Demand Planner x2

at  Cipla

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Continuously improve the demand forecast and drive forecast accuracy improvements.
• Gain market insights using analytical, marketing and sales data as well as qualitative inputs to improve forecasts through demand driven forecasting.
• Collaborate closely with commercial teams, finance, supply planners, other relevant stakeholders, and suppliers locally and internationally.
• Maintaining and ensuring master data integrity across SAP, IBP, and relevant systems
• Support, analysis, and reporting for S&OP Process, specifically Demand reviews.
• KPI reporting and compiling presentation decks to relevant stakeholders
• Lead and manage demand review process with Commercial and finance for assigned portfolio.
• Continuous Improvement

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management (BCom), Business Economics, Logistics, (BCom), Engineering (BEng), or related field

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

• 3+ years of demand planning and/or supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering
• Exposure to supply chain and supporting S&OP process is required.
• Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is required.
• Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms

• Drive the S&OP process for assigned portfolio and effectively translate commercial insights and analytics into an accurate consensus forecast.
• Coordinate and collaborate with supply planning, analysts and suppliers, commercial and finance to optimize inventory and stock availability.