Job Description

Apollo Health & Beauty Care (Apollo) is a premium developer of private label and control label health & beauty care products and leverages unique expertise and experience in developing national brand-equivalent products designed to compete equivalently with the most popular national brands. The largest private label and control label personal care manufacturer in Canada, Apollo has formidable penetration and distribution in the North American marketplace and also services customers throughout Central and South Asia, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Building on our core values of Excellence and Commitment, Apollo has established itself as a market leader that attracts the industry\'s top talent. We are currently searching for an energetic, motivated Demand Planner to join our Team!

POSITION SCOPE:

The Demand Planner is responsible for ensuring the availability of all necessary materials required to support the manufacturing process. This role requires regular review of forecasts, regular communication with the Sales, Purchasing, Operations and Finance Teams, and works closely with the Schedulers and Master Scheduler. This individual must be Fluent in statistics, spreadsheets, root cause analysis, and risk management.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• To ensure a sufficient level of commodity is available to fill customer orders
• Schedule/oversee product flow
• Liaise between the Sales and Production Departments
• Utilize analytical, marketing, and sales data to estimate future product demands
• Review load versus capacity and be proactive if any issues are foreseen
• Monitor and report essential changes to sales forecasts, business strategies, and budgets
• Notify customer service/sales departments of any possible future shortages
• Support management with risk assessments and activities to help mitigate the risk and propose and implement solutions that accurately improve demand forecasts
• Consistently improve on-time delivery performance
• Ensure system updates are conducted to provide adequate planning horizon for purchasing activities and manufacturing capacity considerations
• Establish detailed production plans and confirm material and resources availability to meet the Master Production Schedule
• Develop applicable Planning Strategy based on product environment
• Planning and scheduling workflow, planning order sequences in assembly operations. Prepare and maintain production reports for Master Scheduler
• Communicate production priorities based on supply chain deficits, product demand and sales forecasts
• Perform other duties as assigned

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 5+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in a demand planning or supply chain role required; post-secondary education required; Graduate in Business Administration or equivalent required; Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS/CONTACTS: regular access to confidential or sensitive information; frequent internal interactions and/or frequent external interactions; purpose of internal/external contacts regularly related to complex matters; regular selling, negotiating, consulting, teaching/instructing, or advising; above average level of written and verbal communication skills required for successful job performance

PROBLEM SOLVING/JUDGMENT: position is has some autonomy in terms of level of monitoring and decisions usually do not follow prescribed guidelines; frequent analysis required; frequently makes recommendations or referrals; responsible for solving moderate problems

MENTAL EFFORT: requires moderate to high levels of concentration and/or attentiveness; moderate duration and/or intensity of efforts; requires higher levels of thinking, watching, listening, verifying, checking numbers, creating or designing

PHYSICAL EFFORT: occasional duration or intensity of physical effort; some moderate energy required in terms of standing, walking, lifting, keyboarding, pushing, pulling, sitting, packing, assembling, bending or twisting; includes moderate fine or coarse movements

MATERIAL RESOURCES: moderate to high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money, or property; moderate responsibility for machinery, work aids, equipment, materials, properties, products, stock, inventory or tools

INFORMATION RESOURCES: moderate to high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money or property; moderate to high responsibility for information and or services; regular access to confidential, sensitive or proprietary information

PEOPLE/POLICIES/PRACTICES: no responsibility for people, policies or practices in terms of assigning work, development, evaluation, supervision, health and safety, performance, scheduling of work, training, coaching, or well-being; may occasionally demonstrate work practices to others

FINANCIAL RESOURCES: regular to frequent responsibility for financial data, financial records, expenditures, acquisition, financial analysis or risk management; has moderate to high opportunity to cause a negative impact to the organization or cause a serious consequence as a result of an error

ENVIRONMENT: works in an environment with occasional or some exposure to dirt, dust, grease, oil, or temperature extremes; may frequently face multiple demands or distractions; may have occasional or regular exposure to poor ventilation and noise.

HAZARDS: limited or no exposure to chemicals, fumes or smoke; has little or unlikely potential of injury, harm, illness or infectious disease; has limited or some exposure to machinery or equipment; may require limited local travel

\xe2\x80\x9cAPOLLO Health & Beauty Care will ensure accommodations are available in consultation with candidates during all stages of the recruitment process\xe2\x80\x9d

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Duties outlined on this job description may not be all-inclusive, and can be modified at any time if requested by management. Apollo is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process. Apollo will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known in advance.

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those meeting the minimum qualifications will be interviewed.

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