Demand Planner

Demand Planner

Coke Florida is looking for a Demand Planner based out of our Tampa Headquarters location. We're currently looking for 8 : 30AM to 5 : 00PM, working Monday through Friday. What You Will Do : The Demand Planner will support all processes relating to the generation, assessment of the Demand Forecast that drives our supply chain process, resource allocation decisions and service our customer and consumer needs. As a key team member within the Planning team, the Demand Planner will need to operate and embrace the team's principles of : Create "one" consensus forecast, an agreed upon single source of truth to which all are accountable enabled through cross functional team input, technology and business insights Manage integrated business processes of planning to effectively deliver desired customer value propositions Enable execution of segmented customer & consumer service models with effective program design Allocate resources to optimize Coke Florida's business outcomes, while managing trade-offs and investment decisions PGM & Planning to support Coke Florida in making its next best decision with end to end thinking to deliver disciplined & sustained profitable growth Roles and Responsibilities : Support and provide feedback for development of the statistical demand forecast process based on defined framework. Apply promotional and lifecycle planning modules to create a Coke Florida statistical forecast with a rolling 26-week time horizon Evaluate the results of the statistical forecast at customer, location, package, material level against mid-term derived customer forecast from customer account management team. Understand the variances and make the necessary adjustment to reflect the most appropriate demand forecast results Assist with the Sales & Operations execution process that drives Coke Florida's consensus forecast with key stakeholders (Sales, Operations, Production, Finance, Planning teams, etc.) Proactive forecast quality assessment using trend analysis, forecast vs actual results and data input of volume by utilizing customer promotional calendars, history and current information Collaborate with other planners (lifecycle, bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and process Support the management of material introduction and deletion for forecast needs including re-alignment requirements of sales history Support all related integrated planning requirements and or other assigned projects Strong attention to detail and business process improvement Strong self-motivation to improve capabilities of self and others through various means of learning methods Able to navigate through complex business processes with understanding of upstream and downstream implications Strong business acumen Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels For this role, you will need : Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering 3 plus years' experience in area of Business Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations Strong forecast, supply planning experience Project management experience preferred Experience with MS Office Suite