JOB DETAILS Title Customer Demand Planner City Chicago State IL Description Mike’s hard lemonade was launched in the United States on April Fool’s Day in 1999. Since its introduction, Mike’s has achieved iconic brand status in the USA and is the leader in the Flavored Malt beverage category, a category that we created. Mike’s core product line is comprised of premium malt beverages including mike’s hard lemonade®, mike’s HARDER lemonade®, mike’s HARDER PUNCH®, mike’s classic margarita™, mike’s authentic shandy, mike’s smashed apple ale and mike’s all new FROZEN lemonade. Find out more by visiting our website: mikeshard/en/home The Customer Demand Planner plays a critical role in helping to achieve the company’s growth plans by ensuring world class customer service to our Distributor Network while also balancing inventory levels to prevent write offs due to obsolescence. Demand Planners will serve as the daily point of contact for our Distributors on all order related matters. This role manages both the daily customer service needs of Distributors as well as assisting with the company monthly forecasting process. Building strong relationships with the field sales team as well as Distributors will be key to success. The DP will be a focal point to the S&OP process by ensuring the most up to date sales insights and trends are reflected in the forecast. It will be critical to partner closely with all functions within the company to ensure collaboration and a sense of cross functional ownership of the forecast. Working with third party warehouses and production sites this role will ensure execution of the production plan and product availability at each of our distribution locations. Essential duties and responsibilities: Provide both strategic and tactical leadership for the demand and inventory planning for the companies US operations. Support in the execution of the S&OP process in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance. Ensure product availability at all times throughout the network. Establish best practices by leveraging all available data and tools to manage service and inventory levels to the most optimal levels. Assist in the development and evolution of the Distributor Order Portal including the capture of Distributor forecast and creation of an order recommendation. Proactively monitor sku movement and inventory levels, advance recommendations on sku rationalization. Manage daily Distributor customer service and logistics exceptions not handled through TMC. Requirements Minimum 5 years of Inventory Planning, Logistics or Customer Service experience Ability to travel up to 15% of the time Strong teamwork orientation Strong written and oral communication skills as well as excellent presentation abilities Action oriented and KPI driven Creative thinker with the ability to deliver out of the box solutions Nimble/Flexible and Entrepreneurial Mindset; Can thrive in an ambiguous environment Bring an outgoing and approachable personality to the job daily Cross-functional leadership with an ability to influence people to a shared vision. Can generate buy-in from multiple stakeholders High attention to detail with a great ability to multi-task BA Business or Supply Chain Management Key Competencies To succeed at the Mark Anthony Group, people must have the following six distinct characteristics An incredible drive for getting results The ability to embrace and thrive within ambiguity Must be collaborative with a team spirit Confident yet humble Smart with seasoned technical skills A strong work ethic Company Charter: In the United States, the Mark Anthony Group pioneered the flavored malt beverage category with the launch of Mike’s Hard Lemonade in 1999. Today, Mike’s has achieved iconic brand status and is the category leader having grown around 60% over the past three years while the overall malt beverage business has declined. The company has unique liquid innovation R&D capability and is constantly working on new patentable technology that can set its taste delivery and drinkability apart from the competition. The Mark Anthony Group is all about building for the long-term. The company is a unique blend of entrepreneurial determination and drive with advanced information systems and disciplined focus on creating and making better tasting products that consumers love to discover, while constantly working to improve distribution and consumer interaction. Mark Anthony is creating a unique culture to attract like-minded, out of the box thinkers that thrive on being part of a winning and innovating team, one that embraces change and doing more with less. The Company is making a strategic initiative to relocate marketing and sales leadership to Chicago, Illinois in order to attract a talented team that will take the business to new heights of success. Chicago is in the heart of the US beer market and the move will serve as a central operation for the Company’s retail and distributor networks, as well as its supply chain and logistic partners.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:33:51 +0000
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