Mgr Demand Planning Pet NA

Job Description

Pet Demand Planning Manager - Decatur, IL
The key purpose of this role is to lead and manage the Demand Planning process in supporting organizational alignment to the sales and operations plan at the executive S&OP review. The Demand Planning Manager leads in the development of accurate demand plans and scenarios by improving the statistical forecast baseline, gathering and merging insights from Sales, Marketing, CD&D and facilitating discussions to reach consensus on future demand.

Scope:

• North America Pet solution business which covers Pet Premix (Effingham), Pet ingredients (Versity, Rice...), Pet treats and kibbles (Crosswind and PetDine)
• Mix of internal and external sales

Relations:

• Direct reporting to the Director of Pet Solution Supply chain
• Commercial, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain: very close coordination and understanding of these functions
• CD&D, Marketing, Procurement, Quality
• ADM Supply Chain COE

Responsibilities:

• Leads the Demand Planning process throughout the business as either a team leader or individual contributor.
• Drive Collaboration with Commercial and Finance teams to ensure that partners are providing necessary inputs into the demand plan.
• Owns key portions of the S&OP cycle related to Demand Planning
• Maintains statistical model in the demand planning tool
• Generates statistical forecast, calculates forecast error, bias, and value add and drives action plans to improve forecast accuracy
• Gathers necessary inputs for the demand review meetings
• Facilitates the demand review meetings
• Reviews monetized financial impact
• Identifies needs for alternative demand scenario based on risks
• Works with Supply Planner to balance supply/demand imbalances
• This role is responsible for short, medium, and long-term forecasting
• Oversee processes such as scheduling monthly reviews (Demand/Supply)

Leadership:

• Leads a small team of cross-discipline Supply Chain Planning professionals
• Supports hiring, onboarding and training new employees
• Develops the team and individual employees
• Influences without authority, including to Business Leadership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering
• 5 years of experience within the industry including minimum 3 years in Supply Chain Planning
• Training: APICS / CSCP certification a plus

Skills:

• Understanding of the end-to-end S&OP process
• Functional experience in Demand Planning and/or Replenishment Planning
• Strong technical and analytical expertise to support Demand Planning
• Strong experience with ERP/MRP, APS, Demand Planning software. Experience in building ad hoc solutions is critical.
• Business and financial acumen
• Knowledge of manufacturing process and target markets
• Customer and business orientation
• English Language
• Team Leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge in marketing analytics, reporting, and leveraging account-based intent data
• Strong interpersonal skills are a must. Strong influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Proactive self-starter, demonstrating high initiative and critical thinking. Proven ability to think strategically, but with exceptional attention to detail in execution.
• Positive, can-do attitude, with the ability to prioritize numerous projects simultaneously.

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