Business Partner Demand Planning Commercial

at  Goodyear

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a Business Partner Demand Planning Commerical to join our team in Luxembourg.

On this position you will :

• Implement/lead a methodical & standardized forecasting approach for the responsible business area using Machine Learning forecast as a base
• Ensure that processes are transparent and standardized.
• Partner with Revenue Management to sign-off the 18-24 month forecast in the monthly market/hub DSO
• Gather and align market/hub assumptions with multiple stakeholders as input in to the forecast
• Operational Excellence: Provide a robust and fact-based 19 to 24-months rolling forecast for the area of responsibility. Coordinate cross-functional research activities and reconcile significant variances. Ensure that the monthly forecast submission deadlines are respected.
• Manage KPIs to ensure that forecast accuracy targets are achieved and conduct root cause analytics to lead corrective actions
• Continuous Improvement: Propose and implement improvements. Support BU focus initives as required
• Lead the demand planning processes and operations. Ensure that appropriate forecasting processes and methods are in place, standardized (One Goodyear Way), transparent and documented.
• Provide a robust and fact-based 19 to 24-months rolling forecast for the area of responsibility. Be the market expert in forecasting and demand planning businesswise as well as systemwise.
• Ensure alignment with business direction and consistency with market/ customer trends. Serve as liaison between Revenue Management, Product Marketing, Market Research Intelligence and Supply Planning.”
• Achieve continuous improvement of the accuracy of demand forecasts. Be responsible for champion new ideas and approaches.
• Develop forecast mindedness and establish a general feeling of performance of one’s responsible area.

EDUCATION:

University (Masters) Degree in Business Administration or Logistics/Supply Chain.

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in supply chain end to end processes and demand planning is an asset.
• Desired 3-5 years’ experience in Supply Chain, Demand planning, or Revenue Management environment.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Profound knowledge of Microsoft tools.
• Service and result oriented.
• Team spirit. Eager to learn. High sense of ownership.
• Analytics/data oriented.
• Business finance basics
• Ability to work fast and in detail under time pressure and on multiple tasks at the same time.
  Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 74,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

Please refer the Job description for details