SR Manager - Demand Planning

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JOB OVERVIEW:

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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• IBP & Demand Review Leadership

• Own and lead IBP Step: Demand Review, ensuring highquality inputs, transparent assumptions, and decisionready outputs that seamlessly feed Supply Review, Integrated Reconciliation, and MBR.

• Translate commercial strategy, innovation and lifecycle plans, promotions, distribution changes, and customer/channel dynamics into an integrated, unconstrained demand plan aligned to the endtoend IBP horizon.

• Proactively surface demand risks, opportunities, and bias, framing clear scenarios and tradeoffs for crossfunctional alignment and escalation across the IBP 5step cadence.

• Partner closely with Finance to ensure demand plans are financially validated and aligned ahead of Integrated Reconciliation, enabling clear margin, inventory, and service implications for executive decisionmaking.

• Ensure Demand Review outputs are fully integrated into Supply Review IBP Step and Management Business Review Step , supporting enterpriselevel decisions with one aligned demand signal.

• Demand Planning Excellence

  • Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a rolling 18month demand plan using SAP IBP or equivalent advanced planning tools.

  • Establish demand planning standards, governance, and best practices aligned to IBP principles and "one source of truth."

  • Lead demand accuracy, bias, and performance management, including rootcause analysis and corrective actions.

  • Ensure disciplined handling of lifecycle events (innovation, transitions, discontinuations, and exits) to minimize service risk and inventory exposure.

• CrossFunctional Partnership

  • Act as the primary integration point between Demand Planning and Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Planning, and Operations.

  • Influence Sales and Marketing leaders to align assumptions, tradeoffs, and commitments.

  • Collaborate with Supply Planning to proactively identify supplydemand imbalances, constraints, and mitigation actions.

  • Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP), rolling forecasts, and scenario planning within the IBP framework.

• Team Leadership & Capability Building

  • Lead, coach, and develop the Demand Planning team, build strong business acumen, analytical rigor, and IBP mindset.

  • Drive clarity in roles, planning ownership, and handoffs across planners and categories.

  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and enterprise thinking.

• Systems, Data & Continuous Improvement

  • Champion adoption and effective use of SAP IBP and demand planning analytics.

  • Partner with Data, IT, and Finance COE teams to improve data quality, automation, and reporting.

  • Eliminate manual workarounds and ensure scalable, auditable demand planning processes.

• This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree

• 5 years of related industry experience

Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree

• 7 -10years

• Consumer Packaged Goods Experience

• APICS or other Forecasting certification preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

Technical & Business Skills

• Strong expertise in demand forecasting, lifecycle planning, and scenario modeling.

• Handson experience with SAP IBP or comparable advanced planning systems.

• Solid understanding of commercial planning, promotions, innovation launches, and financial implications.

• Ability to translate complex data into clear, executiveready insights and recommendations.

Leadership & Behavioral Expectations

• Enterprise mindset with ability to influence without authority.

• Comfortable challenging assumptions and driving factbased decisions.

• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Operates with discipline, transparency, and a bias toward proactive risk management.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Office environment demands include frequent speaking both in person and over the phone; writing, reading files, reports and PC screens. Prolonged sitting at computer terminal. Regular vision concentration for reading and checking reports, forms and data entry.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Occasionally exposed to wet and humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and high noise levels in the work environment.

Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

WHY BLUE DIAMOND?

In addition to working at the world's largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness GuideHERE .

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