{"id":1222745,"url":"https://alion.io/job/sun-pharma-associate-demand-planner","title":"Associate Demand Planner","company":{"id":1808960,"name":"Sun Pharma","domain":"sunpharma.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/sun-pharma","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cranbury, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":85000,"max":94500,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":94500},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-28T02:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-28","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26T12:41:17Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":31,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":31},"description":"Job purpose\nThe Associate Demand Planner is a key member of the Supply Chain team and is responsible for supporting the development, maintenance, and accuracy of the demand forecast for assigned pharmaceutical products. This role plays an important part in ensuring uninterrupted product availability by partnering closely with Commercial, Finance, and Customer Service teams. The Associate Demand Planner conducts market and business reviews, analyzes demand trends, and utilizes forecasting best practices to support proactive supply planning. The ideal candidate is customer focused, highly analytical, and eager to understand market behavior within the pharmaceutical industry.\nDuties and responsibilities\nDemand Forecasting & Supply Chain Planning\nSupport the monthly demand forecasting process for assigned products in alignment with Supply Chain planning cycles.\nAnalyze historical sales, market trends, seasonality, and promotional activity to improve forecast accuracy.\nUpdate and maintain demand planning systems, reports, and documentation to ensure data accuracy and visibility for the Supply Chain organization.\nPerform forecast variance analysis and communicate drivers of change and potential risks/opportunities to Supply Chain leadership.\nMarket & Business Reviews\nContribute to monthly meetings by preparing data for market and business reviews.\nMonitor competitive activity, product lifecycle changes, and shifts in market demand.\nTrack key performance indicators (KPIs) such as forecast accuracy, bias, inventory health, and service levels.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nPartner with Commercial, Marketing, and Finance teams to understand market drivers, promotional plans, new product launches, and discontinuations.\nWork collaboratively with Supply Planning and Customer Service to ensure alignment between demand signals and supply strategies.\nCommunicate forecast updates, service risks, and demand changes to internal stakeholders.\nCustomer Focus & Trend Monitoring\nTrack customer orders, inventory patterns, and purchasing behavior to identify emerging trends and potential supply impacts.\nConduct market trend analyses, including prescription data and demand fluctuations across distribution channels.\nSupport customer-focused initiatives by ensuring demand plans align with service expectations and product availability goals.\nOperational & Analytical Support\nAssist with reporting tools, dashboards, and forecast models used across the Supply Chain team.\nSupport scenario planning for demand surges, supply disruptions, or new market events.\nParticipate in continuous improvement activities within Demand Planning and the broader Supply Chain organization.\nOther duties as assigned\nTravel between NJ and NY sites required, as defined by business needs\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Statistics, or a related field. \n1-3 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, analytics, or supply chain operations (pharma/biotech preferred). \nStrong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel; experience with demand planning or ERP tools (SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, or similar). \nAbility to interpret data, identify trends, and translate insights into actionable recommendations. \nStrong collaboration and communication skills with a customer-first mindset.\nExperience supporting S&OP/IBP processes within a Supply Chain organization.\nFamiliarity with pharmaceutical distribution networks, market demand drivers, and product lifecycle management.\nKnowledge of forecasting methodologies and supply chain best practices.\nDirect reports\nThis role does not have any direct reports.\nThe presently-anticipated base compensation pay range for this position is $85,000 to $94,500. Actual base compensation may vary based on a number of factors, including but not limited to geographical location and experience. In addition, this position is part of the Annual Performance Bonus Plan. Employees are eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs which include medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; and the employee assistance program. Employees also receive various paid time off benefits, including vacation time and sick time.\nThe compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company, or individual department/team performance, and market factors.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4882,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Prescription Drugs","Generic Drugs","OTC & Consumer Health Products","APIs & Drug Manufacturing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T12:42:34Z"}],"liveness":{"score":20,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.557,"p_room":0.36,"age_days":31,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:41","velocity","win:tail","crowd:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":94500,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sun-pharma-associate-demand-planner","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sun-pharma-associate-demand-planner.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T22:08:21Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":124,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4876,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}