This Demand Planning position is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from commercial team, customer service, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources (i.e.: Nielsen or other syndicated consumer data). The Demand Planner is the integration point into the commercial and customer service organization. Basic forecast modeling is the responsibility of this position. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Commercial Team, Customer Service and Marketing.
- Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.




- Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
- Interact with sales, marketing, and customers to understand demand forecast drivers.
- Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with sales, marketing, and customer to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
- Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
- Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
- Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
- Creates statistical forecasts: gather, analyze and validate data.
- Execute statistical modeling software.
- Review sales plans, customer Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers.
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📌 Demand Planner (Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl)
🏢 Bekaertdeslee Group
📍 Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl