DEMAND PLANNER III

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident's global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

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Summary:

The Demand Planner III is responsible for driving the demand planning process for the assigned strategic business unit(s). This role is developing and maintaining volume forecasts and reviews historical sales data to make informed recommendations to key business stakeholders, including sales, financial, and business unit leaders.

Essential functions (responsibilities, tasks, supervisory needs)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Develops and maintains an 18-36-month volume forecast within the current forecasting system by Item, Customer, Branch Plant (distribution location) and Country
• Reviews historical sales trends, downstream sales and inventory and other demand drivers to prepare and refine forecasts as part of the monthly S&OP process
• Schedules and leads demand collaboration (pre-consensus) meetings with key stakeholders in Sales, Category/Species Management, etc.
• Prepares presentations with analysis views at various levels of aggregation (customer, channel, category, etc.) using available Excel and/or Power BI analysis tools, in a way that effectively facilitates forecast discussions with key stakeholders
• Continuously evaluates and recommends strategies to better engage stakeholders and improve cross-functional collaboration on forecasts
• Analyzes variances between existing forecasts, financial plans and actual sales; continuously evaluates and recommends improvements to the way our available data is used to facilitate forecast analysis and collaboration
• Protects the financial performance of the strategic business units by identifying potential supply chain issues
• Reviews external customer forecast (CPFR) data where available; works with Sales partners to incorporate guidance into forecast when reasonable and feasible
• Works with stakeholders to build what-if scenarios and propose business actions to management

This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $90k to $123k.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, vacation, sick time, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial vacation benefit starts at 10 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience, and 7 days of sick leave per year (9 in Seattle), accrued bi-weekly. Commuter and transit programs are also available.

Required Qualifications (education, years of experience, KSAs)

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in demand planning, data analytics, or related field
• A bachelor's degree in mathematics, business, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• Advanced proficiency with Excel (PivotTables, advanced formulas, formatting)
• Intermediate proficiency with PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office products
• Ability to interpret business logic and develop appropriate data flows and data dependencies
• Basic working knowledge of statistical forecasting models
• Basic knowledge of relational database concepts

Preferred education and experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate knowledge of statistical forecasting models
• Power Query and PowerPivot experience
• Relevant APICS certificate (or similar)

Work Environment

This hybrid position will be a combination of remote and onsite at the Trident Support Center office in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, WA. Our hybrid work environment includes remote work on Monday and Friday and in-office in the Support Center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

In-office time takes place in a typical office environment: temperature controlled with adequate lighting and moderate noise. While remote, employees must provide appropriate home office space.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for long periods, often sitting at a desk in an office environment.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. During visits to production locations the employee will need normal vision and hearing to safely navigate the production floors and warehouse. The employee moves objects occasionally up to 25 pounds.

Work authorizations

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.