Demand Planning Analyst
Perfetti Van Melle
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Erlanger • Kentucky • United States
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About the role
- Support and enhance demand planning activities for U.S. and Canadian operations
- Execute transactional processes supporting production planning for imported and domestic products using MRP/ERP systems
- Work closely with demand planners, forecasting analysts, sales, marketing, supplying plants, and customer service to drive production requirements and align them with customer delivery requests
- Create and manage transactions to place, track, and monitor purchase orders and shipments
- Collaborate with global PVM manufacturing plants and local third-party manufacturers to replenish ongoing products and support new item launches
- Partner with demand planners to standardize, optimize, and simplify planning processes and tools
- Analyze consumption trends versus forecast to maintain optimal service levels while meeting inventory targets
- Evaluate stock levels across the distribution center network and provide data-driven recommendations
- Analyze and interpret large data sets with a high degree of accuracy to support decision-making
- Collaborate cross-functionally and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization across multiple geographies
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to support execution, planning, and continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field
- 1–2 years of experience in supply chain, with exposure to supply/demand planning and new product launches
- Experience working within continuous improvement environments and methodologies
- Experience with production planning, materials management, sales and distribution, inventory management, and warehouse management
- SAP experience preferred
Benefits
- PTO package including vacation, sick, personal, and pay it forward time off
- 13 paid holidays
- 401k with Company Match up to 8%, ranking in the top 1% of the country
- Annual Bonus potential and merit-based increases
- Comprehensive Health Insurance
- Annual well-being subsidy
- 20 weeks Maternity & 12 weeks Paternity leave options
- Sam's Club or Costco annual membership reimbursement
- Tuition-Free College Program or Free Continued Education (BA, Masters, etc.)
- Modest monthly candy allotment (Airheads, Airheads Xtremes, and Mentos)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
demand planningproduction planningmaterials managementsales and distributioninventory managementwarehouse managementdata analysisforecastingtransaction managementcontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationinfluencingorganizational skillsanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder managementcross-functional teamworkadaptabilityattention to detail