In this role you will be responsible to Improve the accuracy and reliability of the Demand Plan through projection of the most accurate estimate of customer demand and manage exceptions to enhance the responsiveness of the organization’s Supply Chain in fulfilling customer demand.
Responsibilities:
- Consistently achieve sustainable Demand
Plan Accuracy (DPA) improvement: (accuracy level and variability, bias
balance)
- Implement improvements to Demand and
Supply Planning processes and tools to deliver tangible benefits (e.g.:
time savings, increased efficiencies etc.)
- Capture, prioritize, analyze and input
Generating Demand events; customer, consumer & competitor information;
other external / internal trends and influences, which impact demand plan.
- Provide necessary information for Key
Decision Makers in the Innovation and Renovation (I&R) process for
decisions on: commercial proposals; cost versus service; complexity and
capacity issues
- Evaluate risks and offer solutions to
enable decisions on product-launch dates that require to be revised.
- Provide conclusion on material write-offs
ensuring commercial teams clear obsoletes and amend commercial plans
accordingly (decision made by Event Owner)
- Plan and achieve good project management
taking responsibility for new products, product modifications, promotional
lines, sourcing changes, de-lists, etc.
- Drive fast, appropriate actions to
minimize the impact of deviations from the Demand Plan and communicate
these actions to stakeholders.
- Effectively use all all Demand Planning
functionality to enable an exception-based management approach
Qualifications:
- Degree in Supply Chain
Management/Operations Management
- Three or more years relevant operational
experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Sales, Key Account Management,
- Customer Channel Sales Development
- Customer Service
- D&SP: Distribution requirement
planning
- Marketing
- Supply Chain Development
- Experience working with SAP and Power BI.
- Must have strong analytical, numerical
and excel skills
- Good communication and stakeholder
management skills.
- Ability to influence others.
How To Apply
