At Conagra, Senior Demand Planners specialize in forecasting our iconic and emerging food brands and contributing to our business results by leading cross-functional teams to land on a forecast that drives action across our company. We use a data-driven approach to predict consumer behaviors and marketplace trends, guiding our forecasting choices, and ultimately impacting decisions about how we manage and invest in our brands.  

Our demand planning teams are responsible for accurately forecasting what Conagra will sell in the marketplace and to our customers, enabling our partners to support the contemporizing and growth of brands through untapped opportunities that appeal to consumers. Our teams rely on our proven approach to identify growth opportunities and making the right investments in innovation and product modernization. We heavily collaborate across our organization to ensure we deliver our customers the right products, at the right place, and at the right time. 

What you'll do:

As a Senior Demand Planner, you will lead partners from Brand Marketing, Finance, and Sales through a monthly forecasting process that defines what our customers and consumers will purchase over the next rolling 18 month horizon. The forecast you will create will be used as a basis for company financial reporting, capital investment, and as a signal to our supply planning teams for production, warehousing, and transportation planning. Mentoring is a big part of the role, and you will train and support new planners as well as set up other planners for success with your leadership and expertise. 

What you’ll bring: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Statistics, Mathematics or related field 

• Ideally 5 or more years with consumer products forecasting and/or supply chain operations experience 

• Strong analytical skills and some statistical knowledge 

• Demonstrated communication, collaboration and leadership skills

• Experience in and/or exposure to Sales and Operations Planning processes and procedures, customer planning and/or supply planning 

• Experience with any forecasting application or supply planning software and/or SAP, APO, SAS 

• Experience with or knowledge of IRI, Retail Link, and other external customer data sources 

• Experience in leading projects – strong project management skills 

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite of tools 

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
• Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
• Balance: paid-time off, paternal leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. â€‹