Demand Planning Assistant Manager

To ensure the best possible estimate of future demand, which is based on input from Trade/MKT and history data, is released to other Demand and Supply sub-processes OTIF to secure product availability to customers.
 Translate forecast into reliable demand plan.
• Apply the most suitable forecasting method to each channel at the required level of details.
• Identify the demand pattern/trend changes and main drivers behind base lines and promotional volume changes.
 Improve the accuracy and quality of demand plan
• Review various input and translate commercial data/market intelligence to improve accuracy and quality of the statistical forecast.
• Prioritize customers and channel under capacity constraints
 Ensure SnOP processes are well managed, and right tool is used to provide best demand plan as possible.
• Lead the demand plan preparation and scenario building.
• Escalate the structural issues on the demand planning process and take an improvement action
• Deliver demand plan timely and accurately for the SnOP cycles
 Ensure interdependencies between demand plan and supply chain processes are incorporated
• Balance between quality of the demand plan and speed of delivering the plans based on the interdependencies between different supply chain processes.
• Keep track of the supply chain strategies that customers follow and the impact on demand plan
 Measure financial impact of demand plan and alternative scenarios at the right level to enable good decision making for the overall business.