Demand Planner - Beer Operations

Position Summary

This Demand Planner role supporting our beer operations is a wonderful opportunity to grow your career with a best-in-class company and make an impact as we embark on transforming our end-to-end supply chain. Day-to-day, this role functions as the subject matter expert on demand planning and will be responsible for the creation of accurate demand plans by applying forecasting techniques, evaluating market intelligence, and using collaborative input from various partners.

The Demand Planner will manage and maintain the statistical base forecast, collaborate on the application of machine learning drivers, document assumptions, and troubleshoot exceptions as needed. In addition to day-to-day responsibilities, this role will also be testing and providing feedback as we launch our end-to-end integrated supply chain system.

The person coming into this role will get exposure to leadership across the organization by participating in S&OP meetings and leading cross-functional calls with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain groups to create a consensus forecast. The Planner will utilize both quantitative and qualitative information in establishing a forecast and will support the business with trend analysis.

Responsibilities

• Leverage advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms to generate SKU-level 24-month forecasts for a regional business unit, utilizing statistical modeling and historical data and enriching the baseline with commercial intelligence gathered from Marketing & Sales business partners.
• Capture current demand signals/trends that may impact demand by using and analyzing market intelligence data (Circana, etc.), past and near-term events, holiday impacts, consumer behavior changes, and macro-economic conditions.
• Communicate and lead calls with sales, marketing, and supply chain groups to drive consensus on S&OP demand forecast and make recommendations on actions needed to improve forecast accuracy, including reviewing wholesaler forecasts, responding to changing sales trends, and highlighting upcoming risks.
• Summarize in a clear, concise manner key drivers in depletions performance against Annual Operating Plan, including options available for gap closure for distribution across all levels, up to the Beer Leadership Team (BLT).
• Work with various cross-functional teams on projects such as new product launches, line extensions, product discontinuations, promotions, and events to optimize forecast accuracy.
• Measure and report on Demand Planning KPIs (Accuracy, Bias, Forecast Value Add, etc.) and drive exception-based action toward continuous metric improvement.
• Develop various “what if” scenarios through the utilization of key drivers and drive cross-functional consensus alignment, as well as identify risks and opportunities.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, & problem-solving skills with proven ability of consolidating and analyzing large volumes of data, with the ability to tell a compelling data-driven story to drive consensus for action.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate well across all levels of the organization.
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to work with both internal and external customers.
• Foster strong relationships with data science, marketing, and sales teams to integrate relevant data and insights to drive forecasting enhancements.
• Ability to own, explain, present, and drive consensus of the overall forecast for a business unit within weekly and monthly cross-functional meetings.
• Ensure structure of S&OP cycle meetings through setting agendas, facilitating and participating in cross-functional discussions, and driving prompt decision-making with stakeholders in supporting the overall S&OP Demand Planning process.
• Demonstrates effective communication that is genuine, authentic, concise, and persuasive.

Employment Type

Full time

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