Demand Planner

Lancesoft

East Hanover, NJ

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$62

LOCATION

East Hanover, NJ

POSTED

30+ days ago

Position Description- This is a key role in our Customer Demand Planning team and is crucial in supporting customer + location level forecasting, short term demand + horizon alignment, new item distribution and assortment forceasting, forecast reconcilation and cross functioal demand representation.

Customer & Location Level Forecasting: support customer level Bottoms-Up demand forecasts for key customers (Food Service & E-comm), including regional and location-level oversight to ensure accuracy and alignment.
Short Term Demand & Horizon Alignment: Manage near-term executional forecasts (0-13 Weeks) and support alignment to Lag 2 Month and Lag 5 Week forecasts across planning horizon
New Item, Distribution & Assortment Forecasting: Maintain forecasts for new item launches, customer-specific distribution changes, resets, and assortment updates including timing and volume assumptions.
Forecast Reconciliation & Performance Management: Lead reconciliation between Bottoms-Up and Brand / IBP forecasts, monitor sales vs forecast, investigate variances, and track forecast accuracy and bias.
Cross Functional Demand Representation: Represent Customer Demand in S&OE and DMS forums, supporting demand insights, promotion & event forecasting, and root cause analysis tied to service and CFR impacts.
Position Requirements

Experience Level Entry Level Manager (5+ Years or work-related equivalent)
Must Haves:
o Demand & Forecasting Experience
APO System Functional knowledge preferred
o Strong analytical skills with advanced excel
Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing
o Relationship & Influence
Must have comfort in influence without authority

Analytical & Forecasting Expertise (Must Have)
o Experience in having owned customer-level shipment forecasts in Client, Foodservice or Omni Channel environment
o Strong understanding of demand drivers
o Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
o Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing
o Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, variance analysis)
o Preferred experience with APO planning system and Sales Force

Root Cause & Insight Integration
o Ability to diagnose forecast variance across multiple dimensions
Customer behavior change, promotional execution gaps, supply / deployment constraints, timing, etc.
o Experience partnering with Sales to
Gather field intelligence
Translate qualitative inputs into fact based forecast adjustments
Continuously refine assumptions
o Comfortable documenting and communicating clear what changed, why, so what narratives

Story Telling & Executive Presence
o Lead customer and cross functional demand discussions
o Influence without authority
o Connect insights to business outcomes (Service, revenue, inventory)
o Demonstrated ability to challenge inputs constructively

Sales Partnership & Relationship Management
o Proven track record of building trust with sales team thought partner
o Comfortable navigating tension

Operating Style
o Highly organized, fast paced environment, strong ownership mindset, balances urgency in a high pressure, short term horizon

About the Company

Lancesoft

We are a $125 Million, NMSDC-certified Minority & Woman owned Workforce Solutions Company headquartered in the DC metro area with presence across US with global presence - Canada, Mexico, India, UK, Malaysia, Indonasia, Hongkong, Singapore, UAE. We are specialized in providing Workforce Solutions, SOW project delivery, Engineering Solutions, Creative Services. We currently support 100+ Fortune companies globally and across multiple industry segments. We are currently supporting several massive programs across industry segment nationally/globally (Intel, Ally, AMD, QUALCOMM, Morgan Stanley, Kraft/ Mondelez, MNP, Amdocs, Dell, SanDisk, Medtronic, Becton Dickinson, GE, Lockheed Martin, UTC, L-3 Communications, Caterpillar, BMW, Mercedes Benz, National Grid, Dominion, Energy Future Holdings, PSEG, 3M, Fidelity, Aetna, Humana, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck etc).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

COMPANY SIZE

2,000 to 2,499 employees

INDUSTRY

Staffing/Employment Agencies

FOUNDED

2000

WEBSITE

http://www.lancesoft.com/