Demand Planning
Supply & Demand Planning Analyst
Ecore International | Job Requisition
Department: Supply Chain / Integrated Business Planning
Business Units: Circular Solutions (primary); Rubber Processing (supporting)
Position: Full-time | Individual contributor
Reports to: Director of Supply & Demand Planning
Location / Compensation: To be determined
Position Summary
The Supply & Demand Planning Analyst develops and maintains demand forecasts, coordinates monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) preparation, and delivers actionable inventory analysis. This individual contributor connects customer demand from OSG, F&I and third party customers through Circular Solutions, Rubber Processing and tire collection. The role assists in driving continuous improvement while escalating material supply decisions for leadership approval.
Key Responsibilities
Demand Planning & Forecast Management
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve statistical and consensus-based forecasts.
- Consolidate historical sales, customer demand, market intelligence, and commercial inputs into a unified demand plan.
- Analyze forecast accuracy, bias, seasonality, trends, and variability.
- Prepare and facilitate demand validation pre-work and coordinate commercial inputs.
- Maintain product-family and SKU-level forecast structures, including disaggregation methods.
- Communicate significant demand changes, risks, and opportunities.
- Translates finished goods demand into upstream material and tire collection requirements, including quantities and timing.
Monthly Sales Inventory and Operations Planning Process (SIOP)
- Coordinate the monthly planning calendar, data collection, and meeting preparation.
- Consolidate demand forecasts, supply plans, inventory projections, and key assumptions.
- Prepare demand and supply review materials, including capacity gaps and scenario analyses.
- Challenge and assist plant planners without directly setting production schedules.
- Support the Director and Finance with management reconciliation and executive review materials.
- Maintain decisions, action logs, and process documentation.
- Develop and maintain Rough Cut Capacity Planning tools to identify capacity availability and utilization.
Inventory Planning & Analysis
- Monitor inventory turns, days of supply, availability, and excess or obsolete inventory.
- Analyze and recommend safety stock, min/max, and inventory target improvements.
- Evaluate seasonality, lead times, SKU segmentation, and service versus working-capital tradeoffs.
- Identify inventory risks across plants and distribution sites; coordinate approved actions.
Continuous Improvement & Systems
- Improve forecast methods, planning reports, data quality, and standard operating procedures.
- Develop and maintain Excel planning tools and support ERP reporting and integration.
- Reduce manual effort and standardize performance measures and cross-functional workflows.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Professional experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, inventory analysis, or integrated planning.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and analyze demand forecasts.
- Advanced Excel and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing supply chains, inventory management, and production planning.
- Ability to facilitate cross-functional meetings, influence without authority, and communicate actionable insights.
Preferred Qualifications
- Five or more years of relevant progressive experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Planning.
- ASCM/APICS CPIM certification.
- Epicor Kinetic ERP experience.
- Experience facilitating S&OP or S&OE processes in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
- Power BI or comparable business intelligence tools.
- Experience with statistical forecasting, safety stock, inventory segmentation, and process improvement.