Demand Planner

Job Summary

The Demand planner is responsible to create a robust 18-Month demand plan leveraging statistics, collecting data and inputs from any third parties (eg sales, marketing and customer service) which will contribute to an efficient S&OP process, and to optimize service level, cost and cash.

The role improves forecast accuracy and bias, secures S&OP sign-off with Sales & Marketing teams, and provides a clear hand-off to replenishment and allocation processes with team to protect service and working capital.

Key Accountabilities

Past Performance Analysis

• Analyze Key Performance Indicators (Forecast Accuracy and Bias)
• Understand root causes of errors – define & apply corrective actions when applicable. Update forecasts accordingly
• Integrate NPD/delist performance vs assumptions, and recommend portfolio rationalization where relevant
• Check consistency of Automatic Outlier Correction and make nec...