Demand Planner

ABOUT US

OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible.  OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals, and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome and benefit digestive health. We're on a mission to provide an affordable, delicious alternative to soda that delivers leading-edge health benefits to mainstream consumers.

OUR TEAM

At Olipop our values lead the way we create our products, engage with each other, and interact with our community. While we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in personal development. We’re tightly knit, we’re genuine and we’re always pushing the envelope to do a better job than we did the day before. Our team is also fully remote, requiring us to be resourceful, creative and collaborative to support our fast-moving business.

To best serve our diverse community of customers, we also seek to recruit and include people with a diversity of abilities, backgrounds, and cultures.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Working at a start-up can be as much a personal journey as it is a professional one. To succeed at a company like Olipop, you must be comfortable with failing, learning, and adapting. You need to be curious, optimistic, and able to find a way when it seems impossible. You must be confident enough to express your ideas but humble and open to learning from your experiences and from others. If this is the approach you take to life, then we’d love to hear from you.

THE ROLE

As a skilled Demand Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing a comprehensive Demand Plan for a diverse portfolio of products and customers. Your expertise will ensure seamless alignment of this Demand Plan with both internal partners through the S&OP and Monthly Forecasting calls. By proactively identifying and effectively managing exceptions, you will closely monitor performance to continuously improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan. This will significantly contribute to the Company's ability to swiftly sense and respond to evolving circumstances. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Supply Chain team as a key stakeholder in the MRP and S&OP processes to help meet customer demand while minimizing inventory costs and maximizing service levels.
• Develop, manage, validate, and communicate demand forecasts for all sku’s and customers.
• Become a company expert on sku and retailer trends through both internal and external data and communicate customer order behaviors.
• Monitor inventory levels and work closely with Supply Planning to ensure all orders are being fulfilled and maintained at a high fill rate %
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new products or initiatives and ensure alignment with supply chain requirements.
• Be proactive in identifying and effectively managing exceptions, improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan  
• Collect Information and Assumptions: Gather comprehensive information and assumptions regarding promotional activities, product launches and phase-outs, customer and distribution changes, business trends, production constraints, regional demand, and other relevant factors. These inputs are crucial in developing a reliable and accurate demand plan.
• Quantify new product launch forecasts using historical sales, planned marketing support, and key account merchandising plans.
• Communicate risks and opportunities determined by analyzing account specific trends and new product launch performance.  
• Performs ad-hoc and demand analysis across company initiatives, scenarios, and plays an integral role in annual budget building with finance.
• Generate forecast KPIs at the sku/customer/warehouse level to identify trends in our customer demand. 

QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor's degree is preferred, preferably in Supply Chain, Finance, Business Administration
• A minimum of 2-3 years of professional experience in Supply Chain is required, with at least 2 years of experience at the planner level or equivalent.
• Experience working in a CPG or manufacturing environment being advantageous.
• Expert in inventory management and forecasting.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel is required
• Strong analytical and statistical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.
• Proven experience in having an influencing and collaborative approach.
• Meet with the Finance, Commercial, and Planning departments to review and understand changes in our customer demand forecast.
• Liaise between Supply Planning, Finance, Sales, and Commercialization teams.
• Experience using MRP systems a plus
• Certification in supply chain management (e.g., APICS CPIM) is a plus.

REPORTS TO: Demand Planning Manager

COMPENSATION: $80,000 – 90,000 + Bonus

Thank you for your interest in OLIPOP and for taking the time to apply for our open role(s)!

Please note that our office will be closed for the holidays from December 23rd through January 2nd. During this time, we will not be reviewing applications or responding to inquiries.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as there may be a delay in our response. We will resume regular operations and begin reviewing applications starting January 3rd.

Wishing you a joyful OLIdays season and a happy New Year!

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Olipop does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law.