You lead the demand planning process for Tate's Bake Shop, owning the weekly and monthly demand plan at the SKU/customer level and serving as the critical link between Sales, Supply Planning, and CS&L performance reporting.
You will own and execute the tactical demand plan for Tate's, ensuring it is current, accurate and reflects the latest commercial inputs.
You will serve as the primary demand planning partner to Tate's customer Sales teams, translating field intelligence into a clean, actionable demand signal for Supply Planning.
You will build and maintain CS&L performance dashboards and automated reporting that give the team real-time visibility into forecast accuracy, fill rate, OTIF, and inventory health.
In this role, you will track forecast accuracy and bias, perform root-cause analysis on misses, facilitate customer-level demand reviews, and develop ad hoc analyses to support business decisions across promotions, distribution scenarios, and SKU rationalization.
Manage the short-term demand signal weekly pacing, SKU/location mix, near-term adjustments so Supply Planning always has a clean, actionable picture.
Track forecast accuracy (MAPE) and bias at the SKU and customer level; support root-cause analysis on misses.
Maintain data integrity in the demand planning system, including SKU hierarchies, planning parameters, and historical baselines.
Serve as the day-to-day demand planning contact for Tate’s customer Sales teams, owning the information flow between Sales and the demand plan at a sku/location level.
Collect, document, and incorporate commercial inputs from Sales into the forecast promotions, new distribution, shelf resets, and account-specific changes escalating material changes to the Demand planning lead.
Qualifications
Minimum 5–7 years of work experience in demand planning, supply chain, or related analytical roles.
Experience in CPG/food & beverage industry strongly preferred.
Proficiency in demand planning systems (e.g., SAP APO/IBP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder) and Power BI.
Demonstrated ability to manage SKU-level forecasts and collaborate with Sales teams.
Excellent communication, problem solving & decision-making skills.
Proven ability to build dashboards and automate reporting processes.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Analytics, Engineering, or related field required.
Master's degree or APICS/IBF certification preferred.