Demand Planning Manager

 

About The Role : 

Leads the delivery of Client focused procurement services and continuously strives to improve them. Participates in meeting service KPIs executing diverse and time-sensitive activities, considering compliance, quality and efficiency of delivery. Develops business intimacy with local Stakeholders. May lead and/or provides support to other team members in resolving operational issues within own process expertise.

 

Primary Skills 

Experience in handling diverse team of Demand Planners

Experience in Demand planning/forecasting in FMCG Sector

In Depth understanding of demand planning collaboration process with stakeholders in sales, commercial and other supply chain functions. This may include activities such as reviewing stat model, master data, and exception based planning.

Experience in participating in S&OP planning meetings.

Derive SKU level forecasts by appropriate maintenance of demand history and tools.

Drive Phase-in Phase-out in forecasting process including promotional forecasting

Use statistical forecasting methods, software tools such as SAP APO or other Demand Planning tools

Worked on Promotion and Innovation forecasting process.

Experience in R Scripting - Explore data sets, identify & implement data transformations, model, visulaize the results

Explore data sets and identify data transformation and data quality needs for targeted applications

Develop algorithms and predictive models to derive insights and business value from data

Test and validate algorithms and models using statistical and other techniques

Measurement and monitoring of Demand planning KPIs. Good conceptual understanding of drivers of demand planning KPIs such as MAPE, Bias, Forecast Value Add etc.

Provides final consensus forecast to Regional S&OP