Manager, Demand Planner

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

📋 Description

• Lead the North America Demand Planning team and create a high-performing, data-driven planning organization.

• Manage the regional demand plan across all channels, customers, and product categories for a 12–48-month period.

• Ensure that demand plans are aligned with commercial strategies, promotions, customer developments, portfolio initiatives, and market intelligence.

• Oversee statistical and judgmental forecasting methodologies.

• Track and enhance Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, and forecast value-add metrics.

• Utilize advanced analytics, market data, customer insights, and business intelligence tools to pinpoint trends and risks.

• Create scenario planning to assess market changes, supply constraints, customer actions, product launches, and promotions.

• Conduct root cause analyses to enhance forecast performance and the quality of business decisions.

• Lead the Demand Review process within the monthly Integrated Business Planning cycle.

• Facilitate consensus planning with Commercial, Finance, Supply Planning, and Portfolio teams.

• Convert market assumptions into demand forecasts that encompass volume, revenue, and margin expectations.

• Identify demand risks and opportunities, devising mitigation and gap-closing strategies.

• Present demand insights, scenarios, and recommendations to senior leadership.

• Align the demand plan with financial forecasts and supply capabilities.

• Enhance forecasting processes, planning governance, data quality, parameter governance, and reporting automation.

• Promote the adoption and optimization of Anaplan, Power BI, AI forecasting, and advanced planning tools.

• Mentor and develop Demand Planners.

• Set performance expectations and development plans.

• Establish succession plans and future planning capabilities throughout North America.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in Demand Planning, IBP, S&OP, or Commercial Planning.

• At least 3 years of experience in people leadership.

• Proven track record in leading demand planning processes within FMCG, food & beverage, consumer goods, or other fast-moving sectors.

• Demonstrated success in fostering cross-functional alignment and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Experience in supporting executive-level decision-making through analytics and scenario planning.

• Familiarity with planning platforms such as Anaplan, SAP IBP, OMP, Kinaxis, or similar tools.

• Strong proficiency in BI tools and Excel.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities.

• Willingness to travel 25% of the time.

• Alignment with Oatly's mission of health, sustainability, and transparency.

• Self-motivated with a sense of individual accountability and ownership.

• Ability to thrive in a smaller, growing brand environment.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort in navigating ambiguity.

• Openness to share talents and collaborate with colleagues.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Comprehensive benefits, including pet insurance.

• Paid volunteer days off throughout the year.

• Complimentary six packs of oatmilk.

• Reasonable accommodations for a barrier-free interview experience.