Demand Planner

Role & responsibilities

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• Responsible for collecting relevant demand data from Sales & Marketing (Mid to long term)
• Attend monthly Sales Review Meetings between Demand Planning and Sales & Marketing
• Analyze historical data to continuously improve forecast accuracy (Past sales, trends, seasonality, promotional activities)
• Continuously review and improve forecasting techniques and Demand Planning processes
• Establish best practices in statistical forecasting and usage of the forecasting tool SAP APO
• Key driver for the monthly SIOP process responsible for the preparation of the consensus demand plan as part of the monthly SIOP process
• KPI reporting: responsible for monthly reporting of Demand Planning KPI’s (Forecast outlook, forecast accuracy, consensus demand plan, SIOP report) towards management
• Communicate changes in the demand plan to management & Supply Control Department
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Engineering on best practices, working methods, supply chain optimization

Preferred candidate profile