Demand Planner

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Job Description :

The person hired for the position of Demand Planner will be responsible for creating the demand plan that is critical for planning material flow throughout the supply chain. The focus of the Demand Planner is creating an unbiased demand plan with the highest accuracy possible.

Primary Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

Gathering and applying market intelligence to the demand plan. Market intelligence may come from sales, marketing, key accounts, and other sources including management of any intelligence received via EDI

Managing demand planning exceptions related to out of control demand, forecast bias, unusual month to date demand, etc.

Leveraging forecast performance metrics tools to measure accuracy, assess the quality and frequency of overrides, assess forecast bias, and identify and address the largest sources of forecast error

Participating in the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process with a particular focus on the alignment between the demand plan and the business plan (OP / QOR)

Managing the demand planning aspects of the product life cycle (new products, end of life, and phase-in / phase-out)

Maximizing the effectiveness of the statistical forecast by adjusting / cleansing historical demand and determining appropriate levels of aggregation for calculating the statistical forecast

Maintaining data integrity in the demand planning system by performing needed realignments and removing obsolete data

Recommend optimal settings for forecast consumption parameters that govern the way in which the forecast is netted by sales orders

Planning intercompany requirements from non-deployed countries (“Rest Of World” or “ROW” demand) during interim-state

Providing oversight for the global demand plan to ensure integrity of the global plan. This applies to items sourced in the demand planner’s home country / region, but sold in multiple countries / regions and demand planned by multiple demand planners around the world

Supports the Supply and Production Planning organization through key inputs for development of inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

Supports Business Group LSS initiatives through data analytics and continuous process improvement

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited university

Minimum of two (2) years of experience in Supply Chain, Transportation & Logistics, Customer Service, and / or Marketing

Preferred Qualifications :

Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Supply Chain, Transportation & Logistics, Customer Service and / or Marketing

Experience in Demand Planning

Knowledge of Supply Planning (SP), Production Planning (PP), and / or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes

Analytical skills and knowledge of analytical tools (Excel, Minitab, etc.)

Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and self-motivational skills

Experience working on cross-functional and international teams

APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certification

Experience representing the supply chain organization on business teams

Experience utilizing LSS methodologies

Work location :

• Work Your Way Eligible (Employee choice to work on site or hybrid)
• This position does not require relocation. Employees from any of the following target locations may apply :

Singa pore, Malaysia, Philippines , Thailand, Vietnam