Sales Demand Planner

About the role

The purpose of the Demand Management department is to support Driscoll's Mission through skilled planning and execution that ensures effective supply and demand alignment, enabling exceptional service for both internal and external customers. The team supports go to market and customer strategies through detailed 52 week demand planning across all sales channels. The Sales Demand Planner is a member of the Sales Demand Management team and is responsible for driving capability and process improvements that effectively align mid range supply and demand. This role partners closely with Sales, Product Business Management, Customer Development, Marketing, Sales & Operations Planning, and the Supply Forecasting team to forecast and manage sales demand to optimize pricing, support customer growth objectives, and drive value creation. The position requires a highly motivated individual who combines strong business acumen, an innovative can do mindset, and practical demand planning expertise. The Sales Demand Planner will ensure customer demand, customer priority strategies, fruit price optimization and market conditions are accurately represented for their assigned Customers to support planning processes for all berries to achieve strategic and fiscal year price and customer performance targets. This role is accountable for meeting the expectations of the demand planning process.