Demand Planner Job at Ursus, Inc.

Ursus, Inc. Fremont, CA 94555

JOB TITLE: Demand Planner
LOCATION: Fremont, CA
DURATION: 1 year
PAY RANGE: 60-72hr

COMPANY:
Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

***'s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at *** are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

Overview:
The Demand Planner will act as the primary contact for Infrastructure demand plans which support Facebook's mass production builds at its data centers, POPs, and MNA locations globally. As a Demand Planner, you will be responsible for enabling Infrastructure hardware and commodity forecasts and related demand management activities, including development of business processes, tools and analytics to support demand planning and forecasting activities. This position is part of the Sourcing and Operations Engineering team reporting to the Infrastructure.
Demand Manager.

Responsibilities:
Own and understand E2E demand planning and forecasting requirements and Processes.
Work across various internal stakeholders and lead teams to ensure forecast and demand inputs are consistent. Translate business forecasts and timelines into an executable demand plan.
Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models, processes and software tools) in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets.
Present supply and demand recommendations, drive timely decisions, and ensure clear and concise communication to all stakeholders in the supply chain, based on demand planning scenarios, business forecast and product transitions.
Support Integrated Business Planning process development, adoption and maturity as well as execution within the Infrastructure team.
Support business requirements development, deployment, and ongoing enhancement of planning, inventory and S&OP-like processes, tools, and systems to support multiple supply chains within the Infrastructure team.
Work with IT system developers to spec, implement, and validate new tools/systems.
Prepare process workflows and associated documentation.
Perform data analysis and drive processes optimization.
Develop and manage short and long-term supply and demand models that seek to maintain service levels requirements for our customers. This includes development and refinement of business processes, demand impact simulations and analysis, interface and communication of the requirements throughout supply chain and XFN stakeholders.
Drive product success by keeping ourselves and others accountable for metrics such as forecast accuracy, quarterly financial variance, inventory utilization, delivery performance, etc.
Review and analyze inventory target setting parameters for optimal inventory planning.

Min Qualifications:
BA/BS degree in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, related field or equivalent practical experience
3+ years of experience in Demand Planning domain
Experience in demand forecasting, inventory optimization & planning and supply planning
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with ability to present to various levels of management and ability to work with XFNs to drive a project/program.
Good with analytical tools like MS Excel/Google Sheets/Power BI etc

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in project management and Production/Planning MRP
Understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain Management processes (scheduling, warehousing, fulfillment, reverse logistics)
Have experience writing SQL queries, or have a quantitative background and desire to learn

At ***, we are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to connect people all over the world. That's why it's important that our workforce reflects the diversity of the people we serve. Hiring people with different backgrounds and points of view helps us make better decisions, build better products, and create better experiences for everyone.
We give humans the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Our products empower more than 3 billion people around the world to share ideas, offer support, and make a difference.

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