.**Build your Career with an Industry Leader**Multi-Color Corporation and Fort Dearborn have merged and are now the world's largest prime label and packaging supplier. Join the new MCC and you will have the opportunity to become part of an organization that has been committed to excellence and industry leadership for over 110 years.**Position Summary**This position has ownership of all demand planning activities and is responsible for ensuring the demand planning process delivers a reliable forecast as a key input to the supply planning system. He/she will focus on:- Leading content creation supporting the monthly Demand Review as part of the S&OP process including the presentation of the demand plan, its assumptions, drivers, and risks- Developing demand-based unit and revenue plans for comparison against annual business plans and financial forecast updates along with the collaborative processes to gain alignment- Developing and monitoring process metrics to drive process conformance, problem solving and improvement- Identifying quantified risks within the demand plan, reviewing gaps with Customer and Trade teams and developing appropriate countermeasures for resolution- Managing the forecasting system (Blue Yonder) to deliver optimal modeling of the business and improve planner productivity by maximizing system functionality.**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**- Execute the demand planning process, clarify ambiguity, develop approaches to new conditions, address bias and deliver accurate, unconstrained forecasts.- Create and/or maintain forecasting models for each item at each stocking location and for every customer within designated product lines to achieve established forecast accuracy goals.- Review system generated statistical forecasts for inconsistencies and adjust across the planning horizon by utilizing customer prior shipments, POS data, knowledge of business unit trends, and upcoming promotions to guide decision making.- Challenge the sales assumptions when significant deviations occur between the demand-based revenue plan and the business plans.- Provide a monthly forecast to the supply planning team which includes base business plus new/lost business from Salesforce- Collaborate with sales on key customers to ensure forecast bias is within 5% of actuals.- Manage demand history to realign forecasts based on item version changes, customer entity changes, etc.- Incorporate guidance from the Product Management Review and new product launch materials to ensure forecasts support new product development objectives and assist in the conversion (run out) from one item to another.- Problem solves the highest causes of error by researching error, determining root cause and driving for improvement.- Work collaboratively with the business and IT to recommend system solutions aligned with business goals and company objectives