Demand Planner

March 14

🏄 California – Remote

Although this job is listed in California, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $80k - $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🔗 Supply Chain

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OLIPOP PBC

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OLIPOP PBC is a company that offers a variety of beverages inspired by classic soda flavors. These beverages are designed as a healthier alternative to traditional sodas, featuring prebiotic soluble fibers and reduced calorie content, making them a functional and digestive-friendly option. Their product range includes flavors like Vintage Cola, Root Beer, Cream Soda, and Cherry Cola, among others. OLIPOP promotes its drinks as guilt-free indulgences that provide both nostalgic enjoyment and health benefits, catering to consumers interested in wellness and digestive health. The company also engages in direct-to-consumer sales and offers subscription services for ongoing savings.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🧘 Wellness

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Description

• As a skilled Demand Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing a comprehensive Demand Plan for a diverse portfolio of products and customers. • Your expertise will ensure seamless alignment of this Demand Plan with both internal partners through the S&OP and Monthly Forecasting calls. • By proactively identifying and effectively managing exceptions, you will closely monitor performance to continuously improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan. • This will significantly contribute to the Company's ability to swiftly sense and respond to evolving circumstances. • Support the Supply Chain team as a key stakeholder in the MRP and S&OP processes to help meet customer demand while minimizing inventory costs and maximizing service levels. • Develop, manage, validate, and communicate demand forecasts for all sku’s and customers. • Become a company expert on sku and retailer trends through both internal and external data and communicate customer order behaviors. • Monitor inventory levels and work closely with Supply Planning to ensure all orders are being fulfilled and maintained at a high fill rate % • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new products or initiatives and ensure alignment with supply chain requirements. • Be proactive in identifying and effectively managing exceptions, improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan. • Collect Information and Assumptions: Gather comprehensive information and assumptions regarding promotional activities, product launches and phase-outs, customer and distribution changes, business trends, production constraints, regional demand, and other relevant factors. These inputs are crucial in developing a reliable and accurate demand plan. • Quantify new product launch forecasts using historical sales, planned marketing support, and key account merchandising plans. • Communicate risks and opportunities determined by analyzing account specific trends and new product launch performance. • Performs ad-hoc and demand analysis across company initiatives, scenarios, and plays an integral role in annual budget building with finance. • Generate forecast KPIs at the sku/customer/warehouse level to identify trends in our customer demand.

🎯 Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree is preferred, preferably in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration • A minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience in Supply Chain is required, with at least 2 years of experience at the planner level or equivalent. • Experience working in a CPG or manufacturing environment being advantageous. • Expert in inventory management and forecasting. • Proficiency in advanced Excel is required • Strong analytical and statistical skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. • Proven experience in having an influencing and collaborative approach. • Meet with the Finance, Commercial, and Planning departments to review and understand changes in our customer demand forecast. • Liaise between Supply Planning, Finance, Sales, and Commercialization teams. • Experience using MRP systems a plus • Certification in supply chain management (e.g., APICS CPIM) is a plus.