Role Purpose
To manager advise and challenge the business to create a by line forecast so that one agreed number is used by all to plan the company s future direction and base key decisions on
Key Accountabilities
Forecast Management
- Responsible for leading discussion with a team (SCM Marketing & Sales) to produce a scientifically based operational forecast and annual business plan in order to advise and challenge senior management when agreeing the overall business forecast.
- Manage the process of integrated sales forecasting and S&OP where planners analyze and produce forecasts for planning by coordinating regular reviews and gap analysis (Forecast Calibration/ Consensus Meeting/ S&OP) with Generating Demand stakeholders to achieve a consensus and coordinated actions in future plans.
- Review of Promotions / New Products Forecasting Challenge and raise concerns on promotion and NPD forecast provided by MKT/SCM/Sales and discuss on cannibalization with based items.
- Improve Forecast Accuracy by analyzing root cause of forecast error and defining action plan with MKT/SCM/Sales
- To discuss and develop action plan for clearance stocks balance promo old PVs PIPO and excess stocks.
- Ensure rollover of demand plan on a monthly basis to enable accurate replenishment plan.
Inventory Management
- Work closely with Supply planning for the synchronization of demand & supply and for the alignment of the inventory target.
- Work with Supply planning to find opportunity to reduce order undelivered related to OOS to improve customer service level.
Reporting
- To generate 18 month rolling forecast and analyze gaps between sales forecast demand forecast and in market sales target to enable discussion of business gap plan closure.
- To assist Supply planning to generate/ trigger on OOS high inventory and aging list to minimize on writeoff.
- To provide FCA and FB analysis by Nart and brand level.
- To generate sales projection and supply outlook for monthly S&OP
System and Process
- To identify action improvement in current Demand Planning Process
- To support regional or global introduction of new planning system or process which must be adopted to the new process if necessary.
- Be part of annual business planning to generate IMS and Shipment sales by line items
Requirements
Knowledge Skills and Experience
- Strong background in demand planning of FMCG industry.
- A Bachelors Degree or the equivalent plus a minimum of 8 years of related forecasting/supply planning experience
- S&OP experience is preferable.
- Strong analytical skill and leadership skill
- Good for the oral and written in communication skills.
- Good command of the English language
- PC Proficiency in Windows Word Excel Outlook PowerPoint and SAP
- Outstanding relationship building skills with internal & external business partners.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders internal and external to identify opportunities for integration of planning process