Advanced Drainage Systems

　　EEO Statement:

　　Advanced Drainage Systems is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

　　Demand Planner

　　US-OH-Hilliard

　　Job ID: 2024-16634Type: Regular Full-Time# of Openings: 1Category: Supply ChainAdvanced Drainage Systems

　　Overview

　　At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves.

　　For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers.

　　We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at

　　www.adspipe.com.

　　Responsibilities

　　The Demand Planner is responsible for facilitating the creation of robust demand plans, analyzing key trends, and providing appropriate and accurate forecast signals for production supply to the customer while building effective partnerships with sales team. The Demand Planner utlilizes baseline statistical forecast in support of building 12 month detailed plan for North America. The Demand Planner partners with Demand Planning Manager on reaching forecast consensus identifying and mitigating opportunities and risks. Monthly review of forecast accuracy and forecast error is provided from the planner to internal customers. Analyzing data and influencing forecasting inputs across 3 customer groups and 6 geographical zones across multiple levels of the product hierarchy is expected each month. This position regularly interacts with sales, marketing, finance, and other business partners. This position will also support annual budgeting process to identify opportunity and identify risks.

　　Primary Job Responsibilities:

　　The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

　　Collaborate with sales and marketing in the creation and monitoring of item level forecast.

　　Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast to reflect updated assumptions.

　　Utilize a collaborative approach to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.

　　Participate and support monthly Consensus S&OP meetings w