Demand Planning Analyst

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with Seminis. At Seminis, a division of Monsanto, we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best individuals through our team-oriented culture that encourages creativity, decision-making, and entrepreneurial spirit. Seminis is the largest developer, grower and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world. We lead the development of hybrids that improve nutrition, boost crop yields, limit spoilage and reduce the need of chemicals. Research is the heart of Seminis and its future as we are committed to consistently introducing innovative products for our customers. It's amazing to consider that improving human health, promoting environmental stewardship and fostering greater economic growth for the agricultural community can all start with something as small as a seed.
 
The Demand Planning Analyst is responsible for implementing and maintaining the process & system for creating the global demand forecast for Seminis vegetable business with sales of $650M and will provide strategic guidance and continue to develop the best practices on global demand process.
 
In this role the candidate will be responsible for the following:
- Support the implementation of the new demand forecast process in the APO/DP environment; provide training support as needed. 
- Assist in gathering consensus and buy-in from 4 regions and other stakeholders on new process changes and/or create additional reporting to enable sales, sales management, and RPM’s/crop teams to analyze information faster and better.
- Ensure day to day activities and operation of APO/DP system is running smoothly. : maintain all necessary data in APO/DP for end-users
- Liaise with Sales organization, regional forecast coordinators, and IT to continuously improve practice for creating initial sales forecast
- Assist in the development/maintenance of forecast accuracy process and support system associated with. Support inventory utilization efforts through the development of improved reporting tools
- Support product life cycle and portfolio management objectives driven by regional product management
- Matrix organization with “regional forecasters” to provide guidance and alignment to communicate and support the demand forecast process within the region.
- Interactions will be global and will include Seminis management team and multiple functions like marketing, sales, IT, finance and manufacturing. 

Required Skills/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2+ years professional experience with operations and/or process improvement/implementation experience
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and interpersonal skills. 
- An ability to influence and gain consensus across the organization and work with different cultures, functions, and levels in the organization.
- Strong process management orientation with a demonstrated ability to identify and affect key process variables
- Ability to visualize/articulate and lead process improvements with stakeholders and implement change across the global organization. 
- Strong Initiative
- Leadership skills
- Broad business perspective
- Ability to work in a fast pace environment with global complexity

At Seminis, we offer a highly competitive salary & benefits package with career development opportunities in a team-oriented working environment. To apply on-line, please visit the Careers section of our website at www.monsanto.com and search by req. mons-00009249. Monsanto values diversity & is an equal opportunity employer. M/F/D/V