Customer Planning Analyst
Perrigo Company plc
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Allegan • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for improving SKU-level forecast accuracy and eliminating bias across products for assigned customer(s) as well as assisting team members with other accounts
- Analyzes several distribution and velocity demand factors including POS data, customer supplied forecasts, promotional impact, service issues, etc. to enrich the forecast and to develop reasons to believe
- Provides robust investigation to develop insights and validate assumptions, while highlighting gaps, exceptions, and major changes
- Completes root cause analysis on forecast error and collaborates with business partners on corrective actions
- Collaborates with internal sales partners and in some cases the external customer(s) to understand and align on key drivers
- May lead internal and/or external customer focused forecast meetings
- Conducts audit reports and mass data loads on a regular cadence
Requirements
- 1-3 years of forecast/demand planning related experience required
- Excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivated, and results oriented
- Critical thinker with strong problem solving, and able to navigate ambiguity
- Strong technical skills with ability to mine large amounts of data, develop new tools, and drive process improvements
- Ability to obtain and analyze data, take initiative, develop strong relationships with business partners, and meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment
- Skilled in investigative reasoning and a high degree of skill working with calculations and numbers with attention to detail and accuracy
- High proficiency in Excel required
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Benefits tailored to supporting you and your family
- Career development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
forecast accuracydemand planningroot cause analysisdata analysisprocess improvementsinvestigative reasoningcalculationsattention to detailExcel
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsself-motivatedresults orientedcritical thinkingproblem solvingnavigating ambiguityrelationship buildinginitiativemeeting deadlines