Demand Planner

Overview

On Site
$40 - $45
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Demand Planning
Statistical Forecasting
Advanced Excel

Job Details

Immediate need for a talented Demand Planner. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in San Diego, CA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID: 25-72291

Pay Range: $40 - $45/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

  • Works with all worldwide business regions and/or worldwide Marketing to aggregate forecasts and ensure alignment with business strategies.
  • Support the development of skill competencies and processes across worldwide business regions, including SAP/APO, and legacy system efficiencies.
  • Identifies areas of opportunity and/or risk for continuous improvement within the worldwide supply chain.
  • Participates in Regional Demand Reviews and/or Inter-regional Supply Reviews.
  • Works closely with Supply Planning to leverage information sharing across organizations.
  • Works directly with the business and customer sources of demands to create forecasts at levels representative of market segments and product families.
  • Leads the monthly Demand Consensus meetings and facilitates the Global Demand Review
  • Is responsible for developing detailed forecasts by SKU, based on family level consensus forecasts, and provides analysis for use in the Sales and Operations Planning Process.
  • Works closely with Distribution Partners to leverage information sharing across organizations.
  • Jointly accountable with Marketing and Sales for overall forecast accuracy.
  • Works directly with key stakeholders (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations, etc.) and facilitates monthly Demand Review meetings.
  • Ensures business exceptions from these meetings are defined and escalated for decision-making at the appropriate S&OP meetings.
  • Manage product life cycle activities jointly with Marketing within the New Activities process.
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining appropriate product aggregations.
  • Develops and maintains metrics to track performance and business contribution

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

  • Key Skills; Demand Planning, Statistical Forecasting, Advanced Excel
  • Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting methods
  • Solid knowledge of Supply Chain procedures (Demand/Supply/Production Planning, capacity leveling, product deployment and inventory control)
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment coordinating multi-discipline activities
  • Proven ability to effectively interact with multi-functional areas (Marketing, Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, Quality, etc.)
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills
  • Detail-oriented individual with a strong ability to multi-task
  • Familiarity with ERP systems and common software applications a must
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Requires BA/BS in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management.
  • Minimum of 3-5 years manufacturing and/or planning experience required.
  • APICS certification and SAP/APO knowledge preferred.

Our client is a leading Medical Equipment Manufacturing Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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