Demand Planning Sr.
Date: Apr 6, 2024
Location: Ciudad de Mexico, MX
Company: Beiersdorf
At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.
Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live a culture of inclusion, respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.
Your Tasks
Role Purpose:
Steer S&OP process in order to ensure high forecast accuracy and consistent supply of goods. Ensure planning excellence by steering and developing the local planning units and organizations. Ensure optimal Service Level to customers through continuous review of demand, inventory and transit to the warehouse.
Main Accountabilities:
- Baseline forecast calculation through statistical modelling and business levers indicators (inventory in trade, sell in / sell out ratio, market size and share projection).
- Support execution of PIPO plans (phase in phase out) in launch projects;
- Incorporate inputs from all business areas into a single demand plan based on building blocks methodology.
- Lead meetings with other involved areas in order to reach a consensus forecast for each product category.
- Assess product availability risks and coordinate mitigation actions with other areas, including channel prioritization agreed with Sales team.
- Collaborate with CoE/Supply Planning teams in order to ensure optimal service levels and agree on mitigation actions for availability risks.
- Coordinate actions in order to decrease/deplete critical stocks in order to minimize impacts in inventory write downs.
- Coordinate with multifunctional areas data such as sell in, sell out and trade inventory projections in order give visibility and steer actions to close business gaps.
- Responsible for the following KPI: Forecast Accuracy, Bias, Service Level, Inventory and Waste
Your Tasks
Role Purpose:
Steer S&OP process in order to ensure high forecast accuracy and consistent supply of goods. Ensure planning excellence by steering and developing the local planning units and organizations. Ensure optimal Service Level to customers through continuous review of demand, inventory and transit to the warehouse.
Main Accountabilities:
- Baseline forecast calculation through statistical modelling and business levers indicators (inventory in trade, sell in / sell out ratio, market size and share projection).
- Support execution of PIPO plans (phase in phase out) in launch projects;
- Incorporate inputs from all business areas into a single demand plan based on building blocks methodology.
- Lead meetings with other involved areas in order to reach a consensus forecast for each product category.
- Assess product availability risks and coordinate mitigation actions with other areas, including channel prioritization agreed with Sales team.
- Collaborate with CoE/Supply Planning teams in order to ensure optimal service levels and agree on mitigation actions for availability risks.
- Coordinate actions in order to decrease/deplete critical stocks in order to minimize impacts in inventory write downs.
- Coordinate with multifunctional areas data such as sell in, sell out and trade inventory projections in order give visibility and steer actions to close business gaps.
- Responsible for the following KPI: Forecast Accuracy, Bias, Service Level, Inventory and Waste
Your Profile
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Engineering/Administration University Degree or comparable
- Strategic thinking
- Analytical skills
- Results Driven
- Knowledge of Planning theory and practice
- Excel Intermediate (Formulas and Pivot tables)
- 4 years experience in demand planning areas
- English fluent.
We embrace Diversity and Inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all of our applicants – regardless of race, gender, age, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, cultural, ethnic or national origins. We would therefore kindly ask you to include only information and data in your documents which are relevant for the assessment of your application (e.g. curriculum vitae, salary expectations, relevant references and certificates) and encourage you to upload your CV without a picture.
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