Demand Planner - Pet Nutrition

Job summary

The Demand Planner is responsible for driving forecast accuracy and serving as the gatekeeper for their portfolio's demand plan. They will lead reporting efforts, maintain forecast templates, and facilitate alignment meetings with Sales, Supply, Finance, and Marketing teams.

Job details

Job Description: *This role is based in Bolton with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enabler—empowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs, including remote work* Our Mars Canada, Pet Nutrition team, is looking for a talented Demand Planner. As a demand planner, the candidate will be responsible for driving forecast accuracy, timely input of forecast, and will serve as the gatekeeper of their portfolio’s demand plan. The candidate will also serve as reporting lead ensuring maintenance of forecast templates for monthly DMR and maintenance of Power BI reports reflecting forecast accuracy and relevant demand data. This role requires a strong communicator, collaborator, and a data-savvy individual as it requires soliciting of a variety of inputs which would affect the quality of demand plan passed through the S&OP+ process each cycle. This role also requires strong technical skills as it leads all steps to publish our forecast each cycle including necessary adjustments. *The ideal candidate will have exposure to demand planning and have experience with running bottoms-up and top-down forecast alignment meetings with sales. What are we looking for? Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance or Marketing. 2+ years of overall experience, with 1–2 years dedicated to Demand Planning or CPFR in CPG. Supply Planning experience would be an asset. Understands demand dynamics of the CPG retail environment in Canada. Ability to effectively collaborate with supporting functions – Sales, Supply, Finance and Marketing Teams. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. A motivated self-starter. Data-driven decision maker, with a passion for insights to drive action. Continuous improvement focused individual who leads with agility. Advanced user of MS office (Powerpoint, Excel, Word, etc). PowerBI experience is strongly preferred. What will be your key responsibilities? Serve as the demand planner for key brands. Hold detailed reviews with our Sales team to ensure alignment by account to our annual forecast. Adherence to availability of Y+1 forecast per the determined Planning calendar milestones. Serve as a key contributor for the DMR step in the S&OP process, effectively explaining the demand plan for their portfolio using POS and market data as benchmark. Serve as the reporting lead ensuring maintenance of forecast templates for monthly DMR and maintenance of Power BI reports reflecting forecast accuracy and relevant demand data. What can you expect from Mars? Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles. Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University. An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus. #LI-SL1 The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between the below range CAD 86,444.00 - CAD 113,458.00. Please note: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. AI is used as a supporting tool in our recruitment process.

What you’ll do

The Demand Planner is responsible for driving forecast accuracy and serving as the gatekeeper for their portfolio's demand plan. They will lead reporting efforts, maintain forecast templates, and facilitate alignment meetings with Sales, Supply, Finance, and Marketing teams.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, or Marketing and possess 1–2 years of experience in Demand Planning or CPFR within the CPG industry. Strong technical proficiency in MS Office and Power BI is required, along with excellent communication and data-driven decision-making skills.

Benefits

• Company bonus • Learning and development support • Access to Mars University

Listed skills

• Power BI · Preferred
• Collaboration · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• MS-Office · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Reporting · Preferred
• Supply Planning · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Demand planning
• Forecast accuracy
• S&OP+
• Power BI
• Data analysis
• Communication
• Collaboration
• CPFR
• CPG retail
• MS Office
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Market data analysis
• Supply planning
• Reporting
• Planning
• Templates
• Milestones (Project Management)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Artificial Intelligence
• Marketing
• Microsoft Office
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Finance
• Sales
• Self-Starter
• Demand Planning
• Corporate Finance
• Sales and Operations Planning
• Supply Chain Planning
• Collaborative Planning Forecasting And Replenishment (CPFR)

Job areas

• Logistics
• Data & Analytics
• Finance & Accounting
• Retail
• Management & Leadership
• Demand Planner
• Buyers
• Logisticians