**Demand Planner**:
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**Your responsibilities**:
- Creates and maintains rolling 18-24 months demand forecasts for assigned products; a key input into the S&OP process.
Assembles and analyses all data pertinent to creating a demand plan.
Facilitates running the demand review meetings.
Works with key stakeholders to determine monthly forecast and develop consumption models to improve accuracy.
Reviews and improves forecast accuracy both at the aggregate and the individual product level by identifying key root causes for forecast errors and implements initiatives to improve future forecast accuracy.
- Monitors finished goods levels and recommends rationalization initiatives.
Segments the portfolio of materials through an ABC/XYZ analysis, product lifecycle management and commercial policy.
Defines inventory policies according to this segmentation.
- Works with Product Management (PM) team to coordinate new product launches, phase outs and platform changes and incorporate them into the demand plan.
Monitors and manages inventory of key last time buy (LTB) components and finished goods in coordination with R&D and PMs.
- Compiles and sends weekly/monthly reports to business leaders on demand planning and inventory performance.
Prepares demand and supply scenarios, analyses the risks associated, and propose mitigation plans.
In systems business analysis of resource requirements to support different scenarios.
Explain the interdependencies among the metrics of the S&OP process.
- Motivates, organizes and encourages teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity and Key Performance Indication (KPI) targets are met.
- Leads/contributes to cross-functional initiatives for optimizing customer on-time delivery, lead-time, inventory, resource utilization, and forecast accuracy.
Uses lean 6 sigma tools whenever applicable.
**Your background**:
- Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
- At least 3 years of professional experience.
- Demonstrates working knowledge of supply chain and experience in ERP (SAP) in general, and specifically in MRP.
- Fluent in English.
- Collaborative and solution-focused approaches.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills.
- Good track of problem solving and analytic achievements.
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