Demand Planner

About Us

The Marzetti Company (Nasdaq: MZTI) manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti dressings and dips, New York Bakery garlic breads, and Sister Schubert's dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden dressings, Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, Arby's sauces, Subway sauces, and Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.

At Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.

Overview

The Demand Planner holds a critical role at an integration point between Sales, Marketing and Operations. This position leads the forecast development for both financial & operational planning, championing cross-functional communication through clear, concise information sharing. The position collaborates with leaders of the business by researching, analyzing, maintaining, and reporting pertinent data to achieve a consensus forecast and drive best-in-class accuracy.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies and staffing firms refrain from submitting unsolicited resumes to our company. Any resumes sent without a prior agreement and access to proper submittal into the ATS will be considered the property of Marzetti Company, and we reserve the right to contact those candidates without any obligation to pay a fee.

Responsibilities

• Develop a twenty-four (24) month rolling demand forecast which serves as the basis for both Operating Plans and Financial Projections by collaboratively working with Analytics, Trade Development, Sales, Brand Management and Finance, including establishing baseline forecasts for new product introductions.
• Utilize statistical demand planning software to generate forecasts with advanced modeling techniques; supplement stat forecasts with offline analysis as required.
• Where supply constraints exist, develop and evaluate options to effect demand such as promotions and launch dates with Sales and Marketing to optimize service and inventory levels.
• Interpret consumption trends and business intelligence from Analytics, Sales, Marketing, Product Development & Innovation to incorporate into the forecast.
• Lead the monthly Consensus Review meeting to gain agreement on the latest twenty-four (24) month forecasts with cross-functional partners.
• Bridge forecast changes from month to month; communicating shifts in shipments and demand and addressing gaps to our annual operating plan.
• Clearly and concisely communicate any relevant technical issues and develop recommendations to improve software.
• Demonstrated background in driving continuous improvement, with a focus on process management & operational efficiency.
• Participate in documenting business processes and recommending business process improvements.
• Identify data integrity issues and develop corrective action plans.
• Ability to organize and manage workflow and assignments on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Supply Chain or Finance) or 3+ years' experience in demand planning, supply planning, or analytics required.
• Preferred experience in CPG, Food Industry, Demand Management
• Understanding of product life cycle for perishable goods
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• High level analytical & problem-solving capabilities
• Effective organization and time management skills
• Preferred experience with demand planning software system (Logility & SAP preferred)
• Proven high-level competency in Microsoft Excel - requires experience using advanced Excel formulas, graphing, and pivot tables.
• Competent use of Microsoft Office computer applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook.