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Demand Planner

Lancesoft

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$1
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Brand Strategy, Consumer Branding, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Financial Projections, Financial Strategy, Forecasting, Improvement Metrics, Machine Learning, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Performance Reviews, Process Improvement, Product Planning, Risk Analysis, Sales, Sales & Operations Process (S&OP), Sales Forecasting, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), Supply Chain, Time Management
LOCATION
Englewood Cliffs, NJ
POSTED
Today

Pay rate: $55/hr 

Title: Demand Planner
Location: Englewood, NJ 
Duration: 12 months 

The Associate Demand Planning Manager supporting the development of a 12–18 month rolling sales forecast for the Ice Cream portfolio, covering 8 brands and approximately 350 unique SKUs, totaling ***billion in annual net sales. This role acts as the Supply Chain Business Partner across cross-functional teams, supporting the monthly S&OP cycle to build a realistic, input-led forecast and identify risks and opportunities.
A key focus is on communicating volume changes and drivers across the end-to-end supply chain, while leveraging machine learning, implementation of AI agents on demand analytics, and driving simplification and continuous improvement in forecasting processes and tools.
 
Key Responsibilities
 
Forecast Development & Management
 

  • Lead creation of a bottoms-up forecast using business insights and machine learning inputs.

  • Translate market and promotional insights into demand drivers for auto-forecast modelling.

  • Ensure forecast volumes are aligned with financial projections and submitted on time.


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S&OP Leadership
 

  • Facilitate Activity and Demand Review discussions with deep market understanding.

  • Drive forecast quality improvements through regular performance reviews with Demand Analysts, Brand, and Customer Strategy teams.

  • Provide innovation forecasts to project teams and ensure data-driven planning for new products.


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Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
 

  • Partner with Brand, Customer Strategy, and Finance to deliver input-led forecasts across all horizons.

  • Ensure coverage of non-forecastable segments, innovations, and local brand-building activities.


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Performance Measures
 

  • Forecast Accuracy, Bias, and VVD: Accountable for improving key forecast metrics.

  • Waste Reduction: Targeting a 15% year-over-year reduction in business waste losses.

  • Forecast Transparency: Ability to fully explain forecast composition (volume & value) and associated risks/opportunities during Activity and Demand Reviews.

    After candidates are filtered to come up with a short list, client team will select who will pass to first round. After that round, filter final candidates to pass to a final second round on site.

    Hybrid role
    Two days on site (Typically Tuesday and Wednesday). Flexible days. On Tuesday, company offers free lunch.

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About the Company

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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/

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