Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.

Brand

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Responsibilities

Overview

 

The Sr. Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for generating and driving the demand process to get to an unconstrained forecast.  The Sr. Demand Planning Analyst will work with cross functional partners in Sales, Marketing, and Finance to gather and incorporate key assumptions around category, marketing activities, promotional activities, & distribution intelligence into the forecasts.  A key part of the job will be to create the forecasts and facilitate meetings in the monthly consensus process.  This role will also work with Supply Planning by communicating key changes and plan drivers for production planning and assist in executing the demand plan. This analyst is equally comfortable in systems and data, forecasting, and steering and influencing the consensus process.

 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Works with the Demand Manager, Sales, and Marketing partners to develop a balanced 24-month Demand Plan, which becomes the basis for production planning and financial projections Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales and Marketing to gather assumptions that are used to develop the best possible mid to long term forecasts (0-24 months)Facilitates the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) demand alignment meetings. Highlight plan changes, document assumptions and risks/opportunities to planParticipates in weekly cross functional IBP alignment meeting with key business partners and effectively communicates information to help influence the consensus forecast by telling a story with data, trends, and analysisHelps the Demand Planner maintain Item/DC forecasts within the forecasting system, monitoring trends, and enhances the Demand Plan with business intelligence gathered from IBP process and cross functional partnersAdapts a continuous improvement mindset by conducting regular analysis on Demand Plan variances, with accountability and focus on improvements in Forecast Bias and Forecast Accuracy Ability to lead consensus meeting and influence higher levels of the organizationWork with commercial partners on developing the new item forecasts based on assumptions.
Qualifications

Education:  Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, required in supply chain, business, economics, finance, or sales planning

APICS, IBF or other relevant Demand Planning certifications are preferred

Experience:

5-10 years industry experience in demand planning and/or IBP processes for CPG, or Mass Retail environment.  Experience with Logility or Kinaxis software highly desirable. Highly organized and proactive with demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage change effectively and influence without authorityExcellent communication skills with the ability to partner cross functionally in an effective manner and comfortable sharing challenging information and positive informationSolutions oriented, with strong attention to detail and project management skills

 

 

 

Post Holdings and Post Consumer Brands provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws. 

The pay range for this position is $77,831 - $115,190 per year.