The demand planner coordinates all steps within the demand planning process from demand collection to the approved demand plan for a designated Market. They are responsible for integrating data from Product Marketing, Development, and Sales to create and improve the Demand planning process. Through monthly planning sessions, this position will monitor and advise recommended action plans to ensure accurate forecasting.
How You'll Create Impact· Analyze historic and current demand trends, and generate and evaluate the market baselines
· Execute and strategically create the future fulfillment plans
· Enable ZB to achieve high quality demand plans by increasing forecast accuracy for specific products within their specific countries
· Serve as the subject matter expert for all the demand plans of designated market
· Work with IT to ensure and verify data quality
· Prepare monthly management reports identifying any relevant problems and recommending solutions that will improve future demand plans
· Confirm that business assumptions used to generate demand plans are reviewed, updated, and documented
· Collect and track business opportunities & vulnerabilities from Marketing and Commercial team
· Defining root causes of gaps between business plan vs. demand plan and corrective actions collaborating with cross-functions
· Cleanse the demand history from one-off effects (HIE and others) and other effects that have the potential to reduce the data quality for later statistical projection steps
· Plan for and participate in demand review meetings
· Perform segmentation for product customer combinations based on the demand history for ABC (Volume and the historical demand for XYZ (Variability)
· Interact with all functions of the company including marketing, sales, finance, RA/QA and manufacturing to ensure smooth demand planning process
What Makes You Stand Out· Experience with forecasting software, SAP Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft office products
· Ability to use statistics and mathematics to create accurate demand plans
· Ability to quickly and accurately generate action requirements based on Planning system outputs
· Ability to communicate across all levels of an organization
· Excellent written and verbal skills
Your Background· Preferably BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other related field with 0-5 years of experience in demand planning/forecasting or Sales projections
· Supply Chain experience with good understanding of processes in sales, marketing, and finance will be preferred
· Experience with SAP, APO, ERP, IBP, BW, Tableau, Kinaxis will be an added advantage
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