W2 Contract Role.

Job Title: Sr. Demand Planner (Customer Demand Planning)

Duration: 06 Months contract with possible extension

Location: East Hanover, NJ 07936 (Onsite)

Experience Level – Entry Level Manager (5+ Years or work-related equivalent)

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 forceasting, forecast reconcilation and cross functioal 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

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 Sales Force