A Demand Planner will play a key role in forecasting and managing product demand to ensure that supply meets customer needs efficiently.
About the job:
- Demand Forecasting: Analyzing historical sales data, market trends, and other factors to predict future product demand. This involves using statistical methods and forecasting tools, including MAE, MAD, MAPE, forecast error, etc.
- Inventory Management: Collaborating with supply chain and inventory teams to ensure that stock levels are appropriate to meet forecasted demand without overstocking or stockouts.
- Data Analysis: Monitoring and analyzing sales data, market conditions, and customer behavior to refine forecasts and improve accuracy.
- Collaboration: Working with sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to gather insights and align forecasts with business strategies and promotional plans.
- Reporting: Creating and presenting reports on demand forecasts, inventory levels, and other key metrics to stakeholders, providing insights and recommendations based on the data.
- Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities for improving demand planning processes and tools to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
- System Management: Utilizing demand planning software and tools (like ERP systems or specialized forecasting tools) to support forecasting and inventory management activities.
- Risk Management: Assessing risks related to supply chain disruptions, market changes, and other factors that could impact demand, and developing strategies to mitigate these risks.
- Reporting: Generate regular and ad-hoc reports to present data findings to management and other stakeholders. Develop visually appealing and informative presentations to communicate data insights.
- Data Quality Assurance: Ensure accuracy and consistency in visualizations by validating data sources and outputs. Address and resolve any data discrepancies or visualization issues.
About You:
General
- Regulations require that incumbent be at least 21 years of age and able to obtain and maintain medical marijuana work credentials – applicable marijuana licensing regulations may disqualify individuals with certain criminal convictions.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management or analytics/statistics, preferred
- At least 5+ years of experience in demand planning
- Cannabis industry experience is strongly preferred
Required Knowledge and Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Professional demeanor, strong work ethic
- Must have exceptional problem-solving and project management skills
- Experience with and proficiency in analytic platforms and business analytics
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
What We Do
Holistic Industries is building a great place to work, shop and invest in cannabis. Our mission-to provide patients and customers with the highest quality, safest cannabis medicine possible. Scaling from a seed of inspiration in 2011, Holistic Industries is now one of the largest, fastest growing private Multi-State Operators in the country. We have one of the most seasoned teams in the industry and a budding "Greenhouse of Brands". Our company develops and offers a wide range of proprietary strains that increase desired cannabinoids such as CBD. These high CBD strains have become our foundation for growing, packaging, and selling the best cannabis in our markets. We're committed to harvesting and crafting industry-leading strains, consumer brands, and medical-grade products based on the most progressive science in cannabis. Holistic Industries has a unique model and approach that enables it to win licenses, scale operations and introduce national brands successfully in highly regulated markets. The company has proven to be responsible stewards of capital since its inception by sourcing licenses on merit rather than simply acquiring them on the open market. A "GREENHOUSE OF BRANDS" beginning with our flagship retail and wholesale brand, Liberty Cannabis, we continue to prove our ability to launch new brands from scratch and attract noteworthy partners.
We are deeply and actively committed to the communities we serve; our efforts under Liberty Cannabis Cares are focused on four pillars: Social Equity, Diversity, Community, and Cannabis Literacy.
Our team includes the nation’s most knowledgeable experts in cultivation and dispensing, with professionals who are top of their fields in medical professions, security, agriculture, real estate, and the legal distribution of other highly controlled substances. We're a team of best-in-class executives and staff in and outside the industry who share a passion for advancing cannabis products and retail experience at scale
