Demand Planning Lead

3 weeks ago

Vaughan Ontario LJ, York region, Canada CPG Executive Search Inc. Full time

Demand Planning Lead (Forecasting, Scheduling, S&OP)


Consumer Goods

Vaughan, ON


The Opportunity:


This is a great opportunity for someone looking for a collaborative work environment that provides stability, growth, and upside. Lots of opportunity to carve a career path for yourself in Supply Chain with a growing Canadian CPG company.


The Role:


Champion the S&OP process including both the Demand Forecasting and Production Scheduling areas of the business. Ensure inventory management is optimized, and that volume, cost, waste, and quality standards are achieved.


Be a coach and mentor to teams ensuring best practices are followed to provide a safe and efficient work environment and resolve escalated issues and problems.


Job Duties & Responsibilities:


  • Lead the S&OP process - including company Supply & Demand planning systems and processes
  • Build and help standardize dashboards for strategic analysis and internal business review
  • Communicate with all key stake holders to manage product demand, availability, and optimal inventory levels
  • Develop demand forecasts – including operational short- and long-term forecasts
  • Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, and evaluate forecast results
  • Analyze and reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated commercial/customer assumptions
  • Interact with the commercial/customer facing team to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts
  • Present the full year demand numbers and insights vs. the previous month's demand by customer during monthly S&OP meetings with senior management
  • Manage the timing and allocation of new products skus and the phase-out of end-of-line skus
  • Review forecast attainment weekly with the sales team and provide any significant update to supply planning on forecasts to adapt operations to optimal fulfillment rates and demand.
  • During supply constraints, work with the other demand planners to provide supply planning with the allocations by customer/items based on inputs from the sales team and customer insights
  • Lead by example with an approach to empower everyone in the team
  • Set key performance standards for the planning team
  • Track record of building teams
  • Ability to get things done through coaching, training and mentoring others
  • Operate at the highest level to support strategy development
  • Ability to think objectively and weigh different options to dive deep where needed on relevant issue


Ideal Qualifications and Competencies:


  • 5+ years proven working experience in Demand Planning, Logistics / Supply Chain / Production planning
  • Excellent knowledge of planning and quality control principles
  • Lead and influence demand planning strategies to maximize customer fill rates, minimize distressed sales, and minimize inventory redistribution due to forecast error, and decrease forecast variances
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
  • Strong communication skills: ability to communicate information clearly
  • Ability to work collaboratively as a team
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Attention to detail, fast learner, and quick thinker
  • Excellent presentation and negotiation skills
  • Microsoft Power BI knowledge is an asset
  • Instill a culture of accountability
  • Bias for action
  • Sense of urgency
  • Analytically savvy
  • Sound conceptual and strategic awareness/capabilities

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