Global Director of Demand Planning

This role is a unique opportunity for a dynamic and experienced professional to lead the Demand Planning process by developing and implementing scalable supply chain planning strategies to support business goals and objectives for a CPG company in the pet industry. This role is highly collaborative, and partners cross functionally to develop both a short term and long range demand plan. 

Responsibilities: 

Strategic Demand Planning:  

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead and inspire a demand planning team to ensure every day great execution and create a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by:  

• Coaching and mentoring the demand planning team and developing talent within the team.  

• Identifying future leaders and partnering with teammates to establish plans for growth 

• Data-Driven Insights: Leverage data analytics to enhance supply chain efficiency and inform strategic decisions up/down the supply chain by:  

• Developing and implementing demand planning and sales forecasting processes, data collection and reporting, tracking and reporting of KPI’s.  

• Setting and monitoring forecast accuracy targets for demand planning team.  

• Analyzing demand data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. 

• Continuously improving forecasting accuracy through data-driven insights and process enhancements. 

• Providing a root cause analysis to “actual” versus “targeted” forecasts and troubleshoot when they are not aligned. 

• Operational Excellence: Oversee all aspects of the Demand Planning processes including S&OP, supply planning and inventory management processes by: 

• Serving as Owner of the operational sales forecast/demand Plan. 

• Partnering with key stakeholders to drive alignment between operational and financial forecasts. 

• Lead S&OP meetings to ensure alignment between demand forecasts, supply plans, and financial plans. 

• Providing insights and recommendations to improve the S&OP process and achieve business objectives. 

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to address demand-supply imbalances and operational challenges. 

• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy of the demand planning process.  

• Communicating clearly with senior leadership on a regular basis regarding demand planning and execution trends, insights, and future risks to the business. 

• Continuously refining the demand planning model to understand and reflect updated assumptions and new learnings. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain management, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain (with at least 3+ years in demand planning role)  

• Strong analytical and communication skills. 

• Tableau experience and knowledge is preferred. 

• Functional knowledge and experience working with ERP systems. Oracle ASCP and Demantra modules is preferred. 

• Experience and Knowledge of S&OP process and practices.  

• Strong understanding of Global Supply Chain information and material flows  

• Exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and communication skills. 

• Have a strong process orientation coupled with the ability to operate in a less structured environment when necessary. 

• Ability to lead effectively and handle conflict in cross-functional integration role. 

• Highly collaborative leadership style and excellent facilitations skills. 

• Strong influence management skills and capable of working up and down the org chart. 

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. 

• Execute within tight timeframes with superior attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Sound strategic thinking to ensure all forecasts are rooted in data. 

• Background in pet products, CPG, retail, D2C experience preferred.  

• Willingness to manage multiple time-zones and adjust schedules to accommodate. 

 Relationships: 

• Will report directly to VP of Supplier Management 

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