Senior Manager - International Demand Planning Forecasting Replenishment FR - mfd 88024

Your Tasks

As the lead person in Demand Planning you are responsible for the strategic development of the department driving it forward from both a business and product perspective. You are responsible for defining the mission and ensuring its alignment with broader organizational goals. You functionally lead a team orchestrating their efforts to deliver measurable results that support the business objectives and meet stakeholder needs.
This role requires a strategic mindset strong management skills and the ability to navigate complex interdependencies while fostering collaboration and delivering impactful outcomes.

Main tasks

• Makes sure the vision and the mission are focused. Responsibility for the long term plan / domain roadmap. Secure delivery of key Demand Planning targets into global Category Management objectives
• Consideration of group and country (stakeholders) requirements when developing targets and vision
• Owns and maintains the domain vision and roadmap align it with other domains as well as stakeholders from sales lines and communicate regular status adjustments
• Functionally leading several Product Owners each responsible for one product
• Ensures that the Product Owners develop the capabilities required to lead their products and orchestrate their deliverables
• Takes responsibility for efficient budget allocation within the product domain
• Sets and nurtures the relationship with the sponsor in order to ensure alignment between the goals of the domain and the business objectives
• Holds endtoend responsibility for domain tasks including prioritizing the domain backlog and giving guidance with respective expert opinions and decisions
• Escalates business critical blockers to management

Measurements

• BRP plans and timelines are achieved
• Proposes business priorities and (KPI) targets for a product area and aligns those with the sponsor
• Ensures that KPI targets for individual product teams are broken down and challenged with their respective Product Owners
• Monitors Business KPIs as well as Product Team performance initiates and oversees actions based on development
• Addresses interdependencies that product teams have
• Measures and analyze business impact within all business area the domain is working in

Prioritization

• Leads the domain prioritization process generating activity prioritization guidelines for the domain together with Product Owners to generate prioritized backlogs and roadmaps
• Defines domain priorities together with the product teams and Product Owners derived from domain vision
• Accountable for delivering products in line with their objectives monitoring product milestones
• Manages crossdomain dependencies with other Lead Product Owners

Agile Mindset

• Promotes an innovationoriented mindset and a continuous improvement
• Builds a transparent and safe environment where people feel the trust required to raise issues without being punished
• Maintains a fluent communication with product teams in order to maintain alignment
• Pushes transversal initiatives among agile and nonagile teams in order to encourage a continuous improvement
• Feels accountable for delivering best in class customer experience
• Facilitates collaboration sessions among product teams in order to share learnings (also across domains)
  

Your Profile

Experience

• Severalyears of experience in Demand Planning (F&R) supply chain management or implementing and supporting advanced planning tools. Preferably working within RELEX or similar tool
• Proven expertise in functional team leadership and project management with a track record of delivering successful outcomes
• Experience in working with crossfunctional teams and global stakeholders

Education & Technical Skills

• Masters degree in business administration Supply Chain Management or related field
• Proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g. Excel Power BI)
• Familiarity with enterprise planning systems (e.g. SAP IBP Kinaxis o9 or Blue Yonder)
• Basic programming skills (e.g. SQL) are a plus

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills including the ability to translate technical requirements into business requirements and drive valueadd to diverse audiences
• Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities with a focus on datadriven decisionmaking
• Ability to lead projects and handle multiple priorities simultaneously
• A proactive attitude and a customerfocused mindset with the ability to navigate challenging situations and build strong internal networks

Other Requirements

• Fluency in English; additional languages are an asset
• Good presentation skills beneficial
• Willingness to travel as needed to support global teams and initiatives
  

About Us

Within the International Category Managment Organisation Demand Planning is responsible for the centralization and optimization of processes for forecasting future demand and setting order proposals and also for creating good and reliable strategies to optimize stock and availability in the MediaMarktSaturn countries.

Additional Benefits

Job Infos

Location:Ingolstadt

MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group

Department:HQ Others

Entrylevel:Professional Level

Type of Employement:Full Time

Working Hours:375

Persona:Job Requisition HQ Employee

Recruiter:Michaela Lenck

Recruiter:Michaela Lenck