Demand Planner - Burnaby, Canada - Meadowfresh Dairy Corporation

Meadowfresh Dairy Corporation

Verified Company

Burnaby, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

ROLE:
Demand Planner

REPORTS TO:
Director of Sales

LOCATION:
Burnaby/Guelph

We are looking for a Demand Planner to join our dynamic Sales Team Our Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting activities associated with our customers for all our finished goods.

The Demand Planner will create and maintain forecast models for customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, and other sources.

Our Demand Planner is also the lead trade support contact responsible for approving and reconciling customer billbacks for all brands.

OPPORTUNITIES

This is a very exciting time for our Team as we continue to grow and expand The main challenge is to create and maintain high-quality demand forecasts and demand forecast analytics by assembling and analyzing all data pertinent to creating/maintaining the demand forecast.

However, this provides opportunities to leave your footprint on the company and connect with many people in and outside of the company.

As lead of our order fulfillment process, you will also be the primary contact between the Sales team and the production planning and customer service teams to ensure forecasts and promotions are effectively communicated.

You will get the opportunity to work with all our plants and our incredible group of brands including Organic Meadow, Rolling Meadow, Meadowfresh, Scardillo, Happy Planet, and a2 Milk.

HERE IS WHO YOU ARE

DRIVE & MOTIVATION

You enjoy helping others and get along with people
You enjoy number crunching and solving complex problems
You enjoy working in a fastpaced environment and are very organized

CHARACTER & ABILITIES

You are passionate about your work and dedicated to your craft
You are a numbers person and a problem solver
You are good at multitasking and are always on the lookout for ways to improve things
You are a planner by nature and have an acute ability to think ahead and anticipate issues before they happen
You are confident and assertive
You work well with others and are a real team player

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

You can multitask, stay organized, and have excellent time management skills
You are proficient in Microsoft Office with advanced skills in Excel
You are effective at presenting your work and analysis in a way that is very clear and concise
You have strong analytical and interpretive skills driving factbased decisions
You are extremely customerfocused in ensuring customer orders are fully met
You are experienced with trade spend programs in the CPG category

EXPERIENCE

You have a postgraduate degree or diploma, ideally with a strong mathematical/statistical component
You have 35 years of Demand Planning experience in food manufacturing

NICE-TO-HAVE

IBF qualification
Experience with forecasting tools

THINGS YOU WILL DO

Successfully lead sales and demand planning collaborative sessions with key stakeholders to generate weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual demand plans across all our brands
Support execution of the product lifecycle management process for all new product launches, new SKU sales growth/decline and product exits as it relate to the demand planning function
Drive continuous improvement in the development, modification, and adjustment of procedures, policies, processes, and technologies within the demand planning organization
Improve the demand forecast quality and accuracy by effectively analyzing sources of forecast metrics and recommending appropriate action plans through an established S&OP process
Maintain awareness of industry best practices and the ability to advocate for and translate those into forecasting practices where appropriate
Key contributor for the distillation of forecast and sales data in support of Management's regular reviews and ad hoc requests
Work very closely with Sales to monitor and forecast sales trends, particularly for features and promotional lifts
Lead on approving customer chargebacks and reconciling Trade Spend with the assistance of the Sales team for all our brands

OTHER

You might be required to work overtime during monthend
You will need to have flexible work hours as working with functional teams across BC and Ontario time zones (EST & PST)

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
$72,000.00-$88,000.00 per year

Benefits: