Demand & Supply Planner Consumer Goods Vaughan, ON The Opportunity: This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a collaborative work environment that provides stability, growth, and upside. Lots of opportunity to carve a career path for yourself in Supply Chain with a growing Canadian CPG company. The Role: Champion the S&OP process including both the Demand Forecasting and Supply Planning / Production Scheduling areas of the business. Ensure inventory management is optimized, and that volume, cost, waste, and quality standards are achieved. Be a coach and mentor to teams ensuring best practices are followed to provide a safe and efficient work environment and resolve escalated issues and problems. Job Duties & Responsibilities: Lead the S&OP process - including company Supply & Demand planning systems and processes Build and help standardize dashboards for strategic analysis and internal business review Communicate with all key stake holders to manage product demand, availability, and optimal inventory levels Develop demand forecasts including operational short- and long-term forecasts Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, and evaluate forecast results Analyze and reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated commercial/customer assumptions Interact with the commercial/customer facing team to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts Present the full year demand numbers and insights vs. the previous month''s demand by customer during monthly S&OP meetings with senior management Manage the timing and allocation of new products skus and the phase-out of end-of-line skus Review forecast attainment weekly with the sales team and provide any significant update to supply planning on forecasts to adapt operations to optimal fulfillment rates and demand. During supply constraints, work with the other demand planners to provide supply planning with the allocations by customer/items based on inputs from the sales team and customer insights Lead by example with an approach to empower everyone in the team Set key performance standards for the planning team Track record of building teams Ability to get things done through coaching, training and mentoring others Operate at the highest level to support strategy development Ability to think objectively and weigh different options to dive deep where needed on relevant issue Ideal Qualifications and Competencies: 7 - 10 years proven working experience in logistics/supply chain/production planning Excellent knowledge of planning and quality control principles Lead and influence demand planning strategies to maximize customer fill rates, minimize distressed sales, and minimize inventory redistribution due to forecast error, and decrease forecast variances Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment Strong communication skills: ability to communicate information clearly Ability to work collaboratively as a team Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills Attention to detail, fast learner, and quick thinker Excellent presentation and negotiation skills Microsoft Power BI knowledge is an asset Instill a culture of accountability Bias for action Sense of urgency Analytically savvy Sound conceptual and strategic awareness/capabilities
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Demand Planner