Manager/Assistant Manager - Demand Planner

- Create statistical forecasts

- Gather, analyze and validate data

- Execute statistical modeling software

- Review resulting statistical forecast model

- Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting

- Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts

- Review sales plans, customer finance Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers:

- Present, solicit, and assess feedback on the various forecasts from sales, and finance

- Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts

- Review promotional plans with sales

- Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and finance personnel:

- Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion

- Provide input to volume planning (Latest Estimates / annual process)

- Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings

- Achieve consensus with the business side and the demand chain

- Maintain demand planning system and software

- Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy

- Monitor trends in forecast error

- Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence

- Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process