Category Demand Planning Manager (1 Year Contract)
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19 hours ago
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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
- Develop accurate high quality sales forecasts for the individual SKU within assigned products and Developing and publishing key sales forecast accuracy metrics and analysing prior sales forecasts to identify potential sources of forecast error.
- Challenge new product promotional baseline and top line forecast information provided by Sales SCM and Marketing or distributor (for export business) to ensure the quality of particularly the longer term forecast.
- Brand and Customer Review: Direct regular reviews of brand strategy at a macro level with Senior Marketing and Brand Managers to ascertain the direction the brand is taking within the marketplace to facilitate effective short- and long-term business forecasting.
- Lead Categories Pre-S&OP Alignment meeting with commercials for overview forecast and key reflected activities and highlight potential opportunities and risks as well as assumptions to identify the forecast vs target and discuss with commercials on gap closing action.
- Participate and provide inputs in core team of innovation renovation and promotion projects to ensure that deliverables as described in the project briefing are fulfilled on time and in full
- Escalate risks to core team and project leader for decision makings.
- System and Process:
- Provide high quality and accuracy of Demand Planning Data via system to production centers/supply planning/VAS planning which support requirements for Domestic & Export 3rd Business and liaise with them in regard of any issues rise from latest demand submission
- Involve in the (further) development of new or already existing planning processes and systems
- Monitor excess aging and obsolete stock and discuss with commercials for solid action plans to minimize write-off.
- Coordinate with MU Supply planners and commercial team to ensure availability of Finished Goods to achieve the companys sales target and optimize service level.
- Manage stakeholders at all level to ensure alignment and management expectation across business.
Your Profile
- Bachelors Degree in supply chain or other related fields.
- Preference to candidates with 3 years experience in demand and supply planning.
- Production planning Master production scheduling and/or capacity planning would be a plus.
- Experience in FMCG would be a plus
- Knowledge of SAP APO and/or R3 is an advantage.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel is preferable
- Possess analytical & problem-solving skills with commercial thinking.
- Stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Location:6th and 7th Fl. Sathorn Square Office Tower 98 North Sathorn Road Silom Bangrak Bangkok 10500
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Abinitio
- Aerospace Engineering
- Corporate Relationship
- Business Administration
- Financial Reporting
- Avionics
About Company
We care for skin, we care for people and we care beyond skin. That is what makes us unique.
