Demand Planning Analyst
Demand Planning Analyst
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Looking for a rewarding career with a company that values people growth sustainability and teamwork Join our team as a Demand Planning Analyst!
The Demand Planning Analyst supports internal Arauco teams to ensure safe reliable operations. The primary purpose of the position is to partner with Maintenance Operations and Procurement to build robust forecasts set inventory strategies and drive analytics-led improvements across the network.
This position operates out of ourAtlanta GAcorporate office and reports to theProcurement Analytics Manager. This is a hybrid role three days on site and two days work from home. This position requires up to 25% travel to mills in the U.S and Canada.
What we are looking for:
- Bachelors in supply chain Industrial Engineering Business or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3-5 years in supply planning/materials planning for MRO/spare parts in a manufacturing environment including hands-on forecasting and inventory policy setting.
- Proven track record using SAP (MM) and advanced Excel for planning; experience with Power BI preferred.
- Strong analytical/statistical acumen; comfortable synthesizing complex datasets and converting insights into action.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
- Familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma and continuous improvement methods (preferred).
What we offer:
- An attractive base compensation package plus bonus eligibility
- Health plans with options that meet your needs including a wellness program gym reimbursement and additional benefits such as pet insurance legal insurance employer-paid and voluntary life insurance and more
- Paid maternity and paternity leave a competitive vacation package and company and floating holidays designed to support your work-life balance
- Retirement planning options including generous employer contributions
- Opportunities to learn and develop including a tuition reimbursement program
In this role you will:
- Build maintain and continuously improve statistical and causal forecasts for MRO parts using historical usage maintenance plans failure/PM data seasonality and shutdown calendars.
- Convert forecasts into executable MRP/MPS signals; create and monitor network inventory plans to meet service levels while minimizing working capital.
- Set stocking policies (min/max safety time reorder points) and planning parameters; regularly tune for accuracy (e.g. MAPE bias) and inventory turns.
- Lead Creation/enrichment/standardization of the spare-parts material master (coding templates duplicate/alternate identification) to improve planning accuracy and optimize working capital.
- Monitor performance of expense/material categories; implement productivity and process improvements to reduce slow-moving and obsolete exposure.
- Partner with Maintenance Operations Engineering and Procurement to align plans resolve shortages and manage obsolescence.
- Coordinate with PA (Purchasing Agent) on delivery reliability lead-time reduction and risk mitigation; support negotiations aligned to planning needs.
- Build dashboards/analyses to track forecast accuracy fill rate service level inventory turns aging/slow-moving/OBS exposure and working capital.
- Research and pilot new planning techniques/best practices; integrate Procurement into core business processes.
- Ensure adherence to company policies and relevant industry standards.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
