Demand Planner

Position Type: Permanent Full-Time

Department: Demand Planning  

Work Location: North York Office:

20 Norelco Drive, North York, ON M9L 2X6

Work Arrangement:       Hybrid: 4 Days per Week On-Site

Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

At LG, we create Innovation for a Better Life. 

We design products and services that make life better, easier, and more enjoyable. Whether it's through smart functionality, design, or innovative technology, our home appliances, including kitchen, laundry and lifestyle solutions, media entertainment products including televisions, sound bars, projectors, computer monitors and laptops, to cutting-edge business solutions in IT, digital signage, and HVAC, we're driven by one simple idea: to make Life Good . 

As a global leader in consumer electronics, LG is committed not only to enriching the lives of our customers, but also to create rewarding experiences for our employees. We offer meaningful challenges, continuous learning opportunities, and a workplace culture that recognizes collaboration and rewards excellence.  

Across our global network, LG employees share a common mission: to bring the Life's Good promise to our customers by creating a better life for people, and a better future for our planet through our smart life solutions. Our relentless drive for innovation, combined with our culture of challenge and change, enables us to lead in today's dynamic market. 

At LG, Life's Good. 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Demand Planner is responsible for planning the demand and supply for multiple product categories within LG Electronics' business units, ensuring that the business plans for continuous product supply to meet the marketplace's requirements for products. The Demand Planner is also responsible for forecasting volume, revenue, product movement, and procuring supply. 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Demand Management:

• Analyzes sell-in and sell-out forecasting trends and aligns future demand to meet the trends and current market conditions.
• Reviews current inventory levels and adjusts supply plans to align with target levels of safety stock and total inventory plans.

Supply Management:    

• Takes the forecasted volumes and ensures purchase order generation occurs to procure products from the associated factories.
• Troubleshoots coverage plans and supply disruptions on an on-going basis and re-aligns volume forecasts to match inbound supply plans.

Sales and Operations:   

• Reviews the forecasting, sales capability, Inventory KPI's for alignment, and meeting business requirements
• Prepares and analyzes the sales and operations for each product group; highlights and presents to the business the status of the business on a weekly basis and monthly basis.

Systems:

• Interfaces with installed ERP tools to control and run the business.
• Sets and manages system operating parameters to align system(s) with the required and anticipated planning requirements; Lead time, safety stock, EOL timing, NPI timing, etc.
• Additional duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Bilingual language skills in English and Korean is required
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Industrial engineering
• 1-3 years of experience in product level forecasting or product supply planning in global sourcing organization.
• 1-3 years of demonstrated experience working with MS Office Suite, Enterprise Resource Planning systems; SAP, Oracle-JD Edwards, Manugistics.
• Must be able to operate with a high degree of urgency and integrity. Must have strong analytics and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) utilization skills to be successful. 
• Prioritizing/Time Management Skills
• Planning/Organizational Skills

Note: This posting is for an existing vacancy.  The expected base salary range for this position is $48, $65, Actual total compensation may include variable incentive pay.  The determination of an applicant's base salary is based on the applicant's skills, competencies, location, and unique qualifications.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

The organization offers an attractive compensation package that encompasses a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Conditions of Employment:

It is the candidate's sole responsibility to obtain any work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required to legally work in Canada prior to commencing employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

LG Electronics Canada, Inc. is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible, and rewarding work environment which highlights employees' unique contributions to our company's success. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve. LG Electronics Canada, Inc., will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please inform LG's Human Resources staff of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes.

LG Electronics Canada, Inc. thanks all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.