Demand Planning
Demand & Supply Planner - Grocery
Job Summary
The Grocery Demand & Supply Planner is responsible for developing, managing, and continuously improving demand forecasts and supply plans across grocery SKUs and programs. This role plays a critical part in aligning sales expectations with purchasing, inventory, and financial strategies across defined planning horizons.
This individual partners closely with Sales and Purchasing to build accurate, time-phased demand plans, while collaborating with Marketing, Finance, and Logistics to ensure effective execution across the end-to-end supply chain. This role requires both strategic oversight and hands-on execution in a fast-paced, high-growth Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain demand forecasts across weekly, monthly, and seasonal planning horizons
- Translate sales inputs, promotional plans, and market trends into accurate, data-driven forecasts
- Partner with Sales and Marketing to incorporate customer programs, promotions, and new product launches into demand plans
- Collaborate with Purchasing and Operations to convert demand forecasts into executable supply and procurement plans
- Build and manage supply plans aligned with supplier lead times, production constraints, and distribution requirements
- Lead or support monthly demand review and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) / Integrated Business Planning processes
- Monitor forecast accuracy and continuously refine forecasting models and assumptions
- Analyze POS data, shipment history, promotional lift, and seasonality to improve forecast performance
- Balance service levels, inventory turns, and shrink/spoilage, particularly in perishable categories
- Identify risks and opportunities (e.g., demand variability, supply disruptions) and recommend mitigation strategies
- Partner with Finance to align forecasts with budgets, revenue targets, and financial plans
- Coordinate with Logistics to ensure plans are operationally feasible
- Maintain data integrity across forecasting systems and tools