Demand Planner

6 months ago

Toronto, Canada McCain Foods (Canada) Full time

**Position Title**:Demand Planner

**Position Type**: Regular - Full-Time

**Position Location**: Toronto HQ

**Grade**: Grade 04

**Requisition ID**: 26355

**JOB SUMMARY**:
The Demand Planner orchestrates accurate and timely demand plans for designated business sectors, serving as the linchpin between our supply chain and commercial teams. This role synthesizes vital business intelligence from marketing, sales, and finance, as well as data analytics.

As the nexus between marketing and sales, the Demand Planner spearheads monthly dialogues to align customer and product forecasts.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Formulate multi-level, multi-timeframe demand plans.
- Facilitate monthly consensus planning for designated sectors, aligning commercial partners on SKU and category volumes for both short
- and long-term horizons.
- Revise demand plans to align with commercial and marketing strategies.
- Champion ongoing enhancements in forecast precision, identifying process and system inefficiencies and implementing corrective actions.
- Own forecast accuracy KPIs, maintain and publish key metrics, and drive continual improvements.
- Understand the downstream impact of demand planning on supply chain operations.
- Manage communication of forecast changes, ensuring stakeholder awareness.
- Utilize SAP IBP as the primary forecast system.
- Maintain portfolio master data with utmost accuracy.
- Triage statistical forecast anomalies through alerts, reporting, and analysis.
- Lead demand consensus meetings using a collaborative framework for forecast improvement.
- Scrutinize forecast data for variances, leveraging historical trends and market insights for refinement.
- Proficient in data retrieval from multiple systems and report creation.
- Responsible for executing routine processes and reports to enhance forecast quality.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 2-5 years in demand planning, forecasting, or supply planning, CPG experience preferred.
- Exceptional analytical, statistical, and organizational skills.
- High proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel.
- Capability to lead and influence cross-functional consensus.
- Skilled in facilitating Forecast Consensus discussions.
- Excellent communication skills across multiple organizational layers
- McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger._
- McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs._
- The health and safety of McCain employees and their families has been our number one priority since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccination restrictions easing across the globe we do not currently require employees to be vaccinated, but we reserve the right to change this mandate in line with health guidance and regulations in each country._
- Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the _Global Employee Privacy Policy_

**Job Family**:Supply Chain & Logistics
**Division**:NA Supply Chain
**Department**:Demand Planning Appetizers
**Location(s)**: CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || US - United States of America : Illinois : Oakbrook Terrace

**Company**:McCain Foods (Canada)

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