Demand Planning Manager

Demand Planning Manager

Our client a fast-growing better-for-you snack brand is seeking a Demand Planning Manager to build and lead the forecasting processes that support its continued growth across grocery mass club natural and e-commerce channels. This is a remote position reporting to the SVP Operations.

This is a hands-on opportunity to own demand planning strengthen processes and work closely with Sales Finance Marketing and Operations. If you enjoy turning complex data into clear plans and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

About the Role

The Demand Planning Manager will own the demand forecast from weekly SKU-level projections to an 18-month plan supporting production inventory and financial targets. You will bring together sales retailer and marketing inputs into a consensus forecast and lead the demand side of the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.

What Youll Do

• Own the demand forecast. Build statistical and consensus forecasts by SKU customer and channel with weekly and monthly views across an 18-month horizon.

• Translate data into actionable plans. Combine shipment history retailer point-of-sale (POS) data customer forecasts and e-commerce trends with promotions distribution gains pricing changes seasonality and marketing activity.

• Plan for innovation. Develop forecasts for new products and line extensions and manage SKU transitions and discontinuations.

• Lead demand reviews. Run the monthly demand review and represent demand planning in S&OP and executive meetings presenting risks opportunities and scenarios to support decisions.

• Connect demand and financial plans. Partner with Finance to reconcile unit forecasts with revenue budgets and updated projections.

• Partner with Sales and key accounts. Align forecasts with promotional calendars new retail locations and customer programs across retail club Amazon and direct-to-consumer channels.

• Support supply and inventory decisions. Provide reliable forecasts to guide co-manufacturer production and ingredient and packaging purchases. Work with supply planning to establish safety stock and inventory targets that balance service levels shelf life and write-off risk.

• Identify inventory risks early. Flag slow-moving and near-expiration inventory and recommend actions.

• Improve performance and processes. Monitor forecast accuracy bias and value-add; investigate forecast misses; and improve planning tools dashboards systems and data quality as the business scales.

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in supply chain business economics statistics or a related field.

• At least 8 years of demand planning or forecasting experience including 3 or more years in CPG food or beverage.

• Hands-on experience leading a monthly S&OP or integrated business planning (IBP) demand review.

• Experience forecasting for major retail and club accounts such as Costco Walmart Target Kroger Whole Foods or Amazon.

• Advanced Excel skills including modeling pivot tables lookups and scenario analysis with confidence working with large datasets.

• Working knowledge of syndicated and POS data such as SPINS Nielsen/Circana and retailer portals.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain forecast assumptions support recommendations with data and build alignment across Sales Finance and leadership.

Preferred Experience

• Building planning processes at an emerging or high-growth brand.

• Experience with planning systems such as Netstock Anaplan Kinaxis o9 Logility or NetSuite/SAP demand modules.

• SQL Power BI or Tableau skills.

• Forecasting for short-shelf-life products and co-manufactured supply.

• APICS/ASCM CPIM or IBF CPF certification.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $100000 - $110000 plus eligibility for an annual bonus. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidates skills qualifications experience training education and other relevant business considerations.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.