United States
As a Demand Planner at Danone North America, you will own the demand signal for a complex, fast-moving product portfolio. You will serve as the strategic integrator between commercial, supply chain, and analytics teams – driving forecast accuracy, shaping demand insights, and ensuring our planning systems reflect the realities of the market. This role is designed for an experienced planner who thrives in advanced ERP environments and can translate data into decisive action.
Job Responsibilities:
Lead Demand Planning for a high-volume Business Unit portfolio, ensuring high-quality forecasts that guide production, inventory, and service decisions
Own the trend and executional planning process across the Business Unit, synthesizing consumption, fill rate, customer inventory, and shipment dynamics
Leverage advanced analytics and machine-learning models within ERP systems to generate and refine short-term forecasts (12 week scope) in partnership with Forecast Analysts
Serve as the primary liaison to Supply Planning, ensuring alignment on constraints, risks, and opportunities
Present and animate core KPIS – forecast accuracy, bias, waste, and service – across senior stakeholders
Partner and lead alignment conversations with Sales, Marketing, Category, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to develop long-term consensus forecast
Collaborate closely with Category and Commercial teams to manage allocations, prioritization, promotional impacts, and innovation launches
Build and present the long-term forecast to cross-functionals – leveraging relevant consumption data, seasonality, and consumer behavior to drive a precise baseline
The salary range for this position is $80,000.00 – $117,000.00 USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.
Job Qualifications:
Experience with one or more planning platforms such as: SAP APO, o9, SAP ECC/S4, Circana, IRI, Nielsen, or similar tools
Experience leveraging statistical or machine-learning forecasting outputs to improve demand plans, with root-cause analysis, and scenario planning
Exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence key stakeholders
Experience supporting S&OP/IBP cycles and presenting to senior leadership
Experience and Education Requirement:
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or related field; Master’s preferred.
3-7 years of hands-on demand planning or forecasting experience in CPG, food & beverage, or similarly complex supply chains
3+ years of experience with S&OP processes and cross-functional collaboration
APICS/IBF certification (CPIM, CSCP, or CPF) is a plus.
O9 and/or Circana/IRI systems experience is a plus.
Life at Danone
With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., our vibrant culture and endless growth opportunities are just a couple of the reasons our employees call themselves “Proud Danoners.”
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Our Brands
When you join us, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world, including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, STōK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®.
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