Job Location: Remote Ontario with flexibility to support on-site as required Hours: 40 hours per week Employment type: Contract, Full-time Compensation : $80,000 - $90,000 annually

A little about us

Aurora is proud to be a global leader in the cannabis industry. With a smart strategy, unmatched talent and focus on our long-term success, we believe we have a bright future.
At Aurora, we’re passionate about helping patients improve their lives through high-quality premium medical cannabis under brands they can trust and rely on. Our products, available across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, include leading brands like Pedanios, IndiMed, San Raf, Tasty’s, Whistler, Greybeard and CraftPlant.

Our diverse team works passionately across various roles, from manufacturing to corporate positions, and many more, united by our purpose: Opening the World to Cannabis. Enabled by science and empowered by people, for patients and consumers. We collaborate globally, embrace change with courage, stay agile, and treat everyone with compassion. We live our values daily, making a meaningful impact on patients, communities, and our A-Team.

Reporting to the Director,Sales & Operations Planning, the Senior Demand Planner will support our sales growth by articulating demand requirements to ensure availability of the right product at the right time, with heavy emphasis on a sense of urgency, internal collaboration, data interpretation and analysis. The Senior Demand Planner contributes to the delivery of a robust S&OP/IBP process which include, but are not limited to, creating and maintaining forecast models, collaborating with the business intelligence team, partner with supply planning, gather information from sales, brand, finance and other internal and external sources.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Initiate and develop strong relationships with cross functional teams in order to build intimate knowledge of the business and be seen as a trusted partner to the Commercial Teams.

• Lead/Facilitate Commercial Demand Reviews; provide insightful, fact-based recommendations to influence forecast adjustments as needed.

• Partner with commercial, supply chain, operations, finance and PD team to understand forecast assumptions and building blocks

• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with commercial, PD, supply chain, master data and finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts

• Develop independent demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons using various demand signals from internal and external sources

• Oversee channel specific demand planning and new product reporting

• Review historical sales trends, industry size and share of market and understand impact to the demand plan.

• Leverage statistical forecasting in the Demand Planning tool (Maestro). Gather/analyze and validate data, execute statistical modeling, review resulting statistical forecast model, apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting, summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts

• Research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, forecast models, and evaluate forecast results and identify anomalies

• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and brand assumptions

• Monitor KPIs (forecast accuracy, bias& demand plan attainment) , providing insights and driving action plans to improve key performance metrics

• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product runouts

• Maintain close communication with Supply Planning to align on customer action plans and ensure operational readiness

KNOWELDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Advance working knowledge of Excel Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI

• Working knowledge of statistical forecasting systems is an asset

• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts

• Demonstrated knowledge of S&OP/IBP Business Planning Methodology

• Broad knowledge and excellent understanding of a range of business intelligence concepts and common business functions and practices, including but not limited to master data, inventory management, production planning, product cost/margins, and reporting

• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt; maintain focus and a high degree of accuracy while working with complex data in an environment of ever-changing deadlines, priorities and requirements

• Strong analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills and a continuous improvement mindset

• Strong facilitation skills are required

• Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the forecast process

• Self-motivated, solid time management

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role within a global growth-oriented environment

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Business, Economics, Marketing or relevant discipline

• Experience using ERP systems – Sage, SAP, JDE, Kinaxis or Oracle Demand Planning or other software related to demand planning

NEXT STEPS

Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system. The we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us athr.services@auroramj.com