Snack Innovations is a fast-growing consumer packaged goods company with a passion for better-for-you snacking and the parent brand behind Drizzilicious, Natural Endurance, Smart Fries, and Sunday Snacks. Operating as both a private label manufacturer and direct-to-consumer snack brand innovator, we’re rapidly expanding and looking for driven, entrepreneurial people to grow with us.
Position Overview The Demand Planner is a critical, cross-functional role responsible for building and maintaining a rolling demand forecast that connects shipment sales, POS data, promotional calendars, and customer-level dynamics into a single, integrated view. The forecast will directly inform financial planning, supply and production scheduling, and MRP inputs, making this role a foundational piece of the company’s operational infrastructure.
Forecast Development & Maintenance
Build and own a rolling 12–18 month forward demand forecast at the SKU × retailer / shipment / first receiver level, ensuring the model accommodates multiple pack size configurations as well as club rotation and seasonal/limited-time SKUs
Anchor the forecast to POS data where available (Nielsen, IRI, retailer portals) to reflect true consumer takeaway rather than relying solely on shipment history
Translate the demand forecast into actionable inputs for the financial forecast, supply and production planning, and MRP
Incorporate promotional lift factors and account for all demand-shaping events, including, but not limited to: new distribution resets and pipe-fills, display and shipper activity, club channel rotations, seasonal SKU introductions and wind-downs, and pricing and trade promotional periods
Maintain a shared input calendar for cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations) to submit planned events, promotional activity, distribution changes, and other demand drivers on a defined cadence ahead of each forecast cycle
S&OP Process Leadership
Be a key resource in building and running a structured monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, including owning the demand planning meeting cadence, pre-read materials, and post-meeting action tracking
Align cross-functional stakeholders (Sales, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain) around a single consensus forecast
Maintain a running Risks & Opportunities (R&O) log tied to promotions, new launches, distribution changes, seasonality, and customer-specific events and updating it monthly and presenting it as a standing agenda item in S&OP reviews
Customer Inventory & Allocation Intelligence
Leverage retailer and distributor inventory data to monitor customer inventory positions in near real-time, using that visibility to inform shipment timing recommendations by customer
Serve as a thought leader on inventory allocation strategy, proactively flagging customers at risk of over- or under-stock and recommending corrective actions
Partner with the Sales and Operations teams to plan for secondary display events, including forecasting incremental volume for shippers, off-shelf displays, pallet drops, case stack deals, and similar in-store execution vehicles
Support draw-down and load-in planning around promotional events and seasonal peaks
Forecast Accuracy & KPI Reporting
Establish a forecast accuracy measurement framework (MAPE, bias, SKU-level error tracking) and publish a recurring KPI scorecard covering forecast accuracy vs. actuals by customer and SKU, forecast bias trends, inventory position vs. target, and fill rate / service level metrics
Use KPI learnings to continuously improve forecast methodology, model inputs, and cross-functional input quality
Analytics & Ad-Hoc Support
Analyze category dynamics (seasonality, competitive pricing moves, promotional elasticity, and inventory load-ins and drawdowns) to sharpen forecast inputs and provide context to leadership
Support volume productivity analytics at retail on an ad-hoc basis (velocity, shelf productivity, penny profit); primary focus remains demand planning and retail analytics is a secondary, growth opportunity for the role.
Qualifications & Skills
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Statistics, or a related field
2–6+ years of experience in demand planning, supply chain, or CPG forecasting
Proficiency with syndicated data platforms (Nielsen, IRI, SPINS) and/or retailer portals
Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, Power Query, and structured financial/operational modeling
Experience in a multi-customer retail environment (grocery, club, mass, natural/specialty)
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience with S&OP process design, facilitation, and continuous improvement
Familiarity with ERP environments (NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP, Sage, or similar)
Club and natural/specialty channel experience
Background in snack, better-for-you, or perishable CPG categories
Retail analytics or category management experience
Numbers & Facts
Location
Piscataway, NJ
Skills
Actualsunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Cadenceunmatched
Category Managementunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Consensus Forecastingunmatched
Consumer Brandingunmatched
Consumer Packaged Goodsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Demand Forecasting/Planningunmatched
Dental Insuranceunmatched
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
Entrepreneurshipunmatched
Event Managementunmatched
Financeunmatched
Financial Modelingunmatched
Financial Operationsunmatched
Financial Planningunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
Health Insuranceunmatched
Intuit Quickbooksunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Marketingunmatched
Metricsunmatched
NetSuiteunmatched
Nielsen Researchunmatched
Operations Planningunmatched
Pallet Jackunmatched
Partner Salesunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Pivot Tablesunmatched
Plan Meetingsunmatched
Pricingunmatched
Production Planningunmatched
Production Scheduleunmatched
Promotional Programsunmatched
Receiversunmatched
Retailunmatched
Riskunmatched
SAPunmatched
Salesunmatched
Sales & Operations Process (S&OP)unmatched
Sales Operationsunmatched
Scorecardingunmatched
Shelf Displayunmatched
Statisticsunmatched
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)unmatched
Supply Chainunmatched
Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Thought Leadershipunmatched
Vision Planunmatched
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