Job description
Demand Planner - FIN001338 The demand planner is responsible for the development of the demand plan for their respective category within the Supply Chain Planning team. This individual contributor role is responsible for using formal analytical techniques to align forecasts from multiple sources to build a consensus demand plan with other internal teams while staying aligned to key Supply Chain metrics including controlling costs and forecast accuracy. This demand plan controls annual purchases of $75M to $150M and is critical to service levels to customers.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Location(s) : Illinois-CHICAGO_IL U.S. Cellular® is an EEO employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race/color/age/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran status, pregnancy or genetic information.
- Develop and implement demand plans for a category through analysis and collaboration with consensus group to drive supply and replenishment plans. Responsible for forecasts at multiple levels including SKU, distribution center, and customer facing locations (several hundred to several thousand).
- Partner with managers on multiple internal teams throughout the organization for collaborative planning and management of business objectives. These teams include Product Management, Pricing and Promotions, Marketing, Finance, and Sales.
- Act as the lead for the category at Executive Reviews by planning and developing the presentation to ensure the most relevant topics are brought up for decision making.
- Act as the team lead within supply chain planning to execute on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as well as business objectives that require multiple functions to work together.
- Analyze large amounts of data in conjunction with business insights to provide conclusions and recommend strategies to be used with category team and collaborative planning team.
- Lead category team on special projects, reporting needs, and ad hoc requests to accommodate a rapidly changing business environment.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- 5 years of relevant work experience.
- Demand planning or forecasting experience.
- Experience with advanced planning systems.
- Advanced analytical skills required.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to balance multiple responsibilities at one time and reprioritize as needed.
- Self-motivated and able to make timely, quality decisions
- Ability to build relationships and work in a collaborative environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- SAP (ECC/APO) experience preferred.
- Retail experience preferred.
Location(s) : Illinois-CHICAGO_IL U.S. Cellular® is an EEO employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race/color/age/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran status, pregnancy or genetic information.
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