Lead - Demand Planner

e relevant sales leadership.

• Analysis of historical trends to generate forecasts in each monthly cycle. Collect and review sales forecasts on a regular basis, identifying trends on fast & slow-moving products. Maintain seasonality trends and impact of exceptional market changes: Promotional activity, national/international events.

• Presenting demand plan outputs in the relevant Network and SIOP team Reviews

• Manage and Monitor Demand Planning KPIs at network level, including but not limited to Forecast Accuracy, Bias and Stability.

• Integrate and develop robust scenario planning into network and zone demand reviews, incorporating risk and opportunties and ensuring the demand plans presented are based on live information.

• Develop and manage a standardised approach to root cause analysis of top errors across the network, ensure subsequent forecast corrections are documented and validated appropiately.

• Actively develop the relationships with country/zone commercial and financial teams to build market knowledge over the 12, 18 and 24 months planning horizon. Ensure communication of volume and portfolio requirements are effectively communicated to the Supply Planning team

Qualifications:

• Bachelors/Masters Degree

• 10-15 years in relevant role

Skills:

• Hands on experience in SCM, SIOP, ERP systems, Demand Planning, Analytics, BI
• Change management, thought leadership, ability to work in matrix, results oriented, process minded, customer orientated, coaching, influencer, strong communication skills.