Senior Demand Planning Manager, LATAM

About Us:

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. Were growing fast and our ambition is huge more categories more locations and more people.

Dyson is a global technology solve the problems others choose to ignore with surprising new inventions that defy convention and simply work growing fast and our ambition is huge more categories more locations and more launchedinMexico in 2018 as our first step into Latin America. Our Mexico office is located in thePolanco areaof Mexico Cityand our expandingteam is akey contributor inhelping us delivergrowth throughout the market.

Were committed to our campus culture and want to have people collaborating developing and learning from each other. By having everyone on campus together we have been able to nurture a fantastic social and dynamic environment.

About the role:

Leverage the forecasting and inventory planning system (APO) to generate a 13-month rolling forecast and supply plans

• Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to develop accurate Demand Plans linked to customers Sales and Trade Stock levels.

• Oversee report generation in order to identify and recommend changes to the current supply plan target weeks cover and demand plan

• Maintain appropriate levels of inventory in warehouses to meet demand plan while achieving corporate inventory level objectives

• Communicate all critical demand or supply changes to Senior Leadership production planning finance sales and marketing as required. Play a leadership role in generating timely options to deal with issues

• Monitor forecast performance and utilize root cause analysis to identify misses to the plan and recommend subsequent process improvement opportunities

Forecasting

• Forecast at the account and product level as required

• Analyse weekly in-stock data and partner with sales to identify and resolve stock-out issues at chain and store level

• Support delivery of assigned budgets on monthly quarterly and yearly basis

Partner with global operations marketing and sales teams to drive new product launch planning

• Determine pipefill and replenishment quantities by retailer ensuring all relevant retailer timelines and reset dates are met

• Communicate LATAM needs to Group Supply Chain to ensure all areas of the business are working toward the same plan

• Coordinate audit with the quality team upon new product arrival

Inspire actively manage and lead direct reports

• Communicate clear priorities and required results

• Provide consistent support and regular feedback through 1:1s and team meetings

• Consistently monitor and track performance goals for the team

Drive continuous improvement in processes to deliver improved demand forecast accuracy and improved supply planning collaboration with Supply Chain

• Relish the opportunity to pick up new activities that fall broadly in the purpose of the role

• Think outside of the box identifying opportunities for improvement.

• Identify problems and find solutions

• Demonstrate an acute attention to detail

About you:

• Bachelors degree required Supply Chain Management Operations Management or Logistics preferred

• 8 years forecasting and/or planning experience required

• 3 years experience in a CPG company required

• 2 years experience managing a team to drive results required

• SAP/APO experience strongly preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills

• Ability to partner effectively with Sales and Supply Chain teams

• Evidence of success in complex matrix and entrepreneurial environments is key

• Excellent influencer with the ability to inspire align and engage multiple teams without exercising direct authority

• Strong leader capable of developing a vision drawing on multi-disciplinary perspectives obtaining buy-in across the business and driving collaborative execution

• Excellent ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization locally and globally

• Energized by thinking differently delivering change and diplomatically challenging the norm

• Successful experience working across the spectrum of strategic to executional and comfortable with hands-on delivery

• Comfortable with ambiguity but able to build structure and clarity

• Self-starter who is proactive and has an owners mindset sees things through to completion

• Uncompromising ethics and integrity

• Having worked in entrepreneurial contexts is a plus

• Third party platform direct experience is a strong plus

• Must be able to adhere to a 5-day office attendance schedule