Senior Demand Planner
Quva
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Develop, consolidate, and maintain short‑, medium, and long‑term demand forecasts across assigned product portfolios
- Analyze historical sales, customer consumption patterns, market trends, and external signals to improve forecast accuracy
- Utilize advanced statistical models, scenario planning, and sensitivity analyses to support operational and financial planning
- Monitor forecast KPIs (accuracy, bias, error, adherence) and recommend corrective actions to stakeholders
- Facilitate demand review discussions within the S&OP process and ensure alignment across Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations
- Build consensus forecasts and communicate changes, risks, and opportunities to cross‑functional partners
- Leverage and enhance demand planning tools within Infor to reduce manual processes and improve forecast automation
- Support development of finished goods inventory strategies, including safety stock policies, segmentation, and lifecycle planning
- Identify and escalate supply risks that may impact service levels (e.g., shortages, bottlenecks, labor constraints)
- Translate demand changes into actionable insights for supply planning, production scheduling, and capacity management
- Collaborate with Production Scheduling and Operations to ensure demand signals align with capacity constraints and manufacturing priorities
- Partner with Supply Planning, Logistics, and Distribution teams to ensure demand signals align with regional stocking strategies and distribution capacity
- Provide analytical support for network modeling, redistribution needs, and capacity assessments
- Contribute insights to improve hub stocking strategies, service levels, transportation modes, and customer delivery performance
- Support initiatives that enhance network resiliency and mitigate risk across the U.S. distribution footprint
- Maintain accuracy and integrity of planning data within ERP, APS (Infor), forecasting tools, and BI platforms
- Support optimization of Infor APS parameters, calendars, and planning logic
- Partner with IT and analytics teams to develop dashboards, exception‑based reporting, and automated forecasting workflows
- Contribute to the implementation of advanced analytics, digital tools, and automation to enhance planning efficiency
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Analytics, or related field
- 5–7+ years of experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, or related operations roles
- Strong proficiency in Excel and planning/analytics tools
- Working knowledge of S&OP processes and ERP/MRP systems
- Experience with forecasting tools, scenario planning, and/or financial modeling
- Experience with creating BI report in PowerBI
- Experience with SyteLine Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and Advanced Forecasting
- 18+ years of age
- Able to successfully complete a drug and background check
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Quva is not able to sponsor applicants for work visas.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental and vision
- 401k retirement program with company match
- 17 paid days off plus 8 paid holidays per year
- National, industry-leading high growth company with future career advancement opportunities
- Occasional weekend and overtime opportunities with advance notice
- Set, full-time, consistent work schedule
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
demand forecastingstatistical modelssensitivity analysesforecast KPIsinventory strategiescapacity managementnetwork modelingfinancial modelingscenario planningdata analysis
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationconsensus buildinganalytical thinkingproblem-solvingstakeholder managementalignment facilitationrisk identificationadaptabilityinitiative