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LAYIQ - Demand Planning Analyst at Sonoco Products, Charlotte, NC

Creation of the “Consensus Forecast” using demand pillars (sales forecast, statistical forecast, customer forecast) and balancing the interests of Sales and Operations
Evaluation and monitoring of different forecast sets (consensus forecast, sales forecast, statistical forecast), and make recommendations for improvement
Regular collaboration with Sales to continuously update and optimize the consensus forecast
Comparison of targets with actual business results, gap analysis of production and sales quantities
Preparation and review of demand related reports, analysis and KPIs
Understand financial expectations for customers in revenue and units; discuss and communicate gaps that exist
Contribution direction to maximize demand planning metrics (forecast accuracy, bias) and demonstrate the correlation to business performance by Identifying and deploying repeatable demand planning processes
Demonstrating the business impact and benefit of demand planning improvements
Identify and develop strategies and best practices as primary routes to drive and sustain improvement
Support quarterly financial forecasting and yearly Budget generation
Coordination with Finance regarding cross-plant revenue planning
Become a business expert in the use of the corporate Demand Planning software
Ensure correct data maintenance of all critical sources
Evaluation and optimization of the relevant forecast parameters and statistical forecast models to continuously improve the statistical forecast
Implementation and adoption of a software based KPI generation
Close collaboration with global BT to sustain and optimize the system
This position is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
We’d love to hear from you if: Bachelor’s Degree – BS/BA in Business, Finance, Marketing Supply Chain, Logistics with 1-2 years of Demand Planning experience or 5+ years of experience in Demand Planning in a fast-paced manufacturing organization
Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
Assertive, collaborative, and results oriented
Success in working in a matrix environment
Track record of cross-functional interaction preferred
Strong working knowledge of systems (Oracle, Logility, Excel, Access, etc.)
Ability to travel as needed to support business needs
Demand Planning/ Statistical Forecasting Experience (Preferred)
Experience with Sales & Operations Planning is strongly desired (Preferred)
Financial acumen coupled with effective inter-personal style (Preferred)

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