HD Supply Holdings

Senior Demand Planner

HD Supply Holdings • $80K — $110K *
Atlanta, GA 30349In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • BS/BA in a related discipline; MS/MA preferred.
  • 5-8 years of experience in demand planning or analytics; 3-5 years with MS/MA.
  • Strong understanding of sales and operations processes and methodologies.
  • Experience in statistical forecasting and risk management.
  • Familiarity with JDA system enhancements and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute forecasts for enterprise sales and operations planning.
  • Conduct demand planning including repeatable processes and analytics.
  • Mentor and onboard new team associates, assessing their training needs.
  • Lead special projects requiring analytics and strategic insight.
  • Measure and enhance forecast accuracy through corrective actions and process improvements.
  • Create statistical forecasts and identify risks using quantitative methods.
  • Collaborate across departments to integrate new and retiring products into demand planning.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive onboarding and mentoring programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and skills training.
  • Collaborative work environment with inter-departmental projects.
  • Exposure to high volume and complex product categories.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Uses sales and operations processes, tools, and methodologies to analyze, improve, and recommend demand forecasts and enhancements for high volume and complex product categories. Provides actionable data analyses to support business cases for demand plans using data-driven methods. Serves as a mentor for other individual contributors on the team.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities
  • Develops and executes forecasts to support the enterprise sales and operations planning process for all high volume and complex categories across all business segments and sales verticals.
  • Executes demand planning for specific product categories, including creating repeatable processes and developing one-off and recurring demand analytics. Delivers the total demand forecasts.
  • Participates in onboarding and mentoring new associates. Performs check-ins and determines readiness and training needs.
  • Leads small teams in periodic special projects that require analytics and strategy.
  • Measures, analyzes, and improves forecast accuracy with segment-specific corrective actions, process enhancements, and JDA system enhancements. Communicates results and actions taken to stakeholders. Leads a workstream that maintains forecast accuracy for one or more sales verticals.
  • Creates statistical forecasts. Identifies and quantifies risks using established quantitative methods and application software.
  • Collaborates with various departments to incorporate the onboarding of new products, retirement of old products, customer-specific forecast requirements, regulatory changes, and promotions into the demand planning process.
  • Works with inventory analytics to understand the relationship of the forecast to the open-to-buy plan.

Nature and Scope
  • Identifies key barriers/core problems and applies problem solving skills in order to deal creatively with complex situations. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems. Makes decisions under conditions of uncertainty, sometimes with incomplete information, that produce effective end results.
  • Independently performs assignments with instruction limited to the expected results. Determines and develops an approach to solutions. Receives technical guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues.
  • May oversee the completion of projects and assignments, including planning, assigning, monitoring and reviewing progress and accuracy of work, evaluating results, etc. Contributes to employees' professional development but does not have hiring or firing authority.

Work Environment
  • Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
  • Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
  • Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience
  • Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 5-8 years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 3-5 years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.


About HD Supply Holdings

HD Supply Holdings is a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products to the multifamily and hospitality markets in North America. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. HD Supply Holdings offers a wide range of products, including plumbing, electrical, HVAC, hardware, and janitorial supplies, as well as appliances and lighting. The company serves over 500,000 customers through its network of more than 270 branches and 44 distribution centers. HD Supply Holdings is committed to providing its customers with high-quality products and exceptional service.
Learn more about HD Supply Holdings
Size
11,500 employees
Market Cap
$8.6 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$1.8 billion
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
-1.7%
Revenue
$5.1 billion
NASDAQ
HDS
* Ladders Estimates

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