Sr. Manager of Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:   

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.   
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.   
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr. Manager of Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning

The Sr. Manager of Demand Planning leads the team responsible for managing the Beverage Sales Forecast in accordance with Niagara’s organizational objectives and sales/service goals. They are responsible for collaborating with different functional teams (such as sales, planning, manufacturing), customers, and marketing along with statistical model management to develop an informed Tactical Forecast (short term) and Strategic Forecast (Sales Goal) across the company. The Sr. Manager of Demand Planning is also responsible for helping mature and improve the beverage forecasting process through evolving technology requirements and enhanced stakeholder alignment. In addition, this role is accountable for reporting and goal setting related to the sales forecast and accuracy.

Essential Functions

• Lead the demand planning team to reconcile statistical calculations, historic trends, sales feedback, new business information, and market updates to generate the best possible short-term and long term Sales Forecast for Niagara.
• Monitor and report department leaders on important changes in regional or category trends, customer plans or business strategies that could affect Niagara Sales Forecast Short and Long term.
• Facilitate sales team interaction with other departments to address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner to guarantee product availability.
• Provide insight to sales team related to their performance on forecast accuracy.
• Provide insight to sales team related to their performance compared to the organization sales goal.
• Develop customer forecast collaboration initiatives to better capture upcoming trends and changes in short and long term Sales Forecast.
• Identify and drive opportunities for continuous improvement in demand planning processes.
• Develop and maintain market insights and competitive intelligence data.
• Facilitate tools to the demand planning team to guarantee a constant validation of data maintained in forecasting tools
• Maintain a constant Technology search
• 25% on average travels 1 week out of the month
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 6 Years  – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 6 Years  – Experience in Position
  • 4 Years  – Experience managing people/projects

              *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ Years– Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
  • 10+ Years – Experience working in Position         
  • 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Resourceful in defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining.
• Intermediate Experience with ERP systems
• Intermediate Experience with market data like Nielsen, IRI, or similar
• Intermediate experience with supply chain planning technologies like JDA, Logility, Oracle ASCP or similar
• Intermediate experience with Supply chain optimization tools such as IBM ILOG LogicNetPlus, IBM IPFA, Llamasoft or similar.

• Performs work under direct supervision.
• Handles basic issues and problems, and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.
• Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter.
• Strong verbal, writing, and presentation skills to communicate effectively with immediate team and peers.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work well in collaborative group environments
• Strong attention to detail and