A Day in the Life at MKS:
As a Demand Planner, you will be responsible for supporting the demand planning process for all Products within the VSD Division supporting multiple business units. The product portfolio is broad and hence the role requires an individual who is seasoned with working a broad portfolio and familiar with various forecasting methods to be applied as appropriate.
You Will Make an Impact By:
- Examining historical shipments, utilizing statistical forecast tools, collecting forecast information input from Sales team, and documenting the assumptions used in developing the forecast.
- Examining historical shipments, marketing/category trends, including consumption and utilizing statistical forecast tools.
- Collecting forecast information input from Marketing used in developing the forecast (by item/week/customer/geography/location, etc.) where applicable.
- Maintaining the demand forecast for all product lines.
- Tracking and reporting actual demand vs. forecast and assumptions, and be responsible for eliminating forecast bias and for continuously improving forecast accuracy results.
- Adjusting forecast or making recommendations to adjust the forecast through every demand cycle.
- Continuously improving technical capability in the use of the forecasting tool and in creating accurate forecasts.
- Being a point of contact for Sales and Customer Marketing (Trade) regarding variances outside tolerance, and gathering building blocks/assumptions applied to forecasts.
- Working closely with Marketing or Sales leadership in identifying forecast assumptions that are likely to significantly affect forecast accuracy performance and effectiveness.
Skills that You Bring:
- Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of relevant experience working in a diverse and global supply chain organization preferred.
- Minimum $100M annual demand plan responsibility preferred.
- Demand planning or leading experience across multiple products.
- CPIM is highly preferred.
- Oracle Proficiency is highly preferred.
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
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