Demand Planning Analyst - FMCG

Purpose

- Manage the Demand Planning process to derive high levels of predictability of demand for both short and medium term (volume) to facilitate service levels and material planning

- Manage the monthly S& OP process which integrates all short to medium term operating plans (0 to 6 months)

- Collaborate with all Brand / Marketing and Commercial, Business Heads to gain consensus in the demand planning process to protect annual volume and course correct using 'what if scenario'

- Work with business planning to create right plans for technology enabled Demand Planning tools using trend analysis

Responsibilities

- Conduct the Monthly Business Planning and Review cycles for the organization and facilitate flawless execution

- Implement best in class tools to aid forecasting, both regular and causal

- Track on going sales to understand the variances and apply levers to course correct demand to meet organization objectives

- Interpret deep diagnostics to drive RCA

- Conduct Ageing & expiry reviews to minimize stale and write offs

- Conduct Causal forecasting through effective analytics and run effectiveness of Marketing initiatives

- Drive Convergence in final demand in case of conflict due to supply constraints or any other factor

- Conduct weekly analysis of demand plans and provide support to Field to do short term course corrections to meet plan objectives and drive FA

- Weekly publication of scorecard including reasons for misses and description for actions to be released to Field

Education

- MBA/ PGDM required

- Candidates from FMCG Industry are preferred