Demand Planner

To support the Manager in managing and co-ordinating the activities of our supply chain and its partners, optimising the Company’s efficiency and working capital whilst maintaining the service levels demanded by our customers.

• Drive monthly S&OP and forecast meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop 12-month rolling demand forecast, incorporating market intelligence (promotions, phase in / phase out, new launches, discontinuations) from Sales and Marketing teams. Challenge the forecast as needed.
• Translate demand plan into supply plan for order placement to principals.
• Balance demand and supply needs of omni-channels, facilitate product allocation or product rebalancing as and when required.
• Reconcile supply plan to demand plan to mitigate shortfalls and excess stocks situations for new launches, production related shortages or unforecasted demand spikes.
• Analyse and highlight business risk and opportunity to stakeholders and jointly propose appropriate mitigation plans.
• Conduct historical sales analysis and data cleansing to build statistical baseline forecast.
• Develop and prepare monthly forecasting files, S&OP and KPI reports.
• Participate in demand & supply planning projects.

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