Job Purpose and Impact
The Supply Chain Planning Demand Planner will help create all levels of demand plans for a group of products with medium planning complexity, including data inputs, statistical forecasting, incorporation of commercial intelligence and new or discontinued products. In this role, you will handle large sets of data and collaborate with others to create a robust demand plan, enabling effective financial planning and execution throughout the supply chain.

Key Accountabilities

• Create and maintain demand plan from statistical forecast through confirmation.
• Keep process documentation maintained and current.
• Maintain and handle product history, accurate forecasts and promotional demand.
• Maintain data relative to demand forecasts to include hierarchy, historical data cleansing, demand sensing data and forecast model parameters.
• Participate in integrated business planning, contributing to demand planning metrics targets.
• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

• Preferred Qualifications

• 2-5 years in demand planning or supply chain planning.

• Exposure to feed/agribusiness industry preferred.

• Ability to handle medium complexity product portfolios.

• Experience coaching or mentoring junior staff is a plus.

• Demand forecasting (statistical models, demand sensing, historical data cleansing).

• ERP & planning tools (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, OMP).

• Advanced Excel, Power BI, Tableau for analytics.

• Knowledge of integrated business planning (IBP).

• Analytical and problem-solving ability.

• Collaboration across sales, marketing, and operations.

• Communication and stakeholder management.

• Continuous improvement mindset.