Manager Demand Planning

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

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Salary Range: $88,500 - $115,100

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

This Demand Planning position is responsible for all demand planning activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains the OCloud DM toolset forecast for all BBU customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, promotional & replenishment analysts. May include gathering & collecting input signals from other sources (i.e., Nielsen or other syndicated consumer data). This position is the talent pool for the Demand Manager and S&OP Manager positions within the BBU Organization.

The Demand Planner is the integration point between the sales, promotional, NPI, Financial, and Supply Chain planning teams. Basic forecast modeling is the responsibility of this position. This position leads the dialogue each month for the BBU S&OP Demand Reviews and creating the demand plan for the organization

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop the demand plan (operational forecasts) at multiple aggregation levels for various time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
• Review statistical forecast trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Use and maintain the OCloud DM application as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of the product hierarchy
• Monitor trends in forecast error (Bias)
• Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model.
• Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating the monthly S&OP Demand Review. Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion
• Interact with sales, marketing, promotions, and finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, Promotional, and Customer Finance teams to obtain and ensure that information is current and accurate for demand forecasts.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing production & inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer/channel action plans with supply planning
• Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting
• Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts
• Present, consolidate, and assess feedback on the monthly S&OP Demand Review from sales, promotion, NPI, and finance. Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts. Review input and action plans from the previous S&OP cycle
• Provide input to the annual planning process (AOP)
• Facilitate and manage a 12-month rolling demand planning
• Achieve consensus with the business side and the supply chain
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to the demand planning process
• Reports forecast accuracy KPIs (MAPE, BIAS) including rationale for trends/changes
• Conducts analytics to tackle business problems with an end to end attitude
• Actively participate system upgradation
  
  

Capabilities

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Ability to work effectively and creatively in an independent resource environment
• Detail orientated, organized, reliable, resourceful with a relentless focus on outcomes
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritize under pressure
• Excellent consultative skills and the ability to work cross-functionally and with all levels of the organization
• Capable leadership and communication skills concentrated on data gathering, meeting facilitation, and data dissemination
  
  

Skills/Proficiencies

• System skills to manage demand planning tasks using planning applications, ERP, and data warehousing/ancillary systems (Oracle Cloud base Planning & ERP systems)
• Strong project management and communication skills concentrated on data gathering and dissemination
• APICS Certification; CPIM/CSCP
• Detailed and result orientated project management on several projects at the same time.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to prioritize workload
  
  

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in Demand Planning —preferably in food manufacturing
• Business or Operations experience, with solid quantitative skills
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management or Business required
  
  

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.