Beauty & Wellbeing Demand Planner

Generate an integrated volume demand plan (0-24months rolling) for his/her portfolio
• Reviews historical sales and market data at appropriate level of detail and horizon (Actual vs. Plan - Deviation Analysis)
• Understands past assumptions and cleans the data
• Understands and applies statistical models, depending on historical patterns and horizons
• Reconciles top-down, bottom-up demand shaping
• Understands and incorporates cannibalization
• Understands and records demand drivers and assumptions behind baseline forecast, identifies risks and opportunities
• Understands how the baseline forecasting tool operates • KPI's Reporting (Forecast BIAS, Accuracy, etc.)
• Monitors customer service performance
• Operate APO-DP key user (one person form the planning team)'' Demand tracking -issue operational reports to the business on sales versus forecast. Highlight key variances and change forecasts accordingly
• Constrains demand and communicates the constrained demand plan
• Translates feedback and incorporates into agreed demand plan
• Supports the development of long term capacity plans
• Raises future capacity and stock issues
• Implements (customer specific) stock allocations
• Creates volume forecasts for new products / innovations jointly with the Brand Building team
• Creates volume forecasts for special packs, jointly with the Customer Marketing/Trade Customer Marketing (TCM) team
• Understands, influences and communicates ranges and 'what ifs Influences cross functionally at all levels within the Sales and Operations (S&OP) process
• Incorporates multiple information sources to create the forecast
• Understand how the forecast is consumed in the short term by sales orders define and develop Project networks on MS project or Excel template

• Bachelor's degree in SC management or equivalent
• Good written and verbal English
• Strong Excel skills
• Proficiency in MS project, SAP, digital tools is a plus
• (4+) years' relevant experience in supply chain, projects management is a plus
• Knowledge of data analytics, VBA, coding is a plus
• Quick learner, team player, problem solver

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