Job Responsibility: Position Title: Demand Planner Position Type: Regular - Full time

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role The Demand Planner is responsible for creating and maintaining a demand plan for assigned business segments and running all processes associated with the creation of an accurate demand signal to drive the supply chain.

The Demand Planner is responsible for incorporating key business intelligence into the demand signal, including insights and inputs from marketing, sales, and finance along with data intelligence reports.

The Demand Planner is the key integration point into the marketing and commercial organization. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Marketing and Sales.

This role can be based in any of the three corporate offices: Drives the monthly consensus process for assigned business segments linking with commercial partners to evaluate and align on monthly volumes by sku/category for the next 3 months and 12 months.

Update the demand plan to be reflective of marketing and commercial assumptions and inputs.

Identify leading causes of forecast error with the corresponding deployment of improvement initiatives to prevent future occurrence

Maintain and publish demand planning metrics - manage and drive improvement plans across various levels of forecast aggregation and multiple time horizons.

Has a good understanding of related supply chain processes and the impact demand planning has on them.

Use and maintain SAP IBP as primary forecasting system.

Create and accurately maintain master data designated fields for assigned portfolio.

Manage statistical forecast exceptions by utilizing alerts, reports,



and other analyses to identify and correct potential outliers.

Prepare for and facilitate demand consensus planning activities including generating and publishing reports, coordinating and leading cross functional meetings, using a collaborative approach to develop and improve the consensus forecast.

Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market related changes.

Accountable for acquiring the skills to retrieve relevant data from various systems; Accountable to generate and/or execute the various weekly and/or monthly processes and reports assigned in support of continuous improvement and forecast quality.

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Statistics or related discipline

experience in Demand planning, forecasting, supply planning Experience. Able to think through and analyze large amount of data, models and results

High proficiency in tools used for data analysis such as Excel

Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.



Compensation Package: $58,800.00 - $78,500.00 CAD annually + bonus eligibility

Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.

Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Job Family: Supply Chain & Logistics Division: NA Supply Chain Department: Demand Planning Appetizers Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto

McCain Foods (Canada)

📌 Supply chain et Logistique - Demand Planner F/H (Toronto)
🏢 McCain Foods
📍 Toronto