548568 Demand Planner (Stamford, CT)

Drive demand planning excellence by collaborating cross-functionally to create accurate product and financial forecasts, ensuring optimal inventory levels and business performance.

Your role:

• As a Demand Planner at Philips, you will partner with Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Finance to develop data-driven forecasts for assigned brands and customers.

• You will leverage AI-driven forecasting tools, historical sales trends, and market insights to enhance forecast accuracy and improve on-shelf availability, sales performance, and margin.

• You will lead demand planning processes, including phase-in/phase-out management, promotions, and consensus forecasting, ensuring alignment across teams.

• You will analyze forecast accuracy, identify improvement opportunities, and implement corrective actions to drive continuous process enhancements.

• You will coordinate and facilitate Sales Review Meetings, consolidating inputs and delivering clear action plans to support business objectives.

You're the right fit if:

• You have 3+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or inventory management, preferably in the consumer goods or healthcare industry.

• Your skills include data analysis, forecasting methodologies, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with AI-based forecasting tools is a plus.

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

• You are an effective communicator and strategic thinker, with strong organizational skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and a passion for continuous improvement.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an onsite hybrid role reporting to the Stamford, CT office.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.

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• Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in CT is $86,240 to $147,840

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Stamford, CT .

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person’s relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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