The Role
Gotham Greens is seeking a Demand Planner to join our Supply Chain and Planning Team. This role will be responsible for ensuring demand for existing and innovative products are aligned to financial targets, product benchmarks, historical trends, promotional activity, and strategic brand priorities. The ideal candidate will lead monthly Demand Review meetings to ensure the commercial organization and S&OP lead are aligned and can sign-off on a region level demand prior to demand submission.
As this role is highly collaborative across both commercial and supply chain functions, will work closely in tight communications with the following teams, via ad-hoc and weekly/ monthly project and status reviews:
What You'll Do
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Develop SKU level/ key account forecasts as part of weekly & monthly planning cycle and ensure demand reasonability across portfolio (region and product mix).
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Work closely with production, sales, marketing, product, finance, and business support teams to collect and analyze intelligence, statistical data, monthly forecasts, and customer feedback
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Manage building blocks and understanding of key growth drivers and analyzing performance vs. plan, last cycle, and prior year.
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Review performance metrics, schedules, and inventory volumes to incorporate structural decisions in supply planning and sales allocations
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Managing identifying and reporting crop & finished goods longs to reduce impact of food waste within the supply chain as a part of the demand management reviews.
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Track and monitor key customer launches and/or promo POs and shipments to ensure fill rate and delivery dates are met.
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Assist Sales and SIOP leads to build and prepare for monthly planning cycle meetings
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Integrate technology to aggregate level data and create a productive network of inputs between various stakeholders to derive detailed planning
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Partner with Sourcing and Procurement on outbound component needs based on sales requirements
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Assist daily allocation of supply as needed
Who You Are
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Bachelor’s Degree in Business, or equivalent
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3 to 5 years of experience in demand planning.
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Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required.
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Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills and attention to details.
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Strong problem solver who identifies improvement opportunities and implements sustainable solutions
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Ability to prioritize, multi-task and handle multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
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Ability to work independently and with a team.
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Flexibility and willingness to take on additional responsibilities when needed.
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Experience with SQL, Power Pivot and Power Query a plus
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Experience working with a nationwide retailer’s a plus
Who We Are
Gotham Greens is an indoor farming company and a fresh food brand on a mission to transform the way we approach our food system, putting people and the planet at the forefront. Gotham Greens produces and delivers long-lasting and delicious leafy greens, herbs, salad dressings, dips, and cooking sauces all year round to retail, restaurant, and foodservice customers.
A Certified B Corporation™, Gotham Greens sustainably grows high-quality produce using up to 90% less water and 97% less land than conventional farming through its national network of climate-controlled, high-tech greenhouses across America, including locations in New York, Illinois, Rhode Island, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, and California.
Since its launch in 2011, Gotham Greens has grown from a single urban rooftop greenhouse in Brooklyn, N.Y., to one of the largest hydroponic leafy green producers in North America. For more information, visit gothamgreens.com.
