Miele

Demand and Supply Planner

Miele  •  $55k - $75k/yr  •  Vaughan, CA (Onsite)  •  1 hour ago
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Job Description

Your Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and analyze demand forecasts based on historical data, market trends, and sales input
  • Manage inventory plans to ensure optimal stock levels and prevent overstock or stockouts
  • Collaborate with the Sales, Marketing, and Operations teams to align demand planning with business objectives
  • Monitor and report on inventory performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement
  • Support new product launches by forecasting demand and managing inventory requirements
  • Participate in regular demand and inventory review meetings, providing actionable insights
  • Partner with sales account managers, category managers, and finance to drive accurate demand planning
  • Build bottoms up Sell-Through and Sell-In forecasts utilizing multiple quantitative and qualitative datasets and present cycle over cycle results to business leaders across North America stakeholders
  • Forecast and track weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales performance
  • Own the actuals vs forecast and goal performance analysis, drive identification of root causes and plan mitigation measures for gaps in performance
  • Share forecast assumptions and impact of strategic activities to forecast outcomes to broader organization and various stakeholders
  • Drive implementation of tools and techniques for continuous forecast accuracy improvement by analyzing large datasets, identifying trends, dependencies, correlations, and creating future outlooks based on that
  • Partner with Category Management to impact production and launch decisions
  • Present outcomes at reviews with business leaders across North America stakeholders

What we are looking for

  • B.S. or M.S. in business-related or quantitative field (Supply Chain Management, Economics, Finance, Math, Engineering, or similar discipline)
  • 2+ years of experience in demand forecasting
  • 6+ years of experience in business strategy, finance, analytics or sales planning experience with Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience with SAP APO forecasting tools is an asset
  • Experience in problem solving individually and, in a group
  • Experience with statistical forecasting methods and forecast accuracy metrics
  • Advanced experience with Excel is an asset
  • Strategic planning experience in a global organization is an asset
  • Experience with S&OP processes is an asset
  • Experience in Power BI/visualization tools is as asset
  • Experience of communicating insights gained from data with clarity and impact is an asset

The salary range for this position is $55,000 to $75,000 annually. This range is a guideline and may not reflect your exact offer. Factors that will be considered when extending an offer include but are not limited to education, experience, relevant skills, and alignment with market data.

Demand and Supply Planner

Miele

About Miele

Since being founded in 1899 Miele has followed its 'Immer Besser'​ brand promise.

As the world’s leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances, we create delightful experiences – not only with regard to the quality of our products, but also in terms of performance, convenience, design and sustainability. For our customers, this means the peace of mind of knowing that choosing Miele is a good decision – and probably the decision of a lifetime.

Our product portfolio includes kitchen appliances such as ovens, steam ovens, refrigerators, coffee machines and dishwashers as well as vacuum cleaners, washing machines and dryers. Dishwashers, washer-extractors and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical applications augment this line-up.

Miele is a family-run company in the fourth generation with eight production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. The company is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. In the 2020 fiscal year, the Miele Group achieved sales of 4.5 bn, 6.5% more than in 2019. Miele employs around 20,944 people worldwide.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Gütersloh, DE
Year Founded
1899
Website
miele.com
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