Job Description:
Senior Demand Planner
If you are a curious self-starter with a willingness to explore and motivation to find growth opportunities, we have an exciting opportunity for candidates who would like to join a global company in continuous growth.
What will you do:
- Maintain a constant relationship with the sales, marketing, finance, sourcing and manufacturing teams to understand the demand forecasting drivers.
- Challenge the forecasts from the sales teams and the usual runs (historical data, seasonality, market trends, special offers, budgets…) with relevant data analysis.
- Improve the forecasts accuracy (statistical models, software…) with transversal coordination actions.
- Coordinate customer projects with Sales and Supply Planning.
- Tune the forecast rules according to the demand and market trends.
- Analyze quantity and financial forecasts, report of forecasts KPIs, and propose improvement.
- Drive the forecasts meetings as part of the internal SIOP process.
- Drive convergences and divergences versus the Annual Business Plan.
Profile requirements:
- University degree in economics, engineering, or any related field
- At least 5 years relevant work experience in demand planning or related activities (mandatory)
- Experience working with transactional level ERP data and operational reports (orders, inventories, etc.). S4/HANA is a plus, but not mandatory.
- Excellent data analysis skills (including advanced Excel) and the ability to handle large and complex data sets.
- Great communicator and able to interact with all levels of the organization.
- Problem solver with a proven track record of improving business results (mandatory).
- Fluent English, ideally a second language.
- Ambitious, confident, and able to act quickly/change directions in a fast-changing enviroment.
First Brands Group is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is valued. Employment decisions at FBG are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex, or age. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to the above forementioned as well as, gender, gender identity family/marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, past or present military veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds. FBG will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these grounds or characteristics.
