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Senior Analyst, Supply and Demand Planning, your primary responsibility is to own the relationship and input from sales. In this role you will ensure a forecast for a subset of the Canadian business is developed, reviewed, published and adjusted as needed through partnerships with cross functionals in Sales, Finance, and Supply Chain. You will manage a portfolio of approximately 300 SKUs and will develop a forecast by using insights such as promotional plans, distribution changes, shipment history, competitor activities and marketing plans. This position is a key driver in creating and managing the true consumer demand signals by which to align the rest of the supply chain.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES- Lead collaboration calls with key sales accounts to review and adjust the forecast, based on customer input
- Act as a key contributor in the S&OE process, to ensure our short term plans are reflective of changes, pacing, sale demand change requests and mitigate risk.
- Participate in Step 1 and 2 of the S&OP process, collaborating with Design Planner and presenting short term and customer specific forecast changes to senior leadership teams for alignment.
- Analyze historical and future demand inputs such as distribution changes, price changes, new product launches, and calculate their impacts on demand.
- Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
- Review monthly demand sensing recommendations for short term forecast changes
- 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.
- Collaborate with Sales on advertising and promotional plans and evaluate against performance from similar historical activities.
- Ensure demand plan is shared in level of detail and timing required by internal customers and supply chain partners with documented assumptions, including risks and opportunities.
- Conduct monthly root cause analyses on forecast error and identify corrective actions.
- Measure, analyze, and communicate key process metrics and monitor adherence to key performance indicators, while driving continuous improvement.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING- University Degree Required.
- +3 years of combined experience in demand planning, sales, and/or supply chain.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS- University Degree in Operations Management, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field
- Experience in CPG industry preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across all levels within the organization.
- Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization.
- Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
- Experience leading process improvement initiatives.
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs.
- Experience with planning applications such as SAP, APO, Kinaxis, or SAS
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and experience with the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT or Copilot
JOB REQUIREMENTS- Office work environment with regular business hours Monday to Friday
- Remote work available once a week for eligible employees
- This role is not eligible for relocation
BENEFITS AND PERKS- Flexible benefit plan with company paid extended health, vision and dental plan
- Company paid defined contribution pension plan
- Profit Sharing
- Johnson Employee Association (JEA) - fun events for you and your families, draws, prizes and use of our on-site fitness facility
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Shop in our Employee Store
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability programs, Optional Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Company matching on savings plan contributions
- The use of Lake Joseph Resort - company cottages in the Muskokas!
We are hiring for an existing vacancy.
The Company's Total Rewards package is at or above industry levels. The expected base salary range for this position is between 79,958.00 CAD - 104,944.35 CAD. Job related skills, experience, education, and location will be considered in setting actual starting base salary. In addition to your base salary and depending on job level, eligibility, and performance, a total package may include profit sharing, a short-term incentive and/or long-term incentives. As a family company, benefits are a key piece of our Total Rewards package as well and we're proud to provide a comprehensive, competitive, and differentiated benefits program that our people and their families value.
