Demand Planner

Summary

Join Olipop as a skilled Demand Planner and play a pivotal role in developing, maintaining, and enhancing a comprehensive Demand Plan for our diverse product portfolio. You will ensure seamless alignment with internal partners, proactively manage exceptions, and continuously improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan. This role requires expertise in inventory management, forecasting, and strong analytical skills. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, communicate effectively, and contribute significantly to the company's ability to respond to evolving market demands. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus opportunities, and the chance to work in a fast-paced, remote startup environment.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree is preferred, preferably in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration
• A minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience in Supply Chain is required, with at least 2 years of experience at the planner level or equivalent
• Experience working in a CPG or manufacturing environment being advantageous
• Expert in inventory management and forecasting
• Proficiency in advanced Excel is required
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Proven experience in having an influencing and collaborative approach

Responsibilities

• Support the Supply Chain team as a key stakeholder in the MRP and S&OP processes to help meet customer demand while minimizing inventory costs and maximizing service levels
• Develop, manage, validate, and communicate demand forecasts for all sku’s and customers
• Become a company expert on sku and retailer trends through both internal and external data and communicate customer order behaviors
• Monitor inventory levels and work closely with Supply Planning to ensure all orders are being fulfilled and maintained at a high fill rate %
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new products or initiatives and ensure alignment with supply chain requirements
• Be proactive in identifying and effectively managing exceptions, improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan
• Collect Information and Assumptions: Gather comprehensive information and assumptions regarding promotional activities, product launches and phase-outs, customer and distribution changes, business trends, production constraints, regional demand, and other relevant factors. These inputs are crucial in developing a reliable and accurate demand plan
• Quantify new product launch forecasts using historical sales, planned marketing support, and key account merchandising plans
• Communicate risks and opportunities determined by analyzing account specific trends and new product launch performance
• Performs ad-hoc and demand analysis across company initiatives, scenarios, and plays an integral role in annual budget building with finance
• Generate forecast KPIs at the sku/customer/warehouse level to identify trends in our customer demand
• Meet with the Finance, Commercial, and Planning departments to review and understand changes in our customer demand forecast
• Liaise between Supply Planning, Finance, Sales, and Commercialization teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using MRP systems a plus
• Certification in supply chain management (e.g., APICS CPIM) is a plus

Benefits

$75,000 – 80,000 + Bonus