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Demand Planner

Sealed Air
United States, North Carolina, Charlotte
Jun 30, 2026
Job Description Demand Planner SEE Headquarters - Charlotte Requisition ID: 55608 If you are a current employee click here to apply. Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance - a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. To learn more, visit www.sealedair.com. What will you do as Demand Planner at Sealed Air? The Demand Planner - Food is responsible for developing and maintaining a consensus-based rolling 36-month demand forecast for Sealed Air's North America Food business. Working as a key member of the Demand Planning team, this role partners closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Service, and Supply Chain to support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, improve forecast accuracy, and enable informed business decisions. The Demand Planner coordinates the monthly Pre-Demand process, applies statistical forecasting techniques, monitors demand performance, and continuously improves planning tools and processes to support operational excellence. Why do we need you? Develop, maintain, and continuously improve a rolling 36-month demand forecast across profit centers, product hierarchies, and SKU levels. Partner with Sales, Product Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and customers to align demand assumptions using market trends, promotional activity, and customer insights. Coordinate the monthly Pre-Demand Review process by facilitating cross-functional meetings, gathering business inputs, and aligning forecast updates. Monitor forecast accuracy, forecast bias, and other demand planning KPIs while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. Maintain weekly forecast versus actual sales reporting to identify demand trends and support short-term planning decisions. Develop demand models to support promotional activities, new product introductions, portfolio changes, and product lifecycle transitions. Support scenario planning and "what-if" analyses using pricing, market trends, and business assumptions to evaluate potential demand impacts. Partner with Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing during supply-constrained situations to evaluate demand scenarios and support inventory and customer service decisions. Support the implementation and continuous improvement of forecasting tools, demand planning systems, and statistical forecasting capabilities. Communicate forecast assumptions, risks, opportunities, and recommendations to Supply Chain and Finance stakeholders. Continuously identify opportunities to improve demand planning processes, reporting, governance, and forecasting effectiveness. What skills will help you succeed? Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Analytics, Engineering, or another quantitative or technical field. MBA preferred. Experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, or a related planning function with exposure to supply and demand alignment. Experience working with demand planning, forecasting, or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes. Experience using demand planning or forecasting software is strongly preferred. Knowledge of statistical forecasting methodologies and forecasting models. Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business insights. Experience supporting business process improvements, process mapping, or process redesign initiatives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple functions and organizational levels. Proven ability to influence stakeholders and build strong cross-functional relationships in a matrix environment. Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail in a fast-paced environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, including advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. Pay Transparency $74,500 - $128,455 annually The range disclosed complies with applicable state and local pay transparency laws. Offers within this range will be determined by considering relevant factors including education, experience, internal equity, and business needs. Requisition id:55608 Relocation:No Sealed Air is committed to attracting, selecting, and developing talent that reflects the diversity of the communities and customers we serve. We take pride in our selection process to identify, infuse, and grow talent to align with our culture, values, and norms. Sealed Air prioritizes talent development, fostering a culture of continuous growth and career progression. The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, protected disability, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Please be cautious of fraudulent recruiting efforts using the Sealed Air name or logo. Sealed Air will never request private information during the application process, such as a Driver's License or Social Security Number. If you have any concerns about information received from SEE during the application process, please reach out to us directly at globalta@sealedair.com. LINK1 MON1 Information at a Glance WHY WORK AT SEALED AIR?* It is our responsibility to leverage what we have to affect positive and meaningful change for our communities and planet using Sealed Air's global resources and expertise. Corporate sustainability - it's about improving the lives of people around the world by addressing pressing needs in the communities where we and our customers operate. Customer Success - meeting our customers' needs. At Sealed Air it's more than a goal, it's an integral part of our business practices, our innovative solutions, and our values. Leaving our communities better than we found them through dedication of time, talent and resources.