Sr Demand Planner

Requisition ID: 36139 

A Career in Beer and Beyond: 

Our purpose at Molson Coors Beverage Company is to brew beverages that unite people to celebrate all life’s moments.  We’ve been brewing iconic brands for over 350 years and are now proud to be offering a modern portfolio that expands beyond the beer aisle.   

We are Talent Brewers with our culture rooted in our core Values.  We believe in our brands, and our people is the key to a winning team culture.  We want you to join our team of brand ambassadors who believe the world is full of untapped opportunities.  So, if you get excited about making a real difference as part of a winning team like we do, we want to hear from you.  

 

The Headlines:   

Reporting to the Sr Manager, Forecasting & Demand Planning, and based in our Milwaukee office, you will be part of the Integrate Business Planning organization.  You will manage forecasts and demand analysis for our LATAM business. 

In this capacity, you will be responsible for understanding, validating and analyzing data relating to sales planning and forecasting to ensure production planning is precise and in line with business strategies.

In addition, you will also partner with Commercial Country Leads and Distributors to support them in successful commercial forecast execution while continuously meeting or exceeding accuracy targets.  Your ability to clearly articulate forecast performance and assumptions will be critical to drive and meet regional performance targets.

 

The Responsibilities: 

• Support LATAM Commercial Team to deliver unconstrained and accurate sales forecast
• Accountable for accuracy of multiple forecast levels that influences sales volume targets, P&L’s, drives gap closure discussions and capacity planning
• Leads collaborative planning process with cross functional partners: Sales, Finance, SC, and Data Analytics
• Conducting advanced data analysis to identify demand patterns and variances and improving forecast accuracy and reducing inventory obsolescence
• Organize and document forecast assumptions (prices, promotions, product placement and new product development)
• Communicates risk & opportunity in the forecast to drive consensus
• Leverages knowledge of micro and macro level volume drivers and demand planning concepts to improve accuracy of demand plan and ability to support commercial and supply chain decisions
• Evaluation of top-down forecast to ensure reasonability
• Performs and delivers against ad hoc customer requests and analysis - manage forecast exceptions and drive decisions that yield best return of volume and profit
• Informs supply planning of long-term and short-term forecast; communicates weekly forecast performance and changes for up to 24-month horizon
• Develops relationships and is viewed as an extension of sales/brand team(s)
• Influences and aligns stakeholders by means of fact-based analysis, data storytelling and clear communication of trend drivers and assumptions in the forecast; ability to adjust communication based on varying audiences and levels of leadership
• Creates Presentations to VPs and Directors outlining key forecast drivers and expected volumes with risk and opportunities

• Leading the resolution of demand-related issues with cross-functional teams with focus on continuous improvement of processes and tools
• Support START project volume and cannibalization estimates including evaluation of postmortem performance

• Provide support during the annual planning process.

• Provide coverage and support for Demand Planning team as needed

 

If you have the following… we want to meet you!

• 3-5 Years Experience in a related field(s): Forecasting, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Production Planning, & Consumer Goods industries
• You hold a bachelor's degree in: Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Mathematics or related field
• Knowledge and understanding of forecasting concepts, brand strategy, sales execution, industry trends, and other economic factors
• Ability to evaluate business performance, develop learnings, communicate findings and translate into future forecast expectations
• Financial acumen and understanding of volume mix shifts, spend ROI and impacts to a P&L
• You are recognized for the precision of your analysis and your strong problem-solving skills; Furthermore, you have a methodical and logical mind, as well as a great ability to make connections quickly
• You are autonomous and have good attention to detail
• You are skilled at establishing excellent interpersonal relations