Demand Planning & Forecasting Manager

Position Title:  Demand Planning & Forecasting Manager

Company Overview:  At Bobo’s Oat Bars everything we create is made with love and baked by hand using wholesome, simple ingredients you can find in your own kitchen.  Working at Bobo’s is a labor of love.  Our experienced staff exudes integrity, grit, passion, and a unified desire to share the love of Bobo’s and our products from their hearts to others.  Bobo’s employees embrace and reflect the Bobo’s values being collaborative, adaptable, passionate, persevering, and fun-loving. 

Compensation and Benefits:

·       Salary range is $90,000-$110,000

·       Benefits include bonus potential, health, dental and vision insurance, 401k with 4% company match, equity shares, sick and vacation leave

Position Summary:

The Demand Planning & Forecasting Manager is a critical cross-functional role responsible for driving both demand planning and financial forecasting to ensure operational excellence and strategic alignment across the organization. This role integrates financial planning, demand forecasting, and business analytics to optimize decision-making across sales, marketing, operations, and finance. The position combines analytical rigor with strategic insight to oversee demand planning accuracy, supporting forecast analysis, and ensuring the company’s financial, Sales and operational plans are aligned with business objectives.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

•            Lead the company’s demand planning process to develop accurate sales forecasts aligned with marketing initiatives, product launches, and operational capabilities.

•            Collaborate with sales, marketing, operations, and finance to incorporate market trends, promotions, and product lifecycle changes into forecasts.

•            Identify significant forecast variances and lead cross-functional efforts to refine and reconcile forecast assumptions.

•            Analyze demand patterns, historical sales data, and market trends to highlight risks, opportunities, and recommendations for improvement.

•            Communicate forecast confidence levels, risks, and opportunities to supply chain and operations to ensure inventory alignment.

•            Drive continuous improvement of demand planning tools, models, and S&OP processes.

•            Support the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes.

•            Create and deliver recurring financial reports that will provide timely and accurate insight of business results

•            Prepare monthly sales analysis reporting, including sales by customer and sales rep tracking

•            Manage the demand planning function, ensuring accurate forecasts and effective communication with stakeholders.

•            Partner closely with sales, marketing, finance, and operations to ensure planning and execution alignment.

•            Present demand and financial insights to senior leadership through S&OP and financial review meetings.

•            Champion process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and agility in both demand and financial planning processes.

•            Serve as a key liaison between sales and supply chain, translating forecast & demand into operational actions.

•            Create and maintain financial models using complex data sets and formulas to deliver insightful reporting, develop multiple scenarios, provide recommendations and improve financial projections

•            Analyze, identify, and communicate trends and issues impacting the business on an ongoing basis and make recommendations

•            Foster a positive culture of respect and teamwork by treating coworkers with dignity and striving to exemplify the Bobo’s values: Collaborative, Adaptable, Passionate, Perseverant, and Fun-Loving

•            Other projects as needed

 

Supervisory Responsibility: None

 

Qualifications / Education / Experience Desired:

 

•            Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, or related field preferred; or equivalent experience in related field.

•            5+ years of experience in production scheduling, demand planning, or business analytics.

•            Strong analytical skills with experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and data visualization tools

•            Highly proficient in all Microsoft Office Suite software (Word, Excel, Power Pont, etc.)

•            Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects and improving planning processes.

•            Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.

•            Collaborative mindset with proven success working across finance, operations, and commercial teams

•            Experience in manufacturing required, experience in CPG industry preferred

 

Language / Mathematical / Reasoning Ability:

 

•            Must be able to accurately document information in a timely manner

•            Must be able to write and speak, both clearly and effectively

•            Must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

•            Very strong math and analytical skills required

 

Supervision Given:

•            This position will report to the VP of Supply Chain and work with other department leaders

•            This position is expected to be able to work with minimal oversight at times, and be able to confidently handle situations on their own

 

Physical Demands:

 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, use hands to grasp and handle objects; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include looking at a computer screen and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be required to travel, must drive a motor vehicle, and effectively communicate using telephone and email.

Travel Required: Limited – May be asked to go off-site in Loveland (locally) for training or company events

Work Location: This position will be on-site at our headquarters located in Loveland, CO. with the potential to transition to a hybrid role after demonstrating mastery of processes.

 

Resume Submission:  All candidates with relevant experience please submit resume to Jobs@EatBobos.com.  Please put “Demand Planning & Forecasting Manager” in the subject line of email

 

Bobo’s Oat Bars is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.