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Demand Planner

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Surrey-Store 1

Employment type: Temporary Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 78,000.00 - 84,100.00

What you'll do

- Establishes inventory demand levels for assigned client groups by: attending regular and adhoc business planning

meetings with stakeholders; collecting, consolidating and validating clients’ material needs; analyzing forecasting plans

- against actual supply to identify variances; developing material demand and supply plans; and preparing and presenting
- explanations and recommendations on demand and supply availability to stakeholders.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal staff (Purchasing, Category Management and Material Supply

Planning groups) and external suppliers to understand purchasing processes and procedures, vendor relationships, their

- performance measures and how to incorporate forecasting needs for effective inventory management.
- Provides stipulations, guidelines, and recommendations for negotiations to Purchasing, Contract Management, Material




- material needs.
- Engages third party contractors (such as Regionally Optimized Contracts (ROC) and civil contractors) representing

Material Management Business Unit (MMBU) and BC Hydro to ensure that BC Hydro meets it commitments to these parties

- for supply accuracy and service reliability.
- Prepares and maintains Demand Planning Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Develops annual purchasing plan by incorporating client groups’ material needs using statistical modelling, commodity

and category identifier trending reports, supplier capacity and manufacturing schedules and economic trends that impact

- commodities purchased.
- Identifies and recommends improvements to supply chain processes, procedures and guidelines to management.

Provides input into operational issues, impact of corporate initiatives and market constraints relating to purchasing and

- supply of materials.
- May procure materials from known or sourced suppliers where material requirements are of low to medium value by

performing such duties as writing competitive documents, evaluating responses to competitive bids and conducting

- reference checks and financial evaluations. Negotiates penalties, incentives, key performance indicators (KPIs) and early
- payment discounts for contracts.



Prepares and processes material requests/requisitions in supply chain management
- system.
- May perform some duties of the Material Supply Planner.
- Performs duties of a minor nature related to the above duties that do not affect the rating of the job.

What you bring

- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management or Business

Administration and three (3) years of demonstrated experience with: materials forecasting, demand analysis, future demand

- planning or inventory planning/purchasing.- OR- Diploma/Certificate in Supply Chain, Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management or Business

Administration and five (5) years of demonstrated experience with: materials forecasting, demand analysis, future demand- planning or inventory planning/purchasing.- Relevant courses offered by Supply Chain Management Association of Canada (SCMA) or modules from Certified in

Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) offered by APICS considered an asset.- Experience with supply chain management system (SAP) considered an asset.

- Demonstrated communication and relationship management skills.

What we offer

- A comprehensive perks package
- A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
- A lifetime pension
- Flexible work model, depending on your role type
- Training and development courses

What else you should know

- This is a Full Time Temporary position for approximately 6 months.
- Analytical abilities and proficiency in MS Excel would be considered an asset.
- Location : Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 5Z9

Date Posted :2026-04-17 Closing Date :2026-05-01

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📌 Demand Planner (Surrey)
🏢 BC Hydro
📍 Surrey