Sr. Demand Planner

Senior Demand Planner

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who's not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that's constantly evolving.

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

What you will be doing :

The Senior Demand Planner (forecasting & analysis) manages statistical, promotional, and total forecasts to drive retail in stock conditions and optimized inventory levels. The Planner determines causal factors impacting forecasts and actuals including weather, moving seasons, etc. The Demand Planner Owns / adjusts / optimizes the promotional lift as well as the instruments that continue lift generation. The Senior Demand Planner will train a demand planning team, assisting them with daily and weekly tasks designed to guide Replenishment to the appropriate purchasing decisions needed to support the United business.

The position will be based in Boise, ID, Dallas, TX or other acceptable areas to support Supply Chain Replenishment and Planning.

Main responsibilities :

• Recognizes and reconciles JDA forecast exceptions and tunes forecasts as needed.
• Tracks actuals against forecast & reviews forecast accuracy (base and promo) and tunes forecast as needed.
• Reviews demand history for outliers and develop recommendations and manage JDA settings related to outliers.
• Manages new demand forecasting units and new product introduction processes.
• Manages end of life forecasts.
• Manages new and conversion store forecasts.
• Maintains key metrics against goals for forecast accuracy.
• Follows prescriptive "day in the life" matrix to assure processes and procedures are followed.
• Generates / analyzes forecast accuracy and performance reports.
• Reviews and resolves exceptions.
• Reviews modeling exceptions related to price and vehicle lift coefficients and related data issues.
• Reviews promotional forecast including promo quantities and forecast accuracy.
• Analyzes post promotional data to determine opportunities to improve future forecasts.
• Collaborates with replenishment planners, retail support and other business partners to achieve key performance indicators.
• Generates appropriate views of the forecast to facilitate cross-functional communication.
• Drives to continuously improve the Demand Planning process and resulting forecast accuracy.
• Perform market review for recent trends and recommend best practices.
• Act as a change champion for best practices and process adoption.
• Track's team performance of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
• Review KPI's with Demand Planners.
• Provide guidance and direction to Demand Planners for Collaboration meetings with Merchandise and Replenishment Teams.

We are looking for candidates who possess the following :

We also provide a variety of benefits including :

Our Values Click below to view video : ACI Values

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose : to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!

Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE : ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson's Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico's Community Markets, King's, Balducci's, and Albertson's Market Street.

Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company's success.

Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity / expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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