Senior Manager - Planning - eCommerce - IIM/NITIE/XLRI/IIT/ISB

Sr.Manager Planning for a top E-commerce firm!

Demand & Supply Planner (D&SP) responsibilities include demand management, inventory planning and carry over orders definition for specific departments.

D&SP is responsible to analyze demand changes in the business to ensure high accuracy of forecast and to ensure accuracy in inventory level, particularly from the point of view of the long/medium-term. The process and the responsibility will be in the first phase concentrated mainly on carrying over items.

Key Accountabilities

- Design and generate monthly statistical forecasting models.

- Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, ensure that processes and methods followed are based on the best practice (continuous improvement of forecasting techniques, methods, and approaches)

- Measure the forecast accuracy

- Control inventory targets approved by management to guarantee the right coverage in order to avoid lost sales or over stock situations

- Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to create sales forecast according to different layers of analysis: historical sales, market trends, seasonality, advertisements and assortment variation for each Channel

- Make recommendation of inventory targets adjustments based on changes in demand and market trends

- Organize forecast and inventory planning meetings with Merchandising Department to review sales forecasts and inventory coverage (emphasis on brand transitions, new product introduction, event, phase in and phase out items)

- Produce order of carrying over items to provide Production Departments the inputs to satisfy the demand

- Evolve and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems

- Prepare reports and communicate forecast and inventory measurements to the management (forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets)

- Develop systems and procedures required to meet service level and inventory objectives

- Constant interaction with Retail and Merchandising Departments and assessment of demand requirements to reflect changes in SKU forecast level (particularly for top seller)

Key Requirements:

- Looking for candidates experienced in demand planning/inventory planning/In-stock

- Looking for candidates from premier institutes MBA from IIM/NITIE/ XLRI/IIT/ISB or Only B.tech from IITs will also work.

- And Batch of 2010/11/12 only.

- Sales & Operation Planning / Demand Planning folks from any FMCG (1st preference) / FMCD companies.

- Sales & Operation Planning / Demand Planning folks from large retailers