Demand Planning Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee the demand planning process for various markets within Green Thumb’s cannabis portfolio.

• Convert commercial strategies, market trends, historical data, inventory levels, and operational inputs into precise and actionable demand plans.

• Act as the main connection between Commercial, Marketing, Supply Planning, and Operations.

• Create and consistently enhance demand planning processes, forecasting techniques, and analytical capabilities.

• Manage demand across different markets, brands, product categories, SKUs, strains/flavors, and channels.

• Take ownership of the rolling demand forecast for relevant markets, product categories, brands, and SKUs.

• Develop and sustain a rolling 12-month demand plan.

• Convert sales data, POS trends, inventory levels, pricing, promotions, seasonality, market growth, launches, lifecycle changes, and commercial assumptions into forecasts.

• Create product/category-specific forecasting methods.

• Lead demand review meetings and address discrepancies between commercial, statistical, and operational forecasts.

• Recognize demand trends and communicate associated risks, opportunities, and suggested actions.

• Oversee new product forecasts, launch trajectories, cannibalization, and ramp-up/ramp-down processes.

• Identify demand/supply discrepancies and assess their impact on revenue, service, and inventory.

• Develop methodologies for promotions, price alterations, market expansions, product discontinuations, and other events affecting demand.

• Manage product exit strategies and off-ramp procedures.

• Collaborate with supply planners and facilitate demand-plan transitions to supply chain planners.

• Utilize AI to enhance and optimize processes and functions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, or a related field.

• Over 7 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, supply chain planning, S&OP, or a related area.

• Proven experience managing forecasts across various products, locations, markets, or channels.

• Strong analytical and quantitative abilities with the capacity to translate data into business decisions.

• Demonstrated expertise in forecasting methodologies, inventory planning, and S&OP / IBP processes.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with ERP, planning, and business intelligence systems.

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with incomplete or evolving information.

• Experience in the cannabis, CPG, consumer products, retail, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, or other heavily regulated industries.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.

• Comfort and experience using AI technologies.

• Must pass all required background checks.

• Must comply with all legal or company regulations applicable to the industry.

• Must be at least 21 years old.

• Availability to work during Eastern or Central Time business hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• Positions may qualify for a discretionary annual incentive program based on organizational and individual performance.

• Opportunity for remote work arrangement.