Life of a Demand Planner

LIFE OF A DEMAND PLANNER IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY Typical Week Key Responsibilities and Interactions Demand Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Activity Sales Marketing Innovation Supply Planning Create and Monitor Statistical Review Forecasting Lead Consensus Gather inputs from S&OP Meeting ( usually on a Thursday) Import / Apply Promotions Uplift Review Forecast Baseline Forecast parameters for A class and strategic Planning Meeting with Sales and Generate and share Forecast Exceptions from previous week Performance Reports / KPIS Coordinate across teams for issues items Marketing resolution Apply any changes Apply any changes arising from the Resolve any issues Apply New Product Review Forecast at Contributes sales specific inputs to arising from the the forecast Contributes Marketing inputs to related to last Volumes where higher aggregations (if applicable) Forecast submitted needed Consensus Pre-S&OP or S&OP the forecast to Supply Planning Meeting Meeting to the Contributes the uplift impact from to the forecast. forecast. Promotions to the forecast Contributes information and Prepare and submit Sales & Marketing reports for Pre- S&OP (weekly) and changes to targets. S&OP (Monthly) Apply New Product Coordinate with Generate/ Review Performance report Volumes where for previous week. Last minute checks at aggregate level. Expected volume for New Products Contributes information about needed to capture any Trends , competitors and markets Contributes long term sales targets and expectations by regions Shares Forecast information and Meetings Review new history Approve and submit forecast to Continue to review Reconcile any Top- attends consensus meetings. Investigates reasons for Forecast Issues and exceptions Applies Long Term Top Down target And budgeted numbers Forecast Error impact on customer Service and safety stocks Manage Demand Planning related data / data setup Prepares inputs for Pre- S&OP and S&OP Meetings Own the final forecast numbers loaded and cleanse statistical Forecast Down forecast it if needed. generated changes applied. Supply. (on exception basis). Review statistical Forecast generated based on new History (on exception basis). published to supply planning indicates owner of activity Ideal split of a Demand Planners workload 40% Coordinate / Achieve Consensus Reports/KPIS and Learning 20% 25% Forecast Management/ Tuning Data Issues / Setup / Cleansing 15% JAY SH ACMA Jay. [email protected]