Our client is a global multi-billion dollar Consumer Packaged Goods company, based in Westchester County, NY. They are seeking a contract Demand Planner to work in their Rockville, MD office. This is approximately a 22 week contract.

Job Description:

Demand Planning:

• Create and maintain a rolling 18 month forecast in SAP APO
• Analyze and clean historical data such as non-repeating events and stock outs
• Optimize system forecast output by maintaining statistical model parameters
• Track and report in APO additional customer-based intelligence, competitive impact marketing or sales intelligence to enhance baseline forecast
• Maintain both commercial and sample forecasts
• Calculate, analyze, and report key performance indicators
• Maintain APO related master data in the system based on agreed set parameters and business rules
• Work with sales analyst to provide specialized analytical support for Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain on an ad hoc basis
• Provide reporting for the Integrated Business Plan (IBP) process

Sales and Operations Planning Process:

• Participate in demand planning and activity management monthly meetings to update and validate the rolling 18 month forecast for quantifies expected to be sold
• Prepare and attend meetings with key business stakeholders by providing reviews of past planning performance and gap vs. forecast, participate in the forecast consensus
• Analyze and outline deviations from targets in both volumes, help identify root cause and implement corrective action plan with the S&OP team
• Develop and animate NPI/Renovation scorecard

Activity Management - Innovation and Renovation Process:

• Support supply chain project tasks
• Ensure that demand information for Innovation and Renovation is accounted for within the rolling 18 month forecast in a timely manner. project between global and local key stakeholders according to project timeline so the demand information is reported in a timely manner

Projects/Process:

• Participate in Category Team meetings to gather intelligence for inclusion into the demand forecast
• Other projects as assigned