Sr. Manager, Growth Planning

fairlife LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales fairlifes portfolio of delicious lactose-free real dairy products includes: fairlife ultra-filtered milk; Core Power High Protein Shakes a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company fairlife LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products please visit .

job purpose:

The Senior Manager Growth Planning is accountable for developing and continuously improving fairlifes near and mid-term unconstrained demand forecasting capability across a portfolio of fastgrowing brands. This role owns the creation of a single trusted demand forecast spanning baseline demand incremental drivers and scenario outputs and ensures it is accurately translated and delivered to Supply Chain Demand Planners for execution planning. Through rigorous tradeoff and scenario analysis this roll partners crossfunctionally to pull forward and prioritize growth levers aligned with enterprise and brand priorities.

Own unconstrained demand forecasting

• Develop and maintain unconstrained demand forecasts by brand channel and customer incorporating baseline demand incremental drivers and key assumptions.
• Ensure forecasts are timely transparent and decisionready in a rapidly changing environment.

Enable tradeoff and growth decisions

• Manage demand scenario and tradeoff analysis across growth levers (e.g. distribution trade/promotion elasticity innovation channel acceleration).
• Deliver actionable recommendations supporting revenue growth portfolio planning investment allocation and channel strategy.
• Quantify financial and commercial implications to guide prioritization across brands accounts and channels.

Lead crossfunctional alignment

• Act as the primary interface between Brand Sales Finance and RGM for demand-related drivers strategy and insights.
• Translate complex demand dynamics into concise executivelevel insights and summaries.
• Owns accuracy of demand forecast (by brand customer channel etc) and partners with the Supply Chain Demand Planners on inputs to the operational.

Build demand team planning capability

• Establish strong forecasting standards and governance for commercial inputs(drivers assumptions and levers)
• Strengthen the demand teams capability to create highquality inputs (promo calendars pricing plans distribution assumptions).
• Leverage existing systems for scenario modeling driver-based forecasting and business performance tracking.

skills/qualifications required:

• Bachelors degree required (Business Analytics or related field).
• Deep expertise in demand forecasting in a high-growth CPG (or similarly dynamic environment) including ownership of unconstrained demand and scenario forecasting.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity and rapid change; proven track record building structure where it doesnt exist.
• Strong analytical rigor and attention to detail and ability to synthesize into executive-level insights and recommendations.
• Strong cross-functional leadership: ability to influence Sales Marketing/Brand Finance and Supply Chain without direct authority.
• Experience with forecasting systems and advanced analytics (e.g. Anaplan or equivalent)
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office; advanced Excel required.

how fairlife nourishes you:

At fairlife we believe in better and that includes how we support our people. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits and wellbeing resources designed to support you physically emotionally socially and financially both in and out of work.

• Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage effective day one!
• Supplemental health plans (hospital indemnity accident and critical illness insurance)
• Paid Time Off to recharge and support work-life balance
• Paid parental leave & adoption assistance (up to $10000)
• Parental support & family care benefits including childcare resources and lactation support
• 401(k) to support retirement planning with up to 9% in employer match
• Wellness reimbursement (up to $500 for qualified wellbeing expenses)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for emotional wellbeing and work-life support
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability
• Employer HSA funding (for HDHP participants)
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $10000) and student loan repayment ($200/month)
• Learning & development programs to unlock your full potential
• Rewards & recognition matching gifts free product and Business Resource Groups

fairlifes nour!sh program is designed to meet you where you are supporting your individual wellbeing journey while enabling you to do your best work every day.

position location:Chicago IL

reports to: VP RGM & Planning

travel requirements: 10%

exempt/nonexempt: Exempt

fairlife LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis ofrace color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us please email.

For Recruitment Agencies

At fairlife we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.