Manager - Demand Planning/Supply Planning - FMCG/Beverages Industry

Currently we are hiring as Demand Planning/ Supply Planning Manager.

Job Location: Bangalore

Education: B.E/ B.Tech From Premier Institutes or MBAs from Premier Institutes.

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

Job Functions:

- Create statistical forecasts:

- Gather, analyze and validate data

- Execute statistical modeling software

- Review resulting statistical forecast model

- Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting

- Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts

- Review sales plans , customer finance Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers:

- Present, solicit, and assess feedback on the various forecasts from sales, and finance

- Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts

- Review promotional plans with sales

- Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and finance personnel:

- Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion

- Provide input to volume planning ( Latest Estimates / annual process)

- Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings

- Achieve consensus with the business side and the demand chain

- Maintain demand planning system and software

- Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy

- Monitor trends in forecast error

- Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence

- Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process

- Certification in Supply Chain (APICS / CPIM) is an advantage