Demand Planner

Ecolab is seeking a Demand Planner to join our Supply Chain Planning team and play a vital role in driving transformation and improvements in demand forecasting and sales and operations planning processes. You will have the opportunity to work with cross-functional teams in Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing and Finance to develop and execute an accurate demand plan to meet customer needs and drive company growth.

What’s in it For You:

• Opportunity for a long term career path that allows for exposure into all areas of the Ecolab’s supply chain
• Access to best in class resources, tools, and technology
• Thrive in a company that values sustainability, drives a safety-focused culture and has been recognized as one of the most ethical companies in the world
• Comprehensive benefits package starting day 1 of employment- medical, dental, vision, matching 401k, company paid pension, stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement and more! 

What You Will Do:

• Improve forecast accuracy by driving the monthly product demand forecast cycle, utilizing the existing statistical forecasting application. Validate data inputs to the forecast and review and fine tune the statistical forecasts, where applicable.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to incorporate current and long–term market intelligence into the demand plan at product, customer and market levels and to develop, document and update the assumptions supporting the demand plan.
• Partner with Marketing to incorporate new product introductions, product conversions and product deactivations in to the plan.
• Utilize exception management and root cause analysis to identify forecast deviations and issues for correction by collaborators.
• Monitor the demand plan performance (forecast error, accuracy, bias) by measuring actual versus planned performance at multiple planning levels. Prepare performance metrics and distribute to collaborators as feedback for continuous improvement.
• Develop a demand-based revenue plan by business unit for comparison against annual business plans and financial forecast updates. Challenge the sales and marketing assumptions when significant deviations occur between the demand-based revenue plan and the business plans.
• Deliver the unconstrained demand plan to Supply Planning in the required format.
• Represent Demand Planning in the S&OP process and meetings.  
• Conduct additional analysis projects as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-4 years of experience in supply chain planning
• Immigration sponsorship not available for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Marketing or a related field
• Advanced technical or business degree
• Experience with existing statistical forecast application
• High level proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel and Access to design and execute complex queries and reporting
• Proficiency in SAP, specifically Materials Management (MM) and Production Planning (PP) modules
• Previous project management experience, including Lean Six Sigma and/or Green Belt certification
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective at building relationships and utilizing problem-solving skills to drive decisions and build consensus amongst stakeholders

Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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