Demand Planner

ASR Group is the world's largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company's brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle's and Sidul.

Overview

The Demand Planner will provide sales trend analysis, support, and inputs to our demand and supply plans in support of the Sales & Operations Planning process. They will successfully engage across the business acting as a liaison between Supply Planning, Sales and other cross-functional departments. This role functions as the pivotal communication point for supply and service constraints between planning and the business team. With collaboration from the Demand team, this role will help achieve continuous improvement for customer service and simultaneously reduce finished goods inventory to achieve working capital targets, by improving forecast accuracy while also supporting overall business growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• With support from manager, execute monthly Demand cycle: IBP SAP template analysis, 1:1 meetings with Sales, Demand call leadership and ongoing adjustments in the forecast.
• Collaborate with Sales to gather customer information in order to drive forecast improvements and meet targets. Information will include product assortments (by customer), new item introductions, timing for discontinued styles, and promotional plans. Manage and monitor the sales demand forecast through the entire planning horizon.
• Foster robust relationship with Sales team through 1 on 1 meetings.
• Support reporting and S&OP preparation, including designing/creating needed reports and maintaining existing reports.
• Analyze and validate data and present findings to Sales as well as upper level management.
• With continued coaching and support from manager, lead root-cause analysis for demand performance gaps in order to identify potential risks and opportunities and subsequent requirements for action.
• Develop, analyze, and communicate the short and long-range demand plan to Supply Planning to assist Supply Chain leadership in assessing capital and capacity.
• Coordinate all aspects of Demand Planning related to the delivery of projects that support growth objectives, new product development, cost reductions, operational efficiency improvements, and reduce business waste.
• Challenge sales forecast accuracy and bias to drive continuous improvement
• Develop statistical forecasts, where applicable as baseline, to support Sales team in the development of Annual Business Plan
• Utilize SAP, Excel, Access and other systems/processes to gather demand planning data and do analysis
• Own action items resulting from the S&OP cycle
• Support team in process documentation and obtaining cross-functional sign off
• Backup members of the Demand Planning Team on an ad-hoc basis

Skills / Competencies / Requirements

• Bachelor's in Business, Supply Chain or Operations
• Prior work experience internship or full time
• APICS certification, SAP IBP or Demand Planning Experience a plus
• Strong analytical skills with ability to work in dynamic environment with ability to be flexible and work in agile areas.
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint
• Attention to detail with the ability to multitask and prioritize in a fast paced environment
• Must be a team player and self-motivated
• Results oriented, organized and strong problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to understand issues, develops plans and set metrics to measure progress towards goals

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, genderidentity, age,nationalorigin, disability, veteranstatusorany other category protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.