Summary:
- The demand-planning organization of SC Johnson is responsible for the development of the demand forecast.
- The primary role of the demand planner is to develop a demand forecast using data such as sales inputs on promotions and distributions, shipment history, competitor activities and marketing plans.
- The market demand planner is the facilitator of the Pre-demand, Demand Reviews (Step 2) and Control Tower within the cluster and the country for the S&OP process, ensuring an efficient, effective, and reliable review driven by an unbiased, consensus process
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collect and analyze past/future demand inputs (such as distribution gains/losses, price changes, new/discontinued products and promotion plans) from Sales and Marketing and calculate their impacts on demand.
- Work with various cross functional partners on projects such as new product launches, discontinuations, and transitions to evaluate assumptions (pre and post launch) - new product forecast, pipeline fill, and cannibalization.
- Measure, analyze, and communicate key process metrics and monitor adherence to key performance indicators, while driving continuous improvement
- Work with supply partners to understand latest supply constraints and how this impacts their demand plan
Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:
- Minimum of an undergraduate degree, preferably economics, supply chain management, engineering, or a related business field
- Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with business stakeholders of different organization levels
- Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization
- Strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work within high-performing teams in highly collaborative environments
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs
- Good knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint.