Demand Planner

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Demand Planner based in United States.

We are seeking a Demand Planner to take ownership of the monthly demand forecast for an assigned portfolio of customers and products. You will build, validate, and publish forecasts in Anaplan, ensuring that planning assumptions reflect customer behavior, commercial priorities, and market developments. Working closely with Sales, Finance, Revenue Growth Management, and Supply Planning, you will translate data into actionable insights and support informed business decisions. You will play an active role in an ongoing transition from spreadsheet-based planning to an integrated forecasting platform, helping shape processes as new capabilities are introduced. This position offers meaningful ownership, cross-functional visibility, and the opportunity to influence demand planning practices in a fast-growing consumer goods environment.

Accountabilities:

As Demand Planner, you will own forecast accuracy and the assumptions behind your assigned portfolio. You will combine statistical analysis, commercial insights, and scenario planning to anticipate changes in demand, communicate risks and opportunities, and support the organization's monthly consensus and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.

• Build, validate, and publish monthly demand forecasts in Anaplan for an assigned portfolio of customers and SKUs, covering baseline demand, promotional activity, new product launches, and product phase-outs.

• Review statistical forecasts each cycle, apply appropriate overrides, document the rationale, and maintain disciplined forecasting practices.

• Develop and compare forecast scenarios to assess risks and opportunities related to promotions, supply constraints, pricing changes, and other business developments.

• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, investigate variances, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.

• Develop launch forecasts for new products using historical analogs, marketing plans, and customer-level merchandising assumptions, then track performance against expected growth.

• Represent the assigned portfolio in consensus forecasting and S&OP meetings, presenting forecast changes, underlying assumptions, risks, and opportunities to Sales, Revenue Growth Management, and Finance.

• Gather and challenge assumptions related to promotions, product launches and discontinuations, distribution changes, pricing, and customer-specific plans.

• Identify and communicate demand risks and opportunities early enough to support proactive business decisions.

• Partner with Supply Planning to monitor inventory levels, weeks of supply, fill-rate risks, and allocation decisions, identifying potential demand and supply imbalances.

• Analyze retailer and channel trends using internal, point-of-sale (POS), and syndicated data to understand customer ordering behavior.

• Contribute demand inputs and scenario analysis to annual operating plans and long-range planning activities in collaboration with Finance and Commercial teams.

• Support the Anaplan implementation through user acceptance testing, data validation, and the migration of assigned accounts from Excel-based processes.

• Work with the Demand Planning Analyst to maintain master data accuracy, support reporting requirements, and investigate data issues affecting forecasts.

• Follow demand review calendars and forecast lock dates while keeping portfolio assumptions up to date between planning cycles.

• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, reduce manual work, and strengthen forecasting reliability.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate brings 5–8 years of professional supply chain experience, including at least 1–2 years in demand planning or a closely related role. You should have experience managing a customer or category portfolio through a complete monthly forecasting cycle, strong analytical capabilities, and the confidence to explain and defend planning assumptions. Success in this role requires both technical proficiency and the ability to influence stakeholders across commercial and operational teams.

• 5–8 years of professional supply chain experience, with at least 1–2 years as a Demand Planner, Demand Planning Analyst, or in an equivalent position.

• Experience owning a customer or category portfolio through a full monthly demand forecasting cycle.

• Proficiency in Anaplan, with hands-on experience using demand planning or integrated business planning platforms.

• Experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system for managing order, shipment, and inventory history.

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, and the ability to manage and analyze large datasets.

• Strong PowerPoint skills, with the ability to prepare clear presentations for consensus meetings and leadership discussions.

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