Senior Demand Planner

Our Senior Demand Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving Quva’s end‑to‑end demand forecasting processes to ensure accurate visibility into customer demand and support operational, financial, and supply chain decision‑making. This role partners closely with Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, IT, and Commercial teams to build consensus forecasts, optimize inventory levels, and ensure the efficient flow of product across Quva’s multi‑site network. As a Senior Demand Planner, you will play a critical role in supporting Quva’s mission to expand access to high‑quality, affordable medications by driving forecasting excellence, data‑driven insights, and continuous improvement across the planning function.

 What the Senior Demand Planner Does Each Day:

• Develop, consolidate, and maintain short‑, medium, and long‑term demand forecasts across assigned product portfolios
• Analyze historical sales, customer consumption patterns, market trends, and external signals to improve forecast accuracy
• Utilize advanced statistical models, scenario planning, and sensitivity analyses to support operational and financial planning
• Monitor forecast KPIs (accuracy, bias, error, adherence) and recommend corrective actions to stakeholders
• Facilitate demand review discussions within the S&OP process and ensure alignment across Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations
• Build consensus forecasts and communicate changes, risks, and opportunities to cross‑functional partners
• Leverage and enhance demand planning tools within Infor to reduce manual processes and improve forecast automation
• Support development of finished goods inventory strategies, including safety stock policies, segmentation, and lifecycle planning.
• Identify and escalate supply risks that may impact service levels (e.g., shortages, bottlenecks, labor constraints)
• Translate demand changes into actionable insights for supply planning, production scheduling, and capacity management
• Collaborate with Production Scheduling and Operations to ensure demand signals align with capacity constraints and manufacturing priorities
• Partner with Supply Planning, Logistics, and Distribution teams to ensure demand signals align with regional stocking strategies and distribution capacity
• Provide analytical support for network modeling, redistribution needs, and capacity assessments
• Contribute insights to improve hub stocking strategies, service levels, transportation modes, and customer delivery performance
• Support initiatives that enhance network resiliency and mitigate risk across the U.S. distribution footprint
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of planning data within ERP, APS (Infor), forecasting tools, and BI platforms
• Support optimization of Infor APS parameters, calendars, and planning logic
• Partner with IT and analytics teams to develop dashboards, exception‑based reporting, and automated forecasting workflows
• Contribute to the implementation of advanced analytics, digital tools, and automation to enhance planning efficiency

Our Most Successful Demand Planner Has:

• Strong sense of urgency, accountability, and adaptability in a dynamic environment
• Self‑starter with the ability to learn independently and drive improvements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify actionable insights
• Proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel; comfort working with large datasets

Minimum Requirements for this Role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Analytics, or related field
• 5–7+ years of experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, or related operations roles
• Strong proficiency in Excel and planning/analytics tools
• Working knowledge of S&OP processes and ERP/MRP systems
• Experience with forecasting tools, scenario planning, and/or financial modeling
• Experience with creating BI report in PowerBI
• Experience with SyteLine Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and Advanced Forecasting
• 18+ years of age
• Able to successfully complete a drug and background check
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Quva is not able to sponsor applicants for work visas

Benefits of Working at Quva:

• Set, full-time, consistent work schedule
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental and vision
• 401k retirement program with company match
• 17 paid days off plus 8 paid holidays per year
• Occasional weekend and overtime opportunities with advance notice
• National, industry-leading high growth company with future career advancement opportunities

About Quva: 

Quva provides industry-leading health-system pharmacy services and solutions, including 503B sterile injectable outsourcing services and AI-based data software solutions that help power the business of pharmacy. Quva Pharma’s multiple production facilities and industry-first dedicated remote distribution capabilities provide ready-to-administer sterile injectable medicines critical to patient care. Quva BrightStream partners with health systems to aggregate, normalize, and analyze large amounts of complex data across their sites of care, and through proprietary machine learning, transforms data into actionable insights supporting revenue optimization, script capture, inventory management, drug shortage control, and more. Quva’s overall progressive and integrated platform helps health-systems transform pharmacy management to achieve greater value and deliver highest-quality patient care.

Quva is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating and maintaining a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment. Quva's Equal Opportunity Policy prohibits harassment or discrimination due to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and any related medical conditions), sexual orientation, and any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable laws. All employment with Quva is “at will.” 

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