Manager, Demand Planning - Replenishment

at  Walmart Canada

POSITION SUMMARY…

This position is responsible for the Demand Planning aspect within their respective Omni business segment. The ongoing goal of this position is to continuously improve availability and simultaneously reduce inventory by improving forecast accuracy and bias, thereby supporting category growth and working capital targets. Execution of the Demand Planning process focuses on collaborative “bottom-up” planning with merchandising. This role is key to achieving the business targets for availability and working capital, as well as achieving the category growth objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree preferred
• Professional SC certification or currently pursuing
• Proficiency with Excel
• Knowledge of Walmart systems (e.g Retail Link)
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS…

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Age - 16 or older

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS…

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Leads and executes category level store receipts forecast for assigned group of categories or department
Maintaining item level customers sales forecast and adjusting forecasting model based on changes to customer demands and trends
Communicating forecast, including risks, uncertainty, and assumptions to incorporate impacting factors and to identify trends, performance, and concerns; evaluating historical data (for example, lost sales, market trends, and promotions)
Collaborating with key stakeholders (for example, category managers, merchandise planners and feature planners and strategic vendor as necessary ) to align demand forecasts to business plans including baseline and promotions
Achieve forecast target improvements by reducing forecast error and bias at the fine line level at minimum
Accountable to achieve working capital delivery through managing inventory management process and strategy improvement for categories or department by evaluating and identifying factors that impact department and item performance (Safety stocks)