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To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.
Job Description
The Senior Demand and Capacity Planner helps make gospel teachings, resources, or services accessible to all in a simple and affordable way, supporting the mission of
the Church. This role exists to evaluate the adequacy of MMD global processes to meet forecasted demand; assess the utility and effectiveness of capacity utilization
across processes and worldwide; design and recommend global solutions that address and optimize capacity needs; and assess the need for third-party resources.
Also, this role will coordinate closely with the product development process owners, product managers, and production managers in developing strategic initiatives
to optimize global process capacity. This is an advanced professional functioning in an individual contributor capacity, who is expected to function independently
and recognized as a subject matter expert. The Senior Planner may guide, review and delegate daily work of lower-level team members.
Responsibilities
Performs market level forecasting of targets and fill rate achievement for domestic and international plans.
Coordinates with MMD divisions to prepare short-term production planning, as well as long-term recommendations to address capacity deficit/surplus conditions including recommending changes in the timing of work flowing through processes, flexing of staff size, and/or outsourcing work.
Develops, integrates and provides account or brand-specific forecasts for internal sales and operations planning which includes replenishment data, point-of sale data, sales promotion information, marketing plans, manufacturing capacity, and new distribution/product deletions.
Maximizes account sales and inventory turns by forecasting consumer demand and developing optimal product assortments and replenishment inventory strategies, domestic and international.
Assists in the improvement of demand forecasting accuracy for internal customers including determining the appropriate algorithm for statistical forecasts.
Maintains and manages product history, accurate forecasting, and promotional demand.
Analyzes internal demand stream information, and categorizes according to demand patterns.
Assigned difficult and complex problems and projects with limited oversight from manager.
Identifies key sales indicators for specific products to provide the sales department with relevant analysis and guidance with respect to decision-making.
Creates and analyzes reports for leaders of MMD and partnering organizations to share the status of global capacity, throughput, and related global capacity solutions.
May present reports and solutions to leadership councils.
Provides input into the strategic process of identifying initiatives to optimize global capacity.
Creates and implements global strategic initiatives for MMD process managers and operations staff.
Provides updates regularly to MMD product management and department sponsors to forecast demand changes with product changes.
Monitors and reports status of initiative implementation and results achieved in relation to results planned.
Applies analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc. This is largely a sedentary role, requiring some bending and standing as necessary.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in business, finance, or related field with 7 years' experience in forecasting, financial analysis, logistics, or other related experience, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Knowledge of supply chain processes.
High level Microsoft Office skills including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
Detail-orientated and analytical.
Good communication skills, both written and oral.
About Us
Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.
Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.
Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.
Job Identification 372690
Job Category AO - Administration/Operations
Posting Date 01/14/2026, 06:55 PM
Locations 50 E North Temple St, Salt Lake City, UT, 84150, US (Híbrido)
Apply Before 01/29/2026, 06:55 AM
Job Schedule Full time
Regular or Temporary Regular
Worker Type Employee
Number of Openings 1
Qualificação de dignidade Must be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and currently temple worthy.
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