ABOUT THE JOB

• Generate a rolling 24-month demand forecast which is based on building blocks with documented assumptions and incorporates market/category/customer trends that allows the company to consistently predict performance and provide operational stability to supply chain
• Close collaboration with multifunctional stakeholders like P&D team, sales, marketing and finance, which leads to effective knowledge sharing and optimal IBP consensus forecast to support company performance.
• Refined systems and methods to continually improve forecasting accuracy and customer service so that the company can be recognized as a preferred supplier by our customers.
• Feedback to the Supply Chain team on the opportunities and risks regarding capacity, resources and insights driven through KPIs.

• Develop and align robust demand forecast for Home Trade at multiple levels of aggregation (e.g. category, customer, channel, region, brand) for 24-month horizon
• Review historical sales and category trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results
• Review sales plans versus budget, LE and building blocks, collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Commercial Finance to understand demand forecast drivers and recommend
• Lead Pre-Demand Reviews with sales region and channel heads, prepares and consolidates all relevant material and inputs for the monthly Demand Review and facilitates on behalf of the sales director. Works collaboratively with finance and sales to identify risks, opportunities and gaps to plan, ensuring viable financialized scenarios are built to mitigate risks and close gaps.
• Works closely with Portfolio Planning Manager to ensure Marketing inputs into the Demand Plan are captured, understood and are reasonable. Co-ordinates with Marketing and Supply Planning to track the timeline of NPDs, renovations and delisting’s. Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies for existing items, new products, and product phase-outs
• Represents sales in the Integrated Reconciliation Review, ability to filter interesting issues from important ones and ensures key issues emerging from the IBP cycle have aligned and financially appraised plans for presentation to MBR
• Leads the weekly Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) demand control process, ensuring that demand plans are regularly reviewed, updated, and aligned with actual sales performance and operational constraints to maintain optimal inventory levels and support short-term decision-making
• Understands the end-to-end supply chain and the pressure points, proactively manages communication with stakeholders in supply constrained scenarios
• Monitor the performance of Demand Planning metrics, provide root cause analysis and propose improvement actions to owners, leverage the insights to continually improve forecast quality. Holds the tension on off-track KPIs
• Ensure correct master data and forecast upload in SAP and Arkieva, carry out master data health checks periodically and cleans up portfolio
• Manage and mentor a team of analysts, providing guidance and developing competencies on demand forecasting techniques, data analysis, and process improvements to ensure high-quality insights and timely reporting for the IBP process
• Support on tool implementation and improvement, dashboard and KPI reporting
• Lead team member to achieve the business target
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned