Job Title:                   Demand Planner
Location:                    Kanata, ON
Status:                        Full-time  

As a senior level professional, you will be responsible for developing and managing demand intake for product and contributing to the creation of the END item supply plan in the MRP.  This position is focused on meeting mid - long term customer demand (orders or forecasts), assessing materials and capacity requirements in a pro-active manner and working with Account Management and Supply Chain Management to mitigate risks.  The goal is to improve customer responsiveness, flexibility, internal scheduling, and reduce execution costs.

Responsibilities Generally include:  

• Analyzing the demand requirements vs. the supply commitments and possibilities.
• Setting of overall product lead-times.  Analyze constraints that allow customer lead-times to be met and ensure reductions initiatives are undertaken.
• Perform due diligence by conducting what-if analyses for all demand changes, prior to agreements being made with customers.
• Execute MRP run for changed demand and end item supply requirements.
• Work with Master Production Scheduling to ensure closed loop feedback process is in place for all potential risks to meeting supply.
• Work with Purchasing to confirm materials availability for all demand requests that required orders to be expedited or place within lead-time.
• Work with Account Management and Supply Chain Management for agreement of order quantities and rules, buffer inventories, etc.
• Review the plan with Master Production Scheduling weekly, to understand changes, review capacity loads, and materials plans/risks.
• Work with COMG to ensure ordering rules reflect the desired operation of the business and that customer requirements that may be in conflict can be managed.
• Participate/Lead in weekly and monthly supply/demand reviews.
• Participate in early discovery sessions to ensure customer requirements are understood and planning, build, and supply chain design, methods and processes are developed.

Skills/Qualifications/Education: 

• Generally requires a College Diploma in Business Administration or Operations
• Minimum 5 years relevant experience or equivalent
• APICS/CAPICS certification is an asset
• Fluency in the use of SAP and advanced features of Excel

If you are interested in joining our dynamic team, please submit your resume to Human Resources at resumes@breconridge.com and reference the position title in the subject line of your email.