Manager - Demand Planning - Manufacturing

Hiring for 20 years old Manufacturing Company based at Bangalore!!

This Demand Planning position is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for their customers, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer replenishment analysts, and other sources.

The Demand Planner is the integration point into the sales and commercial organization. Basic forecast modeling is the responsibility of this position. This position leads the dialogue each month for their respective customers and products with key counterparts in Sales and Marketing.

Basic Functions:

- Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.

- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.

- Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.

- Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.

- Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.

- Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.

- Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.

- Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning

Qualification : B Tech or MBA (SCM)

Experience : 5 + years relevant experience in Demand Planning