About the Role
We are looking for a Demand Planner to develop and maintain accurate sales order forecasts, analyze data, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on sales order timing and supply availability.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain accurate weekly sales order forecasts for all assigned customers and SKUs.
- Work with Sales, Supply Planning, and Production teams to align on sales order timing and supply availability.
- Understand and communicate the rationale and assumptions behind the sales order forecast.
- Analyze historical data, channel inventory, and sales and marketing inputs to generate reliable sales order forecasts.
- Monitor and report on forecast accuracy, bias, and other key performance indicators.
- Support senior team members in cross-functional communication regarding forecast changes.
- Work with Supply Planning and Commercialization teams to develop inventory strategies for existing products, new launches, and phase-outs.
- Use planning tools and systems, suggesting potential improvements.
- Maintain the parameters and logic used by planning tools to convert the consumption forecast into the sales order forecast.
- Contribute to demand planning process improvement.
- Monitor and manage channel inventory levels.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in demand planning or related fields is required.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills including proficiency with formulas, pivot tables, and data analysis is required.
- Knowledge of the consumer packaged goods industry is a plus but not required.
- Knowledge of data visualization tools or experience with demand planning software such as Anaplan or S&OP tools is a plus.
Skills
- Demand planning
- Sales order forecasting
- Data analysis
- Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables)
- Consumer packaged goods industry knowledge
- Data visualization tools
- Demand planning software (Anaplan, S&OP tools)
Experience Level
- 2+ years
About the Company
- PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity.
Equal Opportunity
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