Demand Planner

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Demand Planner

Key Responsibilities:

Drive the S&OP process for Demand ? Supply alignment with all stakeholders of assigned divisions

- Review statistical demand forecast, understand the internal & external drivers of sales of commodities assigned and use that to improve the quality of demand forecasting

Engage with business leaders to create positive overrides on the demand forecast and finalize the consensus marketing demand forecast (qualitative demand forecast)

- Continuous engagement with the business teams to pick up possible demand fluctuations early and ensure seamless information flow into the supply planning and fulfillment teams to help bridge demand-supply gaps

Continuous engagement with support teams for product availability

Portfolio management ? assess product lifecycle and ensure optimization of SKU portfolio

- Track actual sales during the month and generate intelligence around deviations Vs. final forecast to improve the future statistical forecasts


Drive reduction in non-working inventory or excess inventory through pro-active demand corrections, information flow and effective liquidation push with Sales & other support functions

Ensure relevant data integrity in line with corporate guidelines and policies

- Drive process & capability improvement in the Demand Planning function locally and implement the relevant global best practices working with the international supply chain organization.

Review Customer Back Orders and liaison with various functions for Back order reduction.

Support any productivity improvement projects or ERP implementation activities.

Key Metrics:

S&OP process adherence and timelines

- Final Forecast Accuracy % absolute & Bias improvement

- Good over-rides >Bad over-rides

- Non-Working Inventory %

Adherence to key program implementation timelines

- SKU rationalization ? target vs actual

Key Skills, Competencies & Experience:

MBA in Operations/ Systems from a premier business school preferably with a prior engineering degree OR Masters in statistics/ related field.

- 3-6 years of professional work experience in supply/ inventory planning OR demand planning OR sales analytics function. Prior experience in leading a small/ medium sized team preferable.

- Keen follower of the evolving practices in the Supply Chain planning area & statistical business modeling

- Candidates with APICS certification will be given preference

High Level skill in managing advance / complex excel / access databases and applications

SAP knowledge is preferred.

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