Premier B School candidates only.   Main purpose of the role :   - Ensures effective Demand Management for the organization, ensuring that the right unconstrained demand gets ploughed into the Supply chain system for both short and medium term for specific brand groups. Drive the S&OP process which ensures that surprises are minimized and organization's plans are on track to ensure ABP delivery.   - Co-ordinate with different stockholders (Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain) for pre S&OP discussion   Successful performance requires :   - Strong analytical & innovative skills   - Good business acumen   - Collaborative mind-set   - Good interpersonal skills.   - Excellent Excel Skills   Detailed Responsibilities (non-conclusive) :   - Ensuring conduct of monthly S&OP to ensure convergence of plans to deliver ABP for the organization   - Leverage opportunities/mitigate risks on ABP delivery basis sales trends and external environment changes through integrated view of market and internal organizational delivery capabilities. Work with Regional Managers, Marketing, SDM and National Supply Planning to balance demand and capabilities and ensure creation of alternate plans to protect ABP delivery.   - Ensure the complete collaboration across functions to converge to a single set of operating plans for the planning horizon ( 12 months rolling )   - Run Causal forecasts and work with Regional Sales and Brand to arrive at Consensus Forecast for the planning horizon   - Highlighting and bring to a closure along with Head planning the risk in demand in case of conflict due to supply constraints or any other factor   - Utilize available technology to manage stat forecast and causal forecast to support a robust forecasting process   - Review Weekly performance of demand vs actual and course correct demands for supporting supply chain objectives   - Drive Forecast Accuracy improvement in the organization through the right combination of people capability development, analytics and diagnostics to ensure best in class performance on this metric. Forecast Accuracy - by brand / CFA and Sales Unit.   - Facilitate the Category Supply planners for right decision making and prioritization during constraint situations to prioritize customers / accounts for maximizing sales   - Ensures NPD delivery through monitoring and review   - Ageing analysis and sales return analysis   Required Qualification :   Education : Graduate in any Discipline with an MBA in Supply Chain Management from a premier Institute / APICS certification would be preferred.   - Overall 3-5 years of post MBA experience in Demand Planning vertical in a reputed organization in the FMCG/FMCD space.   - Experience in driving a mature S&OP process. In-depth understanding of S&D systems.   - Excellent analytical skills, strong communication, influencing and collaborative skills.   - Outward looking with a real understanding of key customer requirements and developments.   IT : Excellent MS-Office skills, in-depth understanding and working on Supply chain Planning softwares, SAP knowledge would be preferred

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Beiersdorf - Manager - Demand Planning - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS 

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Job Description for Beiersdorf - Manager - Demand Planning - IIM/ISB/MDI/FMS  in Nivea in  Mumbai for (2-4) years of experience. Apply Now!