Market Demand Planner

Do you have five years of experience in forecasting and inventory replenishment/optimization? Advantage Resourcing is hiring an experienced Market Demand Planner in Avery Island, LA. The candidate selected will be responsible for building a consensus demand plan, combining statistical forecast, sales intelligence, and other relevant inputs, while maintaining knowledge of our client's products and relationships with sales and marketing counterparts. This is a fantastic direct-hire opportunity to join a collaborative and innovative team, leveraging your expertise to drive growth and lead with purpose!

Salary: $80,000-$90,000 per year

1st Shift Hours: 8 AM - 5 PM, Monday-Friday

Essential Functions:

• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts using statistical modeling techniques and data analysis.
• Act as the primary liaison between sales managers, business unit leaders, key customers/distributors, supply chain, etc. to ensure alignment of demand and inventory levels.
• Ensure the forecasting database is maintained monthly to provide the most up-to-date forecast for the 12-month rolling planning process.
• Facilitate the communication flow of changes to the forecast and communicate information to all necessary cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate with production, supply chain, and logistics to ensure inventory levels meet requested fulfillment dates across multiple locations.
• Fully participate in the annual sales planning process including but not limited to ensuring all sales managers receive and submit sales data and related reports following the planning calendar, enter data into the planning system (TM1), and partner with sales to determine annual plan spread, etc.
• Participate in the monthly S&OP forecast process by working with partners in sales, supply chain, and finance to obtain forecast inputs.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance forecasting accuracy and inventory management.

Employee Benefits: Generous health, dental, and vision insurance with comparatively low monthly premiums and a competitive prescription plan, life insurance, 401(k) plan to match 50% of employee contributions up to the first 6% deferred (totaling up to 3% of the employee's gross income), bonus incentives, paid time off, employee discounts, wellness facilities, career advancement opportunities, a business casual dress code, employee engagement events, and more!

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering technology, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in forecasting and inventory replenishment.
• Strong written, verbal, and in-person communication skills.
• Experienced in extracting and analyzing data to present in reports/dashboard format to multiple levels of an organization.
• Proficiency with software packages including Windows and Microsoft Office.
• Physical demands require sitting for long periods, repetitive movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers to operate a computer and other modern office equipment, and lifting 45 pounds as needed.

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