What are the responsibilities and job description for the Demand Planner position at Signature Products Group?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
Signature Products Group® ( www.spgcompany.com ) is an industry leader in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of licensed products for some of the best brands in the world. At the heart of every great brand there is an opportunity to bring focus to new product categories. We bring our passion, dedication, and capabilities to every project by helping our brand partners realize their potential in product categories and distribution where we are experts.
Position Purpose
The Demand Planner will be responsible for leading the demand planning function within SPG. This position will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate forecasts to drive efficient inventory management, optimize production planning, and meet customer demand. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in demand planning, inventory control, and leadership skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities / Duties / Functions
- Develop and implement demand planning strategies to ensure accurate forecasts and optimize inventory levels
- Lead the demand planning process, including demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and inventory optimization
- Collaborate with sales, and customer partners to gather input for demand forecasts and incorporate trends, promotions, and new product launches into forecasts
- Analyze historical sales data, trends, and customer demand patterns to identify insights and improve forecast accuracy
- Develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure forecast accuracy, inventory levels, and other demand planning metric3
- Partner with supply chain, production, and procurement teams to ensure alignment between demand forecasts and production plans
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance demand planning processes, systems, and tools
- Monitor and report on key trends, risks, and opportunities impacting demand planning and inventory management
- Analyze forecast variance, dive deep to understand root cause, create bridges for forecast variance
Qualifications and Competencies
Supervisory responsibilities
Benefits :
Requirements : Work Requirements
Each employee must be able to communicate clearly and effectively, utilize a computer, maintain a work schedule, and perform effectively in an office setting. To maintain and ensure secure privacy of brand partner (and other protected) information, an essential function of this job may require physical attendance in a defined office space. (i.e. corporate office location).
Employment with SPG requires compliance with and adherence to all SPG policies. The ability to work extended hours may be required.
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.
