Sales and Operations Planner

Jostens - Minneapolis, MN

Hiring: Sales and Operations Planner Company: Jostens Location: Minneapolis, MN Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:11:26 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Financial Planning, Microsoft Excel About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, or a related supply-chain role. Qualifications: •Is responsible for aligning demand, supply, and financial plans to ensure the organization can meet customer demand efficiently and profitably. This role facilitates the S&OP process by integrating inputs from Sales, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain to create a single, executable plan that balances service, cost, inventory, and capacity. •Have ownership over a monthly published demand plan that integrates statistical forecasts, sales inputs, customer signals and market trends. •Be responsible for demand plan performance across rolling 12-24 months, track and improve forecast accuracy. •Translate demand plan into constrained supply plan, identify any gaps and present scenarios for decision-making. •Own recommendations on make vs buy and inventory ownership. •Develop and lead monthly routines based on an annual planning calendar. •Partner cross-functionally with business stakeholders to reconcile unit level production and purchase plans against financial targets, key initiatives, productivity, and margin targets. •Act as the integrator across Sales, Finance and Operations and Procurement, support scenario modeling (capacity changes, demand shifts, inventory build), maintain planning parameters and data accuracy. •Provide reporting to support business performance management processes; analyze and identify emerging trends, risks, outliers, and solutions to achieve service level targets (delivery constraints, pull forward opportunities, operational issues/ opportunities). •Manage and design best practices across sales and operations planning processes; drive strategic and continuous improvement activities. Compensation: •$100,000 - $125,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!