Position OverviewWe are seeking experienced regional demand planners, who would like to join our journey of reaching 'Planning Excellence' and become the Planning Centre of Excellence. The Regional Demand Planner is responsible for leading all demand planning activities (forecasting and ordering) of a specific portfolio of countries and/or brands, maintaining the optimum balance between service levels (stock availability), cash (stock levels) and replenishment costs.Key Responsibilities- Be the first line of support to Demand Planners in the region- Build Sales forecasts for regions assigned, integrating commercial targets (financial planning, store openings), launch plans, events, seasonality, trends, and products lifecycle.- Closely work with local Demand Planning Managers to ensure local knowledge is incorporated into the forecasting model.- Actively participates in S&OP process to align all services on sales forecasts, financial plan, launch and animation plans- Actively communicates situation on slow moving products / discontinued products to the S&M team to determine inventory reduction plans (markdown operations, returns to vendor etc.) and to ensure mínimal ageing stock.- Conducts regular reviews with key brands to share the OSA, supplier fill rate and stock situation, and brainstorm on improvement plans.- Participate in building a strong foundation and process for Demand sensing & prediction including business intelligence & insight, by working with different scenarios and take different business aspects into consideration.- Defines action plans to improve processes, methods, and tools, and monitor their implementation.- Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks- Responsible for the development and delivery of Demand Planning related trainings to Demand Planning community- Delivering training and coaching across the planning related functions and at key interfaces- Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks**Requirements**:Key Requirements- Bachelor's degree with a preference in supply chain management, mathematics and/or statistics or engineering.- Demonstrated ability with 5+ years of experience in a global Supply Chain environment within demand management and digitalization will be appreciated.- In depth knowledge and experience of SAP, Advanced Planning Systems, and data analytic tools with a passion for digital innovation- Advanced proficiency with Access and Excel - creating queries and performing complex quantitative analysis to detect correlation and patterns in the data. Knowledge in VBA, Query or Power BI is a plus.- Critical thinking to understand the big picture and connect the dots with all organizational layers and ongoing projects/improvements.- High level of interpersonal/relationship skills with the ability to communicate optimally with colleagues and management.- Analytical capability and data modeling skills; the capability to work with large datasets and develop diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics models.- Team player, proactive, and committed to providing high-quality work to support everyone's needs.- Open to new ideas, driving continuous improvement and challenging status quo.
