Demand Planning Manager Royal Canin India Mumbai

Mumbai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

Role : Demand Planning Manager

Location : Mumbai

Job Responsibilities

E2E Demand Planner responsibilities:

Demand Planning - Develop a reliable and capable demand plan across 2Year horizon for the defined market including promotion and launches and perform ongoing analysis of demand variability assess risk and take corrective action to close gaps
S&OP Demand Management Review (DMR) support to the S&OP process facilitator. Generate statistical baseline forecast supported with demand assumption from the business to fuel the conversation with the forum stakeholders to have an aligned outcome.
Deploy RC India planning process standard for RC India S&OP DMR process within Regional / Global guidelines
Accountable to maintain the documentation of the Planning Business processes and supporting system transactions
Provide expert functional support to the planning community and being part of the Global / Regional Planning Key User for FutureMaster

Demand Planning Key User responsibilities:

Acquire the best knowledge about business processes and supporting systems functionality
Assess process conformance in local business community and suggest actions for improvements to BPOs if required
Test new systems functionality (periodical and yearly slots) with the objective to avoid process perturbation and to potentially introduce the new functionality into local business processes in order to move to the next level of best practice
Train business users (existing and new joiners) on business processes and supporting systems functionality
Support business users by fixing issues or by escalating issues to regional or global support teams IT or Business.
Represent area of responsibility in x-functional workgroups with other KUs to ensure seamless integration across functions locally

Program Manager responsibilities:

Support and lead all key phases for an E2E-Planning core model deployment in RC India : Demand Segmentation UAT go-live hyper-care and post-project support
Act as the Guardian of RC India E2E Planning Core Model Solution and Process Golden rules specific to Demand Planning
Manage and Coordinate all day-to-day project tasks with the cross functional project team and local teams
Coordinate with regional program manager global BPOs FutureMaster consultants and all local / Regional stakeholders to deliver the project on time
Monitor and report project progress to project steer-co on regular basis
Implement planning processes as per the global/regional standard guidelines and Ensure creation of all necessary documentation for RC India
Facilitate the change linked to new ways of working with consistent communication to all local stakeholders at RC India
Ensure master data cleansing enabling the project success
Support guide and train key users to adopt the process and supporting systems
Represent area of responsibility in x-functional workgroups with other KUs to ensure seamless integration across functions locally

Job Specifications/Qualifications

Note: May differ from the current job holders own skills and experience

1. Education & Professional Qualification

Masters / Post graduate degree in Business management/ Supply Chain management
Project management certification is a plus
Fluent (spoken & written) Communication Skills in English

2. Knowledge/Experience

3-5 years experience in a Demand Planning/S&OP/Project role in a FMCG company (Ideally Food)
Proven track record in demand planning processes S&OP and business knowledge in organizations / processes
Knowledge of Supply Planning FutureMaster IT interfaces and Master data is a plus

Required Experience:

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Job Description:Role : Demand Planning ManagerLocation : MumbaiJob ResponsibilitiesE2E Demand Planner responsibilities: Demand Planning - Develop a reliable and capable demand plan across 2Year horizon for the defined market including promotion and launches and perform ongoing analysis of demand var...