Demand Planner

Durban - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Beiersdorf we want to help people feel good about their skin and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA Eucerin La Prairie Hansaplast and Labello. We act according to our purpose WE CARE BEYOND SKIN and take responsibility for our consumers our employees the environment and society.

Behind every brand every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values CARE COURAGE SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.

Your Tasks

S&OP

Steer cross-functional S&OP meetings
Ensure all stakeholders deliver required data (with underlying assumptions) on time
Deliver an aligned S&OP plan (Consensus forecast) with full visibility of risks & opportunities supported by building blocks and clear underlying assumptions
Ensure S&OP is a decision-focused process with clearly stated follow-up and action plans; document decisions

Demand planning

Reconcile demand forecast with the latest financial sales and marketing plans ensuring the demand forecasts is aligned and supports reaching the company /s sales objectives
As part of BAP (S&OE/S&OP) process review the unconstrained demand plan with the COEs to identify capacity constraints and create and action plan to overcome potential issues ensuring maximisation of customer services at least costs
In scope : S&OP Standard with manual Planning promotion Planning New Product Planning Forecast Enrichments
Deliver the most accurate net demand based on actual sales consumption to provide to Supply Units information for the best decisions( DP PLIR)
Perform planning systems maintenance including maintaining of planning master data history corrections product like profiles and phase in/phase outs
Ensure company can clearly distinguish between the plan/sales contribution of each forecasting process step by:
1 Statistical forecast generated by the central team is not to be overwritten
2- Enrichment of the statistical forecast > use available market/customer insights to enhance the accuracy/reliability of the forecast
3 New product planning >Demand planner is fully responsible for sales forecasting of New Products (Demand Analyst has no role) Challenge launch volumes in each step of IIM process to achieve responsible 1st month pipeline fill vs expected monthly consumption and activation plans
4- VAS promotions & Promotion planning > use the planning system as designed plan the promotions separately to be able to identify promo uplift in the total plan and challenge and adjust it when needed

VAS

Involvement in the development of promotions
Align with the Demand Supply & cross-functional teams to ensure the on-time in-full and in-spec availability of repacked products displays giftpacks etc.
Manage and coordinate the necessary VAS repacking capacity through collaboration with third-party co-packers
Monitor and manage stock of components at co-packers
Supplier (co-packer) management
Master data management (tbd which elements of the product/supplier master data) / Ensure excellent master data quality for all processes involved
Continuously challenge process efficiency and keep cost at the proper levels jointly working with logistics providers to reduce VAS costs

Your Profile

Masters degree in economics engineering international business or a related field;
Proven experience of a minimum of 2-3 years in operational demand planning; FMCG as a plus;
Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting methods SAP APO and business analytics tools (e.g. Power BI Analysis for Office PowerQuery) preferred;
Strong analytical organizational decision-making and presentation skills;
Capability to work independently and to build and develop effective internal and external partnerships;
Ability to challenge existing work methods and display willingness to try new approaches while also being adaptable to change and open to feedback;
Strong ability to work effectively as part of a team sharing knowledge and skills to achieve common goals;
Language: English is a must.

Your Tasks

S&OP

Steer cross-functional S&OP meetings
Ensure all stakeholders deliver required data (with underlying assumptions) on time
Deliver an aligned S&OP plan (Consensus forecast) with full visibility of risks & opportunities supported by building blocks and clear underlying assumptions
Ensure S&OP is a decision-focused process with clearly stated follow-up and action plans; document decisions

Demand planning

Reconcile demand forecast with the latest financial sales and marketing plans ensuring the demand forecasts is aligned and supports reaching the company /s sales objectives
As part of BAP (S&OE/S&OP) process review the unconstrained demand plan with the COEs to identify capacity constraints and create and action plan to overcome potential issues ensuring maximisation of customer services at least costs
In scope : S&OP Standard with manual Planning promotion Planning New Product Planning Forecast Enrichments
Deliver the most accurate net demand based on actual sales consumption to provide to Supply Units information for the best decisions( DP PLIR)
Perform planning systems maintenance including maintaining of planning master data history corrections product like profiles and phase in/phase outs
Ensure company can clearly distinguish between the plan/sales contribution of each forecasting process step by:
1 Statistical forecast generated by the central team is not to be overwritten
2- Enrichment of the statistical forecast > use available market/customer insights to enhance the accuracy/reliability of the forecast
3 New product planning >Demand planner is fully responsible for sales forecasting of New Products (Demand Analyst has no role) Challenge launch volumes in each step of IIM process to achieve responsible 1st month pipeline fill vs expected monthly consumption and activation plans
4- VAS promotions & Promotion planning > use the planning system as designed plan the promotions separately to be able to identify promo uplift in the total plan and challenge and adjust it when needed

VAS

Involvement in the development of promotions
Align with the Demand Supply & cross-functional teams to ensure the on-time in-full and in-spec availability of repacked products displays giftpacks etc.
Manage and coordinate the necessary VAS repacking capacity through collaboration with third-party co-packers
Monitor and manage stock of components at co-packers
Supplier (co-packer) management
Master data management (tbd which elements of the product/supplier master data) / Ensure excellent master data quality for all processes involved
Continuously challenge process efficiency and keep cost at the proper levels jointly working with logistics providers to reduce VAS costs

Your Profile

Masters degree in economics engineering international business or a related field;
Proven experience of a minimum of 2-3 years in operational demand planning; FMCG as a plus;
Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting methods SAP APO and business analytics tools (e.g. Power BI Analysis for Office PowerQuery) preferred;
Strong analytical organizational decision-making and presentation skills;
Capability to work independently and to build and develop effective internal and external partnerships;
Ability to challenge existing work methods and display willingness to try new approaches while also being adaptable to change and open to feedback;
Strong ability to work effectively as part of a team sharing knowledge and skills to achieve common goals;
Language: English is a must.