What are the responsibilities and job description for the Demand Planning Analyst position at BIC?
For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home. As a member of our team, you'll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.
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We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Demand Planner to support accurate and timely forecasting of display programs and new product development (NPD) initiatives. This role plays a key part in translating commercial strategies into demand signals that drive supply chain execution and customer service excellence.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in Marketing, Sales, Product Development, and Supply Planning to ensure readiness and alignment for product launches and display rollouts.
What You’ll Do:
BIC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.
It's a colorful world - make your mark by joining the BIC team today!
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Demand Planner to support accurate and timely forecasting of display programs and new product development (NPD) initiatives. This role plays a key part in translating commercial strategies into demand signals that drive supply chain execution and customer service excellence.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in Marketing, Sales, Product Development, and Supply Planning to ensure readiness and alignment for product launches and display rollouts.
What You’ll Do:
- Create and maintain demand forecasts for new products and customer display programs across various planning horizons.
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Product teams to gather inputs on product launch volumes, timelines, and promotional drivers.
- Utilize historical data, market trends, and customer insights to support forecasting assumptions and planning scenarios.
- Partner with Supply Planning to ensure alignment on inventory targets, production plans, and launch timelines.
- Monitor and track forecast performance, highlighting variances and working cross-functionally to address gaps.
- Assist in building forecasting templates, reports, and dashboards that support visibility into innovation and display demand.
- Support cross-functional planning meetings (S&OE, NPI reviews, or S&OP inputs) with clear and concise forecast data.
- Maintain item-level forecasts in demand planning systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency with product lifecycle stages.
- Support post-launch analysis and continuous improvement of new item forecasting accuracy and assumptions.
- Support local adoption and customization of IBP Tools (Anaplan, Blue Yonder)
- Develop and support new tools for data analytics within PowerBI platform.
- Continuously improve Blue Yonder capabilities with autonomous reporting, alerts and AI/ML implementation.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Statistics, Engineering, or related field
- At least 2 years of experience in supply chain, demand planning, or forecasting
- Strong analytical skills and experience with Excel, Power BI, or similar tools
- Experience working with customer data such as shipment history, sell-through, and point-of-sale
- Knowledge of ERP and planning systems (JDE, Blue Yonder, or similar) a plus
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities
- Experience supporting retail customers (e.g., Walmart, Amazon, Target)
- Familiarity with statistical forecasting models (moving average, exponential smoothing, regression)
- Exposure to S&OP or S&OE planning processes
- SQL, Python, or other data analysis skills
BIC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.