.**Build your Career with an Industry Leader****International Company is Hiring Demand Planning Analyst**This position has ownership of all demand planning analytics activities and is responsible for ensuring the demand planning process delivers a reliable statistical forecast as a key input to the stakeholders such as supply planning, finance and procurement. He/she will focus on:- Leading content creation to support the monthly Demand Review as part of the S&OP/IBP process including the presentation of results based on data analytics and path for continuous improvement leveraging in data science expertise- Developing and fine-tunning of statistical models to produce a demand-based quantity and revenue plans for comparison against annual business plans and financial forecast updates along with the collaborative processes to gain alignment within the Demand team- Developing and monitoring process metrics and demand reporting package to drive process performance, problem solving and improvement- Identifying quantified risks within the demand plan, reviewing gaps with Customer and Trade teams and developing appropriate counter measures for resolution- User data expert for Excel / Blue Yonder / JDA / BI systems to deliver optimal modeling of the business and improve planner productivity by maximizing systems functionality.**Responsibilities**:- Manage, analyze and generate statistical forecasts across the planning horizon by utilizing customer prior shipments, POS data, knowledge of business unit trends, and upcoming promotions to guide decision making process.- Responsible for data quality management and process improvements which includes realignments, outliers correction and forecast overwrites.- Execute and maintain class assignment mapping to support a differentiated forecast strategy addressing ambiguity, develop approaches to new conditions, bias and deliver accurate, unconstrained forecasts.- Create and/or maintain statistical forecast models for each item at each stocking location and for every customer within designated product lines to achieve established forecast accuracy goals.- Manage S&OP control tower to review KPI performance, Alerts and Even through the Demand Planning Organization- Manage demand history to realign forecasts based on item version changes, customer entity changes, etc.- Responsible for master data flows between the different systems and between functions to support the automation of the multi-view forecast input process- Problem solves the highest causes of error by researching error, determining root cause and driving for improvement.- Partner with IT to recommend, develop and enhance systems solutions aligned with business goals and company objectives.- Document business processes and standard work, assist to develop system solutions and validate system designs through rigorous testing of solutions.- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned