ASSOCIATE MANAGER DEMAND PLANNING
- Location: Arese - Italia
- Function: Demand Planning
**Overview**:
**About the role**
The primary role of the Associate Manager Regional Demand Planning COE is to develop demand planning capabilities within the regions. This role will also work with the global team to continue to move the community forward with enhanced processes and system us, being the voice of the region during development and rollout. At the same time is the leader for the onboarding process and first point of contact as Super User. The Regional Demand Planning COE role is also critical in providing governance and guidance for proper execution and interaction of demand planning within the S&OP process.
**About the Team/Department**
Reporting to the Manager Demand Planning.
**Responsibilities**:
- Champion global processes within the region by training and identifying capability gaps through process metrics and skill matrices.
- The Super User for all the systems used in Demand Planning.
- Be guardian of all the best practices of Demand Planning are in place in the area.
- Define and lead the onboarding training for the team.
- Build or enhance next stages of statistical demand planning in the maturity journey with the Global COE.
- Build enhancements for process or system gaps found within the region to bring to the full demand planning COE team.
- Lead Demand Planning projects and initiatives that are relevant to the full region.
- First line of trouble shooting system issues escalated from the end users.
**Experience you'll bring**:
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree, preferably in supply chain management, economics, engineering, or a business-related field.
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years of Supply Chain or Business experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated results and working in a team-based, cross functional environment, preferably experience with the standard S&OP or IBP processes.
- Minimum of 2 to 3 years of demand planning experience.
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years of advanced experience in Excel and Access. Strongly preferred experience in Tableau.
**Behaviors you'll need**:
- Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate with business stakeholders.
- Strong training and coaching skills.
- Proficiency in project management and process improvement.
- Ability to drive action and influence decision making at all levels of the organization.
- Strong organizational skills, as well as the ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands.
- Ability to work within high-performing teams in highly collaborative environments.
- Quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs.
- eneral knowledge of finance, sales, marketing and R&D functions.
- Hands-on experience in demand planning and simulation systems or tools.
**What's in it for you?**
Based in Arese - Milan, we can offer you a great salary and profit share as well as smart working. We care about the well-being of our people and other benefits include medical cover, life insurance, and subsidy canteen. The facilities in Arese include a swimming pool, tennis court, games room and free parking, bus shuttle.
**About us**:
SC Johnson is a fifth-generation family company built on a spirit of adventure and winning the right way. We have been leading with purpose for over 130 years, building top brands such as Raid®, Glade®, Kiwi®, OFF!®, Windex®, Ziploc® and more, in virtually every country. Through these household names, we are making a positive difference to the world around us. But we only succeed with the combined vitality and strength of our 13,000 people who we truly value and support in their pursuit of individual and shared goals.
**You must be eligible to work in the country