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$126,900.00 - $164,700.00JOB OVERVIEW:
The Senior Demand Planning Manager is a critical enterprise role responsible for owning Demand Planning capability and leading Demand as a core pillar of Integrated Business Planning (IBP). This role goes beyond forecast generation and serves as the single point of accountability for demand signal quality, demand driven decision making, and cross functional alignment with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply, and Operations.The role leads the monthly Demand Review within IBP, ensures an unbiased and transparent demand plan, and elevates demand discussions from volume review to decision oriented trade offs, risks, and opportunities. The Senior Demand Planning Manager is expected to operate as an enterprise leader, influencing senior stakeholders and embedding IBP discipline across the organization
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
IBP & Demand Review Leadership
Own and lead IBP Step: Demand Review, ensuring high‑quality inputs, transparent assumptions, and decision‑ready outputs that seamlessly feed Supply Review, Integrated Reconciliation, and MBR.
Translate commercial strategy, innovation and lifecycle plans, promotions, distribution changes, and customer/channel dynamics into an integrated, unconstrained demand plan aligned to the end‑to‑end IBP horizon.
Proactively surface demand risks, opportunities, and bias, framing clear scenarios and trade‑offs for cross‑functional alignment and escalation across the IBP 5‑step cadence.
Partner closely with Finance to ensure demand plans are financially validated and aligned ahead of Integrated Reconciliation, enabling clear margin, inventory, and service implications for executive decision‑making.
Ensure Demand Review outputs are fully integrated into Supply Review IBP Step and Management Business Review Step , supporting enterprise‑level decisions with one aligned demand signal.
Demand Planning Excellence
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a rolling 18‑month demand plan using SAP IBP or equivalent advanced planning tools.
Establish demand planning standards, governance, and best practices aligned to IBP principles and “one source of truth.”
Lead demand accuracy, bias, and performance management, including root‑cause analysis and corrective actions.
Ensure disciplined handling of lifecycle events (innovation, transitions, discontinuations, and exits) to minimize service risk and inventory exposure.
Cross‑Functional Partnership
Act as the primary integration point between Demand Planning and Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, and Operations.
Influence Sales and Marketing leaders to align assumptions, tradeoffs, and commitments.
Collaborate with Supply Planning to proactively identify supply‑demand imbalances, constraints, and mitigation actions.
Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP), rolling forecasts, and scenario planning within the IBP framework.
Team Leadership & Capability Building
Lead, coach, and develop the Demand Planning team, build strong business acumen, analytical rigor, and IBP mindset.
Drive clarity in roles, planning ownership, and handoffs across planners and categories.
Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and enterprise thinking.
Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement
Champion adoption and effective use of SAP IBP and demand planning analytics.
Partner with Data, IT, and Finance COE teams to improve data quality, automation, and reporting.
Eliminate manual workarounds and ensure scalable, auditable demand planning processes.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's Degree
5 years of related industry experience
Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree
7 -10years
Consumer Packaged Goods Experience
APICS or other Forecasting certification preferred
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
Technical & Business Skills
Strong expertise in demand forecasting, lifecycle planning, and scenario modeling.
Hands‑on experience with SAP IBP or comparable advanced planning systems.
Solid understanding of commercial planning, promotions, innovation launches, and financial implications.
Ability to translate complex data into clear, executive‑ready insights and recommendations.
Leadership & Behavioral Expectations
Enterprise mindset with ability to influence without authority.
Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving fact‑based decisions.
Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Operates with discipline, transparency, and a bias toward proactive risk management.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Office environment demands include frequent speaking both in person and over the phone; writing, reading files, reports and PC screens. Prolonged sitting at computer terminal. Regular vision concentration for reading and checking reports, forms and data entry.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and high noise levels in the work environment.
Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability
WHY BLUE DIAMOND?
In addition to working at the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE .
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Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Government's Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.Top Skills
What We Do
Blue Diamond Growers is on a global mission to share the benefits of almonds with the world. Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest almond processing and marketing company. We are the world’s leading almond brand, and we’re focused on building markets and creating new products to deliver the benefits of almonds to the world. Made up of more than 3,000 growers, we’re cooperatively owned by half of the state's almond growers who produce over 80 percent of the world almond supply. The California almond crop is marketed to all 50 states and more than 90 foreign countries, making almonds California's largest food export, the sixth largest U.S. food export and the #1 specialty crop in America. We keep that market-leading position by remaining strategically ahead of the curve, with continual innovations in our award-winning processing plants and information technology systems that have grown by leaps and bounds to support global growth. Our biggest point of differentiation, though, is our people. Through cooperation and teamwork, we, the Almond People as we’re affectionately known, deliver the best-tasting, highest-value almonds and almond products in the world. This is an exciting time at Blue Diamond where every team member can showcase their talents and contribute in new and innovative ways to drive accomplishments. The opportunity is here for each of us to step up, take our futures in hand and find new ways to achieve at Blue Diamond. We’re building on our strengths, learning as we go, trusting one another and realizing unprecedented levels of success. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
