Senior Demand Planner

Senior Demand Planner

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Insert Job for an opportunity in Insert Location!

Position Title: Senior Demand Planner

Location: Research Triangle Park NC

Duration : 12 Months

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months

Hybrid work environment - 3 days in office (Tues-Thur) with Mon/Fri WFH

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $52 - $55.28

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

Qualifications:

Education

* BA/BS Degree with 8+ years in Supply Chain, Logistics or related business experience

Experience

* Demonstrated ability to independently lead cross functional teams/discussions driving to solutions of complex problems.

* Experience with extracting and managing mass data from an ERP data warehouse extraction tool.

* Proficient in MS Excel data mining; including pivot tables, v-lookups, report creation, and graphing.

* Strong presentation skills.

* Strong analytical and strategic thinking.

* Strong communication skills with all levels of the organization.

* Experience interacting with customers in a helpful and friendly manner to understand their needs.

* No additional medical screenings are required

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

This role will drive the monthly S&OP process by collaborating with business leadership and operations, balancing current and long-term demand trends against supply capacity and inventory management goals. This role will create value by taking the lead on various risk mitigation activities and efforts to seize business opportunities. Ability to recognize and manage cause and effect relationship across a wide variety topics impacting supply and demand is essential (Supply Chain, Marketing, Regulatory, QA, Compliance, Stewardship, Master Data). This role would also be responsible for the end-to-end fulfillment process including order to cash order entry?

Knowledge/Skills

* Collaborates with key business partners while strengthening the Sales & Operations Planning relationships between Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, and our customers.

* Ability to independently lead cross functional teams/discussions driving to solutions of complex problems.

* Define, implement and refine cross-functional processes to align with standard Sales & Operations best practices among other business units.

* Communicates and coordinates meetings with key influencers (Marketing, Master Planning, Controlling, Sales Support, Quality) to align on mitigation activities along with action plans to resolve critical business risks.

* Advocates for change management, to ensure there is Operations and Business alignment on risk and opportunities of changes prior to implementation (Forecasting, Asset, Strategy, Risk Mitigation, Etc.)

* Ability to maintain effective and open communication with internal customers, ensuring customer service levels are being met and management is kept informed.

* Serves as a key partner for the commercial team, driving resolution on identified risks and opportunities to achieve short- and long-term business initiatives.

* Effectively and efficiently manage order to cash process activities such as expediting, basic returns, back order monitoring, sample and zero-dollar orders, consignment order process, and removing obstacles that may impact customer requirements and BASF's ability to satisfy them.

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

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About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 239382 when responding to this ad.

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