Demand Planner

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Demand Planner

Location: East Hanover, NJ - 07936

Duration: 06 Months (possible extension)

Pay: $63 - $65/hr. on w2 (negotiable)

Position Description:

• This is a key role in our Customer Demand Planning team and is crucial in supporting customer + location level forecasting, short term demand + horizon alignment, new item distribution and assortment forecasting, forecast reconciliation and cross functional demand representation.
• Customer & Location Level Forecasting: support customer level Bottoms-Up demand forecasts for key customers (Food Service & E-comm), including regional and location-level oversight to ensure accuracy and alignment.
• Short Term Demand & Horizon Alignment: Manage near-term executional forecasts (0-13 Weeks) and support alignment to Lag 2 Month and Lag 5 Week forecasts across planning horizon
• New Item, Distribution & Assortment Forecasting: Maintain forecasts for new item launches, customer-specific distribution changes, resets, and assortment updates including timing and volume assumptions.
• Forecast Reconciliation & Performance Management: Lead reconciliation between Bottoms-Up and Brand / IBP forecasts, monitor sales vs forecast, investigate variances, and track forecast accuracy and bias.
• Cross Functional Demand Representation: Represent Customer Demand in S&OE and DMS forums, supporting demand insights, promotion & event forecasting, and root cause analysis tied to service and CFR impacts.

Position Requirements:

• Experience Level – Entry Level Manager (5+ years or work-related equivalent).

Must Haves:

Demand & Forecasting Experience

• APO System Functional knowledge preferred

Strong Analytical Skills with Advanced Excel

• Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
• Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing

Relationship & Influence

• Must have comfort in influence without authority

Analytical & Forecasting Expertise (Must Have)

• Experience in having owned customer-level shipment forecasts in CPG, Foodservice or Omni Channel environment
• Strong understanding of demand drivers
• Proven ability to analyze forecast accuracy, bias, and error trends
• Ability to identify gaps between plan vs actuals and quantify Root causing
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, variance analysis)
• Preferred experience with APO planning system and SalesForce

Root Cause & Insight Integration

• Ability to diagnose forecast variance across multiple dimensions
• Customer behavior change, promotional execution gaps, supply / deployment constraints, timing, etc.

Experience Partnering with Sales to

• Gather field intelligence; continuously refine assumptions
• Translate qualitative inputs into fact based forecast adjustments
• Comfortable documenting and communicating clear “what changed, why, so what” narratives

Story Telling & Executive Presence

• Lead customer and cross functional demand discussions; influence without authority
• Connect insights to business outcomes (Service, revenue, inventory)
• Demonstrated ability to challenge inputs constructively

Sales Partnership & Relationship Management

• Proven track record of building trust with sales team – thought partner
• Comfortable navigating tension

Operating Style

• Highly organized, fast paced environment, strong ownership mindset, balances urgency in a high pressure, short term horizon

Company Description

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other b

Company Description

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.\r\n\r\nAt Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.\r\n\r\nKyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.\r\n\r\nKyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other b