within your business segments and support other DMRs as required.
5. Ensure output from DMR is a 0-24-month validated and robust volume-based plan, with supporting assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
6. Ensure quality of the plan transferred to Supply at the data transfer level (SKU-Location-Month).
7. Determine and communicate forecast range, with consensus demand, potential upside opportunity, and downside risk, to the supply planners.
8. Develop, monitor and communicate reports on changes and forecast accuracy to business unit and supply chain organizations, while driving continuous improvement.
9. Measure, analyse and report key process metrics and monitor adherence to key performance indicators (KPIs).
10. Manage the demand plan for new product introductions and end-of-life products to meet customer service requirements and minimise obsolescence & cost.
11. Manage statistical forecast exceptions by utilizing demand-planning exception reports to identify and fix potential issues.
12. Work with stakeholders on scenarios and contingency plans.
13. Apply data-driven methodologies to forecasting and decision-making processes, ensuring that personal biases or assumptions do not influence demand planning outcomes.
14. Support the weekly short-term forecasting process by balancing short-term demand and supply across the 0–3-month horizon.
15. Contribute to effective Supply Chain outcomes by ensuring strong collaboration between Demand and Supply planning, by communicating and translating risks, opportunities, and assumptions into Supply planning.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and (3) years of Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or Production Planning experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical capability.
• General understanding of Sales, Marketing and Portfolio, plus a strong business acumen.
• Fluency in English.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Advanced demand planning software experience (e.g. Demantra, SAP-APO or IBP etc.).
• Agrochemical (or affiliated e.g. pharmaceutical, life-science) experience a plus.
• Understanding of S&OP or IBP process.
• APICS/ASCM certification or other relevant certification a plus.

Qualified and interested individuals are encouraged to apply to info@indemand.ca.

ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED