Senior Demand Planner

What will you work on

• Lead and facilitate Demand Pre-Consensus reviews with Planning teams to deliver an unbiased and unconstrained view of the demand to support operational planning and the Global S&OP Process with a goal of achieving a recommendation or escalation to Demand Consensus Review

• Responsible for ensuring full preparation of meetings; presentation of consolidated and accurate information along with well-articulated messaging to support and drive right discussion decisions and actions

• Identify & frame risks opportunities and any critical business decisions and escalate up through the S&OP process to drive decision-making

• Initiate and develop strong relationships with cross functional partners to build intimate knowledge of the business and be viewed as a trusted credible advisor to Customer teams they support.

• Act as a change agent/leader; leveraging relationships functional skills and understanding process to support S&OP to facilitate change and drive sustainable process and business improvements

• Participate and actively contribute to all facets of the S&OP/Supply Chain processes and meetings; this includes weekly sales meetings marketing quota vs forecast monthly forecast alignment review with NAMs etc.

• Analysis of weekly retail sales results POS and inventory levels with recommendations on optimizing sales and inventory and impact on customer forecasts

• Taking proactive measures in minimizing high inventory and in stock issues at the Customer level

• Leveraging retailer POS & inventory in taking proactive measures to minimize internal supply chain liabilities through order timing quantity or cancellation recommendations

• Track and analyze account advertising plans and results to determine impact on account forecasts

• Maintain and leverage building block plans to ensure forecasts are rooted in factual data that is in line with POS at Retail

• Lead and facilitate as required Chase-Cancel/Collaborate reviews with retail customers

• Evaluate and measure forecast accuracy and bias results against objectives/plan; leverage results with the organization to drive corrective action.

• Lead/facilitate forecasting process changes & continuous improvement initiatives with demand planning and cross functional teams

• Identify opportunities to improve systems and processes to increase efficiency through scalable solutions that improve forecast accuracy and hence customer service levels

What are your skills and experience

• 5 years related experience in Demand Planning/Sales Planning/Finance

• Undergraduate Degree - business supply chain finance engineering background

• Cross-functional experience in sales and/or marketing is an asset

• Experience in FMG or related industry experience as well as exposure to S&OP is an asset

• Proficient in MS Office tools-Advanced Excel Skills; forecasting or supply planning applications; SAP/APO/BI preferred MS Project Business Objects or other ERP experience

• Fluent in English written and spoken

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation creativity and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

Whats it like to work here

Spin Master is a fast-paced hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isnt for everyone we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation please contact our Talent Acquisition team by email at or by phone at852 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.