Now Hiring - Hillman Companies, Inc. - Manufacturing Sales & Operations Planning Analyst in Cincinnati, OH

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Job Summary:
The Sales & Operations Planning Analyst is the owner of the Sales & Operations planning process for assigned customers/channels and will act as the single point of contact for the Sales group regarding all Supply Chain Planning activities. The Sales & Operations Planning Analyst is a hybrid role with 3 days in office and 2 work from home.

Essential Job Functions:

• Creates demand deck for Sales & Operations Planning monthly meetings for assigned customers/channels.
• Facilitates and schedules Sales & Operations Planning monthly meetings for assigned customers/channels.
• Acts as single point of contact for supply issues, demand changes, new product development and ad hoc requests with internal and external stakeholders for their assigned customers/channels.
• Communicates project status updates and stock recovery information to the organization.
• Assists with customer fine mitigation.
• Creates and manages the Sales & Operations Planning action register for assigned customers/channels.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Analyzes POS data to identify trends.
• Builds and manages tools to evaluate forecast accuracy and other key objectives.
• Facilitates new item planning process by collecting information needed for planning, tracking progress of the planning tasks and validating forecasts and inventory plans.
• Conducts periodic review of new item forecasts vs actual sales.
• Attends customer meetings as needed.
• Owns the Sales & Operations Planning process for assigned customers/channels.
• Owns the communication between the Supply Chain Planning department and Sales.
• Responsible for the proactive communication of supply issues and get-well dates to internal stakeholders.
• Responsible for facilitating the consensus between the demand plan and sales forecast.
• Responsible for validating forecasts and inventory plans for new product initiatives.

Education & Experience:

• BS/BA in related field preferred, or 5-7 years experience.
• Experience in a CPG company preferred.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, supply planning and distribution.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, WebFOCUS is desirable.
• Gains, JDE/E1 & or Oracle is desirable.