LG Electronics

Demand Planning Manager (Media Entertainment - Walmart/Sam's Club)

LG Electronics • $90K — $120K *
Rogers, AR 72756In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
2 months ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or a related field
  • 7+ years of demand planning or relevant experience
  • APICS certification preferred
  • Understanding of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)
  • Strong communication skills for direct customer interaction
  • Proven ability to build relationships
  • Excellent data analysis capabilities
  • Solid business acumen

Responsibilities

  • Host weekly CPFR meetings with external and internal teams
  • Gather market intelligence for accurate operational forecasting
  • Manage demand planning for assigned accounts
  • Oversee weekly purchase order requests and inventory management
  • Balance inventory across warehouses and store levels
  • Create recurring and ad-hoc reports using vendor portal data
  • Collaborate daily with the Sales team on forecasting and orders
  • Lead weekly internal S&OP meetings
  • Work with supply planning on long-term forecasting

Benefits

  • No-cost employee premiums for medical, dental, vision, and prescription benefits
  • Immediate vesting of competitive 401(k) contributions with auto enrollment
  • Generous Paid Time Off including holidays and combined sick/vacation time
  • Performance-based Short-Term Incentives
  • Access to mental health resources and personal fitness incentives
  • Family-oriented benefits including paid parental leave
  • Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance
Full Job Description
Summary

Responsible managing Demand Planning and CPFR (Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting, Replenishment) activities with key national accounts (Walmart, Sam's Club, etc.) and maintaining forecast models incorporating business intelligence gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts and other sources.

Responsibilities
  • Host and lead weekly CPFR (collaborative planning forecast and replenishment) meetings with external buying teams and internal Sales and Product Marketing teams
  • Gather and incorporate market intelligence to produce the best possible operational forecast through internal CPFR tools and processes
  • Manage model-level demand planning responsibilities for assigned accounts/retailers
  • Manage weekly purchase order requests, intake, and maintenance as well as work with accounts to manage optimal inventory to ensure achievement of in-stock expectations
  • Work with account to balance inventory across network - WH/store level
  • Reoccurring and ad-hoc reporting utilizing internal and external vendor portal data
  • Daily collaboration to support Sales team regarding forecasting, inventory, and order maintenance
  • Lead weekly internal S&OP meeting
  • Work directly with supply planning team to collaborate on long-term forecasting for production schedules


Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or relevant field
  • 7+ years demand planning or relevant experience
  • APICS certification preferred
  • Must understand collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) to effectively manage forecast
  • Strong written, verbal, and in-person communication skills required as this position interfaces with customers directly
  • Strong relationship builder
  • Excellent data analysis skills
  • Solid business acumen


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Recruiting Range

$90,000-$120,000 USD

Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:
  • No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.
  • Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
  • Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.
  • Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
  • Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life. Personal fitness goal incentives.
  • Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
  • Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.

Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:
  • Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.

About LG Electronics

LG Electronics Inc. is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of the LG Corporation, the fourth-largest chaebol in South Korea, and its global sales reached US$55.91 billion in 2014. It comprises four business units: Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliances & Air Solutions and Vehicle Components, with Starion India as its main production vendor for refrigeration and washing machines in the Indian sub-continent. LG Electronics acquired Zenith in 1995 and controls 37.9 percent of LG Display as of 2013. Since 2008, LG Electronics remains the world's fourth-largest LCD television manufacturer. The company has 128 operations worldwide, employing 83,000 people.
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