What are the responsibilities and job description for the Demand Planning Associate position at LP Building Solutions?
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.
Job Purpose
This position conducts demand planning and account management activities to support business strategies within established policies and procedures.
In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To
Office Environment
LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.
Job Purpose
This position conducts demand planning and account management activities to support business strategies within established policies and procedures.
In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To
- Provide the following to assigned accounts: demand planning, proactive supply chain communication & issue resolution, metric/requirements alignment, order analysis management.
- Provide excellent customer experience.
- Initiate and monitor new programs in account development process.
- Execute the business strategy within order fulfillment process and best practices.
- Analyze and understand regional market dynamics to support overall business strategy by creating thorough reports for sales and customers.
- Develop and participate in strategic alignment within the Siding office and field sales team.
- Provide key customer insights and forecast to the Siding Supply Chain department that will drive the development and execution of the supply chain plan to meet customer requirements.
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with external and internal customers within the assigned account base.
- Facilitate efforts with order fulfillment and Demand Planning Account Managers to ensure superior customer service and customer relations are achieved.
- Strong understanding of Order Fulfillment Process and policy.
- Ability to interact and provide input at all levels during strategic business planning.
- Knowledge of demand management, operation/logistics capabilities.
- Knowledge of Excel functions .
- Knowledge of market trends, market drivers, and supply chain.
- Ability to analyze multi-regional market dynamics in relationship to business strategy.
- Ability to employ negotiating strategies and gather market intelligence.
- Understanding of product performance, applications, and warranties.
- Well-developed communicating and negotiating skills with internal/external customers.
- Ability to balance business objectives and customer’s needs.
- Proficient computer, written and oral communications skills. (ERP/SAP)
- Proficient internal and external conflict resolution skills.
- Knowledge of company policies and procedures.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.
Office Environment
LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.
