Job Title: Demand Planner
Location: Port Washington, NY
Zip Code: 11050
Start Date: Right Away
Keywords: #PortWashingtonJobs; #DemandPlannerjobs;

Job Description:
GENERAL FUNCTION
The Demand Planner is responsible for contributing to the profit and growth of the North America Wholesale division by managing/creating forecast for supply planning. The main functions include creating demand plans at the customer, brand, and SKU level using quantitative and qualitative metrics. Gather data and perform analysis-based business indicators that leads to sound and effective decision making. The function ensures consistent service levels to our customers through developing accurate forecasts, tracking their results, and partnering with inventory teams to ensure efficient inventory levels to cover demand. Liaises with Sales, Product, Customer Service, Corporate Planning, and other cross functional groups to achieve collaboration and consensus to ensure high level of service level to our customers.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Create and maintain customer, brand, and SKU level demand plans to be used in production/manufacturing planning.
* Analyze historical sales data, market trends, seasonal fluctuations, and demand drivers to create accurate Brand and SKU level demand forecast to help improve forecast accuracy.
* Provides leadership with overview of Forecasting at customer and brand level with key analysis and direction of forecasts to maximize decision making ability.
* Conducts and provides analysis of key performance indicators (KPI) among product lines and accounts.
* Utilize statistical methods and demand planning software to generate reports and accurately forecast demand.
* Work cross-functionally and collaboratively with sales, marketing, brand, product, sales operations, go to market, business planning, global supply chain, global NPI, and finance teams to review the business at a Customer/Brand or Channel/brand levels.
* Manage established as well as develop new reporting metrics for fill rates and forecast error to internal/external customers
* Run weekly report to help monitor order tracking and fill rate
* Weekly/Daily check of backorder report for assigned customers/areas and communicate recovery to sales, customer, and leadership as needed.
* Monitors, identifies and coordinates other internal and external inventory locations to improve supply efficiency and order fill rate.
* Provide ad hoc inputs and analysis to others in supply chain to maximize effective decision making.
* Creation of ppt slides, excel recaps and reports, and emails to be presented to/used by leadership. Clear narrative mandatory
* Lead forecast meetings with sales, brand, product, or customers to review overall business plans and align future demand signals with business expectations.
* Balance supply request to the factory vs financial plan, make informed decisions on what to forecast, procure, and request of production based on what sales and business planning teams are including in the financial plans.
* Full understanding of customer performance on both replenishments and NPI business and impact of replenishment vs NPI.
* Develop understanding of company supply chain models end to end, to have the most informed conversations with customers and internal stakeholders.

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