Our client is in hyper-growth mode and an up-and-comer in the food/nutrition industry. They recently opened a ~200,000 square foot production facility in the Chicagoland suburbs as well as a new company headquarters in the West Loop (Chicago). (This position will be based in the West Loop and easily accessible from CTA and/or both Metra Stations).
The newly created Demand Planning Manager is responsible for the creation and management of both the sales forecasting and demand planning processes. Our ideal candidate will have experience with building historical baselines, calculating baseline forecasts, and working with commercial teams to establish incremental forecasts that include promotional activity. This Manager will also build assumption-based projections for new product launches or product extensions as well as manage & maintain all demand planning related tools, and historical data repositories.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree is required
8+ years of experience statistical forecasting, statistical modeling, demand planning in Food and/or CPG industry
Prior experience in a leadership role; ability to coach and mentor
Demonstrated experience with statistical forecasting tools such as DemandWorks, Logility, SAS, JDA, Manugistics
Experience managing and facilitating sales forecasting and Demand Review Meetings
Exceptional systems skills; ERP, Business Intelligence systems or equivalent and Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Strong passion for creating process and systems improvement
