Planning Specialist

Demand Operations • Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons • Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results • Cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions • Utilize a collaboration and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts • Assist in developing new or optimizing existing methods of supply, including emergency strategies, by using corporate standard concepts • Performs quantitative and qualitative evaluations, considering impact to logistics costs and structure. • Investigates supply methods such as: transportation, packaging, source of supply, and material flow for new or existing suppliers as well as new supplier selection process • initiates, investigates and develops medium to long term planning strategies influencing supplier selection as well as initiates and implements process improvements by being innovative and creative • monitor the inventory of warehouses and ensure that slow and non-moving inventory will be communicated to all concerns for immediate actions • Prepare reports and statistics related to the demand planning and forecasting • Use and maintain the Demand Planning Software as the primary forecasting system tool Policies, Processes and Procedures • Follow all relevant Supply Chain policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner • Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes and practices taking into account leading practices, improvement of business processes, cost reduction and productivity improvement • Promote the implementation and adherence to policies, processes and operating procedures to others within AIC

Demand Operations: Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons; Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results; Cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions; Utilize a collaboration and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts; Assist in developing new or optimizing existing methods of supply, including emergency strategies, by using corporate standard concepts; Performs quantitative and qualitative evaluations, considering impact to logistics costs and structure; Investigates supply methods such as: transportation, packaging, source of supply, and material flow for new or existing suppliers as well as new supplier selection process; initiates, investigates and develops medium to long term planning strategies influencing supplier selection as well as initiates and implements process improvements by being innovative and creative; monitor the inventory of warehouses and ensure that slow and non-moving inventory will be communicated to all concerns for immediate actions; Prepare reports and statistics related to the demand planning and forecasting; Use and maintain the Demand Planning Software as the primary forecasting system tool.