Senior Demand Planner

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly IBP Demand Review for assigned scope ensuring a time-phased assumption-based consensus demand plan and clear action log outcomes.
• Develop and publish operational demand forecasts (baseline and consensus) at multiple levels of aggregation and for multiple time horizons (short- mid- and long-range).
• Review historical sales seasonality and demand drivers; build and refine statistical forecast models; evaluate performance using accuracy and bias metrics and root-cause analysis.
• Business partner with Sales Marketing Finance and Insights to quantify demand drivers (distribution price promotion innovation portfolio changes) and align inclusion in the forecast.
• Prepare Executive Demand Review materials and narratives that highlight variances vs. plan/budget key drivers risks/opportunities and scenario trade-offs; frame decision asks for leadership.
• Lead cross-functional reconciliation of forecast variances and assumptions; ensure transparency from baseline-to-consensus changes and follow-through on agreed actions.
• Own demand planning inputs for new item launches from ideation to commercialization and post-launch stabilization; track launch performance and adjust assumptions as needed.
• Evaluate promotional plans and performance to establish meaningful future lift assumptions; partner with Commercial teams to improve promo forecast quality over time.
• Collect filter and document market intelligence; convert insights into forecast assumption updates and maintain an assumptions log for governance and auditability.
• Work with Supply Planning Production Planning and Deployment to translate the consensus/financial forecast into an SKU-level operational forecast for the network and proactively communicate changes.
• Provide demand inputs to Supply Planning to support inventory strategies for existing items innovation and product phase-outs; quantify impacts to service inventory and working capital.
• Maintain and publish KPI dashboards and performance metrics; implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence of key forecast issues and improve operational outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement of demand planning processes and systems; act as a demand planning system expert and interface with IT/CoE to enhance forecasting and reporting capabilities.
• Create and maintain reporting tools within corporate systems to manage demand planning responsibilities; track and reconcile weekly/monthly metrics vs. targets.

Supervision:

• Reports to Senior Manager S&OP

Potential Career Progression:

• Lateral opportunities within Supply Chain (Demand Planning Supply Planning Customer Supply Chain & Logistics) to broaden experience and capability.
• Promotional opportunities within S&OP Customer SC T&W Leadership roles.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Logistics Statistics Business Economics Engineering or other quantitatively oriented fields.
• 510 years of progressive experience in Demand Planning/Forecasting (CPG preferred) with demonstrated success in a mature S&OP or IBP environment.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to reach consensus including facilitation of Demand Review / Alignment meetings and action governance.
• Strong analytical and statistical capability; able to translate data into insights scenarios and executive-ready recommendations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skillset; ability to mentor others in Excel and structured problem-solving.
• Experience with statistical forecasting methods and demand planning software; familiarity with reporting/BI tools is an asset.
• Excellent communication storytelling and presentation skills with comfort presenting to senior leaders and enabling decision-making.
• Strong organizational skills attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Disclaimer

This position description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended however to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance employee development and compensation. As such the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Date Revised: Feb 12 2026

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18000 person team across 40 locations you are empowered to reach your potential make an impact and own your career. Were in the business of building champions within our people and our iconic brands like POGO VH Sauces and Orville Redenbacher.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color creed religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age disability or any other protected factor. Conagra is committed to working with and providing accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment please email We will make a determination on your request for accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

Our Modern Workplace:

Conagras culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in person. This position requires you to work from our Mississauga office 3 days a week.

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Compensation:

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employees actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location relevant experience/level and skillset while balancing internal Conagra employees Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare benefits mental wellbeing support and wellness spending account
• Wealth: Great pay bonus incentive opportunity wealth accumulation program and access to discounts
• Growth: Career development opportunities employee resource groups on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off flexible work-schedules Employee & Family Assistance Program and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18000 person team across 40 locations you are empowered to reach your potential make an impact and own your career. Were in the business of building champions within our people and our iconic brands like POGO VH Sauces and Orville Redenbacher.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color creed religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age disability or any other protected factor. Conagra is committed to working with and providing accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment please email We will make a determination on your request for accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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