Lamb Weston

Demand Planner

Lamb Weston$71K — $107K *
Food & Beverages
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field preferred
  • 3 years of related experience in demand planning, supply chain, forecasting, or business analytics
  • Expert communication skills for cross-functional coordination
  • Proven leadership ability and experience influencing decision-making
  • Strong skills in quantitative and qualitative data analysis with a focus on statistical forecasting

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain all stages of the demand plan
  • Manage sales history for improving forecast accuracy and handling promotional demand
  • Maintain critical data for demand forecasting and historical data cleansing
  • Participate in integrated business planning and SAP IBP implementation
  • Conduct root cause analysis of forecast errors and recommend corrective actions
  • Drive the demand evolution plan and maintain business performance metrics
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on new product launches and transitions

Benefits

  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  • Well-being programs and wellness incentive initiatives
  • Paid Time Off
  • Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions
  • Employee Assistance Program services
Full Job Description
Title: Demand PlannerLocation: Kennewick, WA

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-271732

               

Time Type: Full time

               


Job Description Summary

               

Demand Planner is an integral player of LW’s supply chain planning team, responsible for driving excellence in demand planning for multiple product lines across business units with high to medium complexity, including market inputs, statistical forecasting, incorporating commercial intelligence, product lifecycle management, and continuous improvement analysis. LW seeks a professional who can handle large sets of data and collaborate with others to create robust forecasts, enabling effective demand planning and execution throughout the supply chain. This role will collaborate with the Commercial & Business Units, National Account Managers, Supply Planning, driving business initiatives and transforming SAP IBP working with IT.


This role owns and manages the overall demand signal, maintenance of the demand planning system, building the relationship with the Sales team, and driving continuous improvements supporting the demand planning deliverables in the weekly/monthly processes.

Job Description

Create and maintain all stages of the demand plan - inception to discontinuity.

Handle sales history for forecast accuracy and promotional demand.

Maintain data relative to demand forecasting including hierarchy, historical data cleansing, demand shaping and model parameters.

Participate in integrated business planning to implement SAP IBP.

Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.

Maintain business performance metrics and participate and drive demand evolution plan through Sales & Operation Execution (S&OE)

Leverage best-in-class process and strategy to ensure the DP team is developing a 18-month consensus forecast by using insights such as promotional plans, distribution lane realignments, shipment history, competitive and marketing plans.

Summarize and report key forecast changes and concise drivers of forecast accuracy performance to Supply Chain Leadership

Conduct root cause analyses of forecast error and identify corrective actions, leading the Demand Planning Team towards KPI targets

Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational inefficiencies

Work with cross-functional partners on projects such as new product launches, obsolescence, and transitions to evaluate assumptions – new product forecast, pipeline fill, and cannibalization

Scope: (Include scope/ complexity of the role that can be measured and are pertinent to the roles responsibilities)

Manages the overall demand signal, and maintenance of demand planning systems

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Education/ Certifications: (Required & Preferred) 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related field preferred 

 

Skills and Experience:  

  • 3 years of related experience in demand planning, supply chain, forecasting, or business analytics. 

  • A fast-paced, multi-tasking expert with strong cross-functional and change management capabilities  

  • Expert communication skills; ability to coordinate across senior leadership levels and within the organization  

  • Proven leadership ability (previous consulting experience a plus); drive action, accountability, and influence decision making at any level  

  • Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, linking root cause to action to forecast accuracy improvement; ability to simplify the complex with a sound understanding of statistical forecasting technique, demand planning, market analytics, and scenario planning  

  • Persuasive with multiple stakeholders, changing priorities; make sound decisions and work effectively in a team environment 

  • List any other skills needed to execute the job responsibilities that will enhance the performance of the job.  Example 1: Excellent PC skills, to include Windows, Word, and Excel or Example 2: Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills 

 

Physical Environment/Demands: 

  • Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment 
  • Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal 

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.   

  • Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday 

  • Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties 

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

  • Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

  • Paid Time Off

  • Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

  • Family-Friendly Employee events

  • Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

               

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

               

Anticipated Close Date: 11/14/2026

               

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

               

Pay Rate or Range: $71,410.00 - $107,110.00

               

About Lamb Weston

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. is an American food processing company that is one of the world's largest producers and processors of frozen french fries and other frozen potato products. It was spun off from Conagra Brands on November 9, 2016. The company is headquartered in Eagle, Idaho, a suburb of Boise, and has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Learn more about Lamb Weston
Size
7,800 employees
Market Cap
$12.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$296 million
5 Year Trend
+5.3%
Revenue
$3.5 billion
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