Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the SIOP process by generating the reporting and key findings to facilitate monthly forecast reviews and align on the forecast revision that will ultimately go to Consensus.
- Generate market and SKU-level findings regarding forecast trends, variances, and risks/opportunities to Sales leadership.
- Drive forecast accuracy and bias improvement initiatives using KPIs such as forecast accuracy, MAPE, and BIAS.
- Manage lifecycle planning for products: new product introductions, discontinuations, phase-outs.
- Work closely with Inventory Planning to ensure supply alignment and manage exceptions.
- Maintain reporting on proposed forecast adjustments vs. the Gross Sales Plan to ensure alignment with FP&A
- Provide the Marketing with reporting on ground up forecasts historical plan performance
- Maintenance of our planning tool of record: Netstock
- Maintain forecast parameters across all planning instances
- Ensure all item supersessions are loaded for product transitions to maintain statistical forecasts for newly transitioned/reformulated products
- Execute a product forecast transition process monthly to ensure demand points to the correct items out in time.
- Work with Global Sales and Marketing to secure GWP forecasts for SIOP
- Engage in a monthly forecast review process specific to Marketing Collateral to align on global forecast quantities
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Education & Experience: - Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management or related field
- 5+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or related supply chain functions
Skills & Competencies: - Strong proficiency in ERP systems preferably in NetSuite.
- A working knowledge of IBP tools (Anaplan, Logility, Just Enough etc.). Netstock knowledge preferred
- Experience with S&OP/IBP processes.
- Advanced Excel skills with a working knowledge of Power BI - SQL is a plus
- Strong communication and presentation abilities to influence cross-functional teams.
- Able to build decks to facilitate presentations
- Knowledge of inventory management principles and supply chain KPIs.
