Demand Planner
About this role
- Own the rolling 12-month demand forecast, integrating historical bookings, opportunity pipeline, and Commercial Business input into a single consensus demand signal
- Translate opportunity-stage pipeline data from the Commercial Business team into probability-weighted demand by product family, configuration, and customer segment
- Work closely with the Commercial team to identify, understand, and document the assumptions used in generating the 12-month demand forecast
- Track and report forecast accuracy and bias by horizon, product family, and customer; drive root-cause when accuracy drifts
- Provide the single demand signal that serves both operational and financial planning views, supporting the Supply Chain Leader’s IBP cycle and eliminating divergence between Ops and Finance numbers
- Lead the regular Demand Review with Commercial Business leadership to validate assumptions and lock the committed forecast that enters SIOP
- Serve as the primary planning interface to the Commercial Business team for forecast inputs, pipeline conversion assumptions, and demand-side scenarios
- Challenge Commercial projections with data when not supported by the numbers
- Apply statistical forecasting methods, regression, and demand modeling to historical and pipeline data
- Continuously refine forecast models based on accuracy, bias, and changing market signals
- Develop and maintain probabilistic demand scenarios for high-uncertainty opportunities and new product introductions
- Deliver the consensus demand plan to the Master Scheduler on the defined SIOP cadence
- Receive feedback from the Master Scheduler on demand achievability against capacity and supply constraints; work with the Master Scheduler on revising Customer Commitment dates if necessary
- Surface emerging demand patterns, risks, or upside early so the Master Scheduler can adjust the supply plan ahead of execution
- Partner with the System Data team to build and maintain demand and forecast dashboards in D365 and Power BI
- Own the integrity of demand and forecast data in D365: forecast records, customer/product hierarchies, planning bills relevant to demand
- Maintain demand-side SIOP KPIs: Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Demand Plan Attainment, and pipeline conversion rates
- 3–5+ years in demand planning, forecasting, or commercial analytics in a manufacturing or B2B environment; ETO or complex configured-to-order experience preferred
- Statistical forecasting methods, regression, and demand modeling
- Hands-on proficiency with an enterprise ERP planning suite; D365 (Microsoft Dynamics 365) preferred
- Advanced Excel; working proficiency with Power BI
- Strong partnership skills — comfortable challenging Commercial leadership with data while maintaining productive working relationships
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Business Analytics, or related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience
- CPIM or CSCP certification from ASCM (formerly APICS)
- Direct experience with D365 demand planning or planning optimization modules
- SIOP / IBP experience in a project-driven, low-volume / high-mix ETO business
- Experience building Power BI dashboards in partnership with a data engineering / BI team
Company at a glance
At Butcher Power Products (BPP), we are redefining what it means to be a power solutions manufacturer. While initially born out of frustration with complacency, long lead times, and sub-par quality in the space, we have scaled with a relentless dedication to being better in every area...not just delivery times. That commitment has built our reputation as true disruptors of the industry.
With over 100 years of electrical distribution expertise, a 100,000+ sq ft manufacturing footprint in Sacramento, CA and a culture grounded in integrity and accountability, we deliver mission-critical and industrial power solutions at scale...faster, better and without compromise.
What sets BPP apart is our ability to handle capacity without limits, our people who care deeply about solving problems instead of making excuses and our commitment to real manufacturing...no imports disguised as domestic builds. Every product is engineered and manufactured in-house to the highest standards. And when mistakes happen, we own them, fix them and put processes in place to ensure they don’t happen again. That is why national developers, distributors, hyperscalers, and contractors nationwide trust us with their most critical projects.
Our offerings include UL 891 switchboards, EUSERC utility-metered switchboards, medium voltage switchgear from 5 to 38 kV, static and automatic transfer switches, power distribution units, remote power panels and UL 67 panelboards. From custom-engineered solutions to our stocked RTG offerings, we deliver with uncompromising quality and service our partners can trust, with every product built to exceed expectations.
In an industry where uptime is non-negotiable, BPP delivers your entire one line, on time. We’re not just faster. We’re better.
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