Demand Planner

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We're looking for a Demand Planner to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:

Forecasting & Demand Management

• Develop, maintain, and improve short-, medium-, and long-term demand forecasts for
• thermoformed and extruded products using historical data, customer inputs, industry
• trends, and analytical tools
• Monitor forecast accuracy (MAPE, Bias, etc.) and implement corrective actions to improve
• performance
• Identify demand risks, surges, shifts in customer ordering behavior, and communicate
• impacts to operations and leadership
• Support pricing evaluations and new product introductions by estimating volume, capacity
• requirements, and demand variability
  
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as the primary liaison between Sales, Customer Service, Production Scheduling, and
• Operations to ensure alignment between demand and supply
• Participate in weekly and monthly S&OP meetings by presenting forecast updates, key
• variances, and recommendations
• Work closely with Extrusion and Thermoforming teams to understand production
• capabilities, resin usage, machine constraints, and lead time requirements
• Partner with Purchasing to plan raw material needs—especially resin and packaging
• materials—based on forecast and production plans
  
  

Production & Capacity Alignment

• Translate demand forecasts into capacity requirements across multiple facilities and
• production lines
• Coordinate with Production Planners and Plant Managers to balance loads, minimize
• changeovers, and optimize machine utilization
• Support decisions on make-to-stock vs. make-to-order strategies, safety stock
• calculations, and inventory targets
• Monitor facility-specific constraints and recommend proactive adjustments during peak
• seasons, customer onboarding, or production shifts
  
  

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze sales patterns, customer performance, and order history to identify opportunities
• for improvement
• Generate and maintain KPI dashboards for forecast accuracy, inventory health, service
• levels, and production capacity
• Provide data-driven insights to leadership to support strategic and operational decisions
• Continuous Improvement & Process Enhancement (Bonus / Preferred Experience)
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement projects focused on forecasting accuracy,
• inventory optimization, planning processes, and cross-department communication
• Identify inefficiencies in the demand planning workflow and propose standardized
• procedures or digital tools to enhance planning efficiency
• Support implementation of ERP/MRP upgrades, forecasting software, or process
• automation
• Promote best practices in planning, root-cause problem solving, and data integrity
  
  

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Industrial
• Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of demand planning, forecasting, production planning, or supply chain experience
• (manufacturing environment required)
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, ERP/MRP systems, and forecasting tools
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively with multiple
• departments and facility locations
• Understanding of manufacturing principles, preferably in plastics, thermoforming,
• extrusion, or related processing industries
• Experience in thermoforming, extrusion, or plastics manufacturing
• Knowledge of resin material planning and machine-based capacity scheduling
• Experience leading or contributing to continuous improvement initiatives (Lean, Six Sigma,
• Kaizen, etc.)
• Familiarity with advanced analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, forecasting software)
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM, CSCP) or similar credentials
  
  

Work Environment + Language Requirements

• Global remote position
• Requires at least 3 hours of overlap with U.S. Central Time each day
• Minimal or no travel
• Fluency in the English language; written and verbal proficiency (B2 level minimum on CEFR
• scale)
• Reports to a U.S.-based Operations/Logistics Leadership
  
  

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