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A Place Where People Matter. Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you. Primary Purpose: The Demand Planner position is a highly visible supply chain role that will manage the forecasting and inventory requirements process. This is a hands-on position responsible for developing and executing Demand and Inventory plans that will enable Univar to meet sales and service objectives. This position will work cross-functionally to provide a detailed forecast to the supply group and ensure that all key deadlines for forecast are met. The position is the key liaison with the Supply group for communication related to forecast change. In addition, this position takes a leadership role in driving process improvement by utilizing available tools to deliver more accurate forecast. Collaboration with other members of the supply chain, sales, marketing, and customer support teams is vital to achieve these sales and service objectives. Deliverables: * Lead forecast and inventory planning meetings and review recommended sales forecasts and inventory goals. * Design and generate weekly and monthly statistical forecast reports * Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, insuring forecasting processes and methods are followed. * Review and measure the impact of forecast accuracy * Continuously improve forecasting techniques, method, and approach * Maintain and update documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems * Gather data from various systems and analyze all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast * Establish and utilize best practice methods in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets. * Make recommendation adjustments to forecast and inventory targets based on changes in demand and market trends. * Manage inventory targets (i.e. safety stock levels and min/max levels). * Analyze, Develop, Execute and Communicate forecast and inventory metrics reports to management around forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets, and etc. * Monitor SKU levels and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives * Analyze performance data to identify business plan variances using established systems and ad-hoc problem solving. * Collaborate with Sales and Marketing, Supply Planners and others to increase forecast accuracy. * Establish performance criteria by analyzing trends and benchmarking to identify areas for improved customer service. * Provide input to software implementations by using subject matter expertise to improve capabilities of existing software and ensure that software meets performance requirements * Assist in resolving product quality issues in an efficient and timely manner, as applicable Education/Experience/Training: * Bachelors degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Supply Chain/Operations, Finance or minimum 5 years of Demand Planning and/or Forecasting experience. * Six Sigma / APICS certification preferred Specialized Knowledge/Skills: * Strong analytical abilities with knowledge of statistical and mathematical computer programs and modeling techniques. Ability to apply and analyze large amounts of data for developing projections and estimates * Strong knowledge of SAP/Planning & Forecasting Systems * Knowledge of demand forecasting techniques and inputs (e.g., business trends, seasonality, consumption patterns) * Strong knowledge of demand planning process within Chemical Industry * Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and coordinate efforts around process improvement. Ability to analyze business processes and develop systems-based solutions that will improve current state * Background in forecasting, procurement and/or planning * Detailed oriented, excellent communication and Team building skills * Extensive sp