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- Manages demand planning/volume forecasting to deliver key forecast KPIs while eliminating bias.
- Develop strong relationships with customers and internal sales, marketing and finance teams to drive cooperative planning.
- Acts as the SPA for Brand categories or customer channels (as assigned) and is responsible for Demand Consensus.
- This role also has responsibility for facilitating the Demand Review modules (as designed) within the S&A;/IBP process in Canada – driving effective process discipline and assisting the business to maximize NCS, Cash & Share performance through effective gap management.
- Must be able to execute demand changes driven by the business with a high level of efficiency in our Demand Planning tool. In this role, you will:
- Baseline Forecast: Establish and apply the best methods (statistical models and software tools) in creating forecasts at the item (Evolution: account and/or regional) level, applying appropriate statistical algorithms.
- Anlyzes historical sales trends from AC Nielsen data, POS information and shipment trends to support baseline forecast assumptions.
- Use understanding of product life cycles to develop new item projections.
- Lead monthly Secondary Pack validation meetings for review with ASPMs/Planners to proactively communicate possible delays and minimize order shortages.
- Compile and analyze forecasts inputs at various demand segments, identifying and documenting performance gaps for review in monthly consensus meetings.




- Continuously improve forecasts through evaluation of promotional activity, inventory changes, consumptions trends, category trends, media and advertising plans or extended service level impacts.
- In the event of product shortages, provide solid business recommendations.
- Ensure Business/Sales Team plans are supported through the Demand Forecast process.
- Consensus Meeting: Collaborate with Sales & Marketing on a continuous basis to understand and anticipate market and product evolution, planned activities and then accurately adjust the forecast accordingly.
- Develop a sales forecast rollup by business from individual SKU level forecasts to support discussions at the monthly meetings with Marketing, Sales and Finance.
- Provide insights on market and customer trends in order to complete a gap analysis.
- Develop upside/downside scenarios with risk assessments and recommended actions to meet customer service objectives and shipment targets.
- Lead monthly consensus forecast reviews with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Operations teams to validate and adjust current fiscal year forecasts, gaining full alignment with business owners and executive management.
- Gain consensus from all departments on key assumptions and changes to segment level volume.
- Provide monthly summaries to teams identifying key drivers, and clarity against segment/SKU level gaps.
- Financial Forecast:



Own the development of annual statistically trended base forecast for PSO, Marketing, Finance and Sales.
- Integrate forward‑looking TFI/AMPS assumptions, historical trends, price changes, cannibalization effect of new products, competitive activity, and product discontinuances for all regular business plans to provide mentorship to senior management.
- Refresh financial forecasts quarterly, incorporating Sales inputs to close gaps.
- Anlayses promotional plans using historical sales and consumption data, and recommend plan adjustments to Sales/Marketing based on historical consumption flow.
- Reporting: Prepare, monitor and publish forecast KPI’s on a weekly and monthly basis, taking corrective actions as necessary.
- Monitor orders vs. estimates on a monthly basis, responding to exceptions with collaborative discussions and addressing monthly plan revisions accordingly.
- Identify key issues which require immediate escalation to Sales and/or Operations as the need arises.
- Establish annual forecast accuracy targets.
- Measure monthly forecast error results versus established targets and identify and report on root cause for forecast errors below target.
- Publish monthly forecast accuracy reports, with baseline and secondary pack trending by month.
- Build business reviews determining long‑term business health and trends.
- Create and publish building blocks used to generate topline forecast plans.
- Produces reports that facilitate a continuous analysis of actual sales and emerging trends compared with forecasts. What we look for:
- 3+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, or Sales Forecasting, preferably within a CPG environment.
- Successful candidate must be detailed oriented with a high ability to multi‑task and execute on dem

📌 Demand Planner (Brampton)
🏢 The Clorox
📍 Brampton