Demand Planner Central Eastern Europe
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Job Summary
Role purpose
Leadership
- Lead demand planning and forecasting processes for Central Eastern Europe CU ensuring alignment with global standards and driving continuous improvement.
- This role ensures accurate demand planning to optimize inventory levels support revenue growth and enable strategic decision-making across Central Eastern Europe.
Demand planning & forecasting
- Directly drive forecasting and demand planning best practice across Central Eastern Europe Commercial Unit.
- Lead the deployment of the forecasting and demand planning / management processes and capabilities within the Central Eastern Europe in line with the global target operating model and agreed ways of working and lead associated change management initiatives.
- Establish and maintain a robust and efficient Commercial Unit S&OP decision making platform in line with global guidelines in alignment with Supply Operations Lead.
- Report and monitor defined regional demand planning / forecasting KPIs and metrics and proactively recommend and drive improvement initiatives.
- Actively align the Commercial Marketing and P&S functions in developing and signing off robust regional 5-year demand plans in line with the global calendar and strategic goals.
- Facilitate and support relevant demand / forecasting and S&OP platform activities providing analytical support to guide decision-making and securing timely input to the global S&OP platform.
Scope
- All Syngenta Vegetable Seed crops in Central Easter Europe CU covering a planning horizon of 348 months.
Accountabilities
Forecast and demand plan development: Monthly (Current Year) and Annual (5 Year)
- Lead the monthly Central Eastern Europe demand review process:
- Coordinate and ensure sales forecasting and demand planning process adherence (timelines ownership) to the global process and guidelines
- Coordinate and manage within Central Eastern Europe CU the monthly and annual forecasting cycles in line with demand planning timelines
- Ensure timely submission of Central Eastern Europe CU demand plans in SAP monitor forecast accuracy and drive improvement initiatives through variance analysis and KPI reporting
- Perform forecast variance analysis and reporting on latest forecast and demand uncertainty (Sales forecast vs SPP Forecast Last Plan vs SPP Forecast Previous Last Plan vs Last Plan etc.)
- Classify and analyze demand change drivers and assumptions for review and discussion in the commercial unit demand reviews and S&OP; summarize the output to feed the monthly regional demand review process
- Manage Commercial Unit demand review process output (minutes and actions) for distribution to commercial unit teams and follow up/close out
- Provide reporting and analytics support to the Commercial and Marketing teams for the pre-SPP demand review and monthly S&OP cycle and any other ad-hoc requests.
Critical success factors & key challenges
- Proven leadership ability
- Excellent communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Stakeholder management
- Change leadership
- Advanced skills in Excel Word PowerPoint and Outlook
- Advanced analytical skills
- Operate statistical analysis tools
Qualifications :
Education: Bachelors in Business Economics Supply Chain or related field.
Experience:
- 3 years in Demand Planning Supply Chain or Commercial Operations.
- Proven leadership managing S&OP process.
Technical Skills:
- ERP systems (SAP) IBP forecasting processes and tools.
- IBP-SAP integration and data visualization (Power BI Tableau).
- Familiarity with AI-driven forecasting solutions.
Core Competencies:
- Advanced analytical and strategic thinking.
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills under tight deadlines.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement across diverse teams.
- Certifications: APICS (CSCP CPIM CLDT) ISM (CPSM APSM).
Additional Information :
Approximately 1520% to engage with commercial unit stakeholders.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Forecasting
- Microsoft Access
- Math
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- Analysis Skills
- SAP APO
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- Production Planning
- SAP ERP
- ERP Systems
- MRP
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