Demand Planner

Job Purpose and Impact

The Demand Planner is responsible for developing maintaining and improving demand forecasts across products channels and locations. The role partners closely with Sales Marketing Supply Chain and Finance to ensure accurate forecasts that support inventory optimization service levels and business growth.

Key Accountabilities

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain statistical and consensus demand forecasts at SKU category and customer/channel levels.
• Lead the monthly demand planning cycle including forecast generation review and signoff.
• Collaborate with Sales Marketing and Commercial teams to incorporate promotions new launches phaseouts and market intelligence into forecasts.
• Analyse historical sales data trends seasonality and forecast accuracy metrics (MAPE Bias Forecast Accuracy).
• Identify demand risks and opportunities; proactively communicate gaps to stakeholders.
• Support S&OP / IBP processes providing demand scenarios and insights.
• Work closely with Supply Planning to ensure alignment between demand and supply plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in forecasting processes tools and assumptions.
• Maintain master data relevance related to demand planning (SKUs hierarchies calendars).
• Prepare and present demand insights to senior management.

Key Deliverables

• Accurate rolling demand forecast (short mid and long term)
• Monthly demand plan and variance analysis
• Forecast accuracy and bias dashboards.
• Inputs for inventory capacity and sourcing decisions

Skills & Competencies

• Technical / Functional Skills
• Demand forecasting and timeseries analysis.
• S&OP / IBP knowledge
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables formulas basic modelling)
• Experience with planning tools (e.g. SAP APO/IBP)
• Data analysis and visualization skills

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering along with MBA/BBA in Supply Chain planning.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Demand Planning. With overall 5 plus years of wxperience in Supply Chain Planning and Analytics
• Excellent excel expertise.
• Hands on experience in SAP and SAP IBP or forecasting tool
• Animal nutrition and feed industry experience preferred

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