Demand planner

Job Purpose

• To create baseline demand forecasts, per SKU, to then work with Commercial to enrich and align on a consensus demand plan.  Converting this demand plan into a supply plan factoring labour and capacity restrictions.

Key Processes

• Manage Demand Planning
• Manage Supply Planning

Responsibilities

• Liaise with Commercial to agree a consensus demand plan for publication in the S&OP process and to be driven into Demand+.
• Select algorithms for each product or product group to ensure most appropriate. Then generate a statistical baseline forecast.
• Recommend enriched demand plan for Commercial approval.
• Convert demand plan into a supply plan.
• Measurement and reporting of forecast accuracy, with a drive to continuously improve performance.
• Development of supply chain to supply chain relationships with strategic partner customers to develop collaborative forecasts.
• Support local site on SAE requirements.
• Engage with local site teams to understand process constraints to be worked into Supply Plans.
• Work with local site teams on a correct stock management process.
• Support the consolidation of Operations weekly and monthly reporting.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree such as ADE, Economics... and/or training in planner, supply chain or logistics.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in demand / production planning. Experience and strong knowledge of using statistical Forecasting Tools
• Excellence in Microsoft Applications
• Management of PowerBi and ERPs
• Ability to work both in Spanish and English