NIVEA INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, MUMBAI Job Description - Snr. Demand Planning Manager, Supply Chain 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 - Strong bend towards data analytics and science - Hands on with statistical analysis tool - Collaborative mind-set - Excellent skills in MS-Excel - Good interpersonal 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 EAN, SKU and Depot level - 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. Indepth 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 Supplychain Planning software, SAP-APO knowledge would be preferred Organization : The position reports into the Head Planning Direct reportee : One full time employee - Demand planning lead will be reporting to this position Secrecy : The incumbent is strictly obliged to keep any company information as a secret, especially after termination of the labor-relation. Main Contacts: - Internal: - Brands Team - Sales Team - Shoppers and Customer marketing - Finance & Commercial Team. - NIVEA India Supply Chain team - Global, local and regional IT implementation team - Global demand management team - External interaction with the customer - Distributors, retailers for market insights - Retail chains and E-tailers

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Beiersdorf - Senior Demand Planning Manager - Supply Chain 

Beiersdorf - Senior Demand Planning Manager - Supply Chain  ,Job Description for Beiersdorf - Senior Demand Planning Manager - Supply Chain  in Nivea India Private Ltd in  Mumbai for (3-6) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Beiersdorf - Senior Demand Planning Manager - Supply Chain  in Nivea India Private Ltd in  Mumbai for (3-6) years of experience. Apply Now!