Role objective: Demand planner will work with sales & marketing teams in ensuring impeccable customer service through accurate forecasting and effective inventory management across the different clusters &amp; product groups for India Domestic Key&nbsp;Deliverable: - Timely completion of forecasting and monthly demand planning activities - Timely execution of strategic activities like Cost to Serve - FG inventory management across the pipeline - Ensure demand planning metrics are at desired levels Key Responsibilities: Strategic (Frequency: 6 12 months) Budgeting - Provide long term forecasts for annual budgets and long-range planning in collaboration with key stakeholders Cost to Serve (CTS) - Conduct product portfolio evaluation, inventory norms analysis based on CTS computations and other strategic factors - Identify and implement demand side CTS improvement initiatives FG Inventory Management - Validate FG inventory norms based on demand-supply variability, lead times and desired service levels for all SKUs and suggest&nbsp;suitable corrections Sales Forecasting Segmentation - Validate Sales forecasting segmentation based on demand variability and contribution to sales for all SKUs and make suitable&nbsp;corrections Customer satisfaction - Coordinate with sales, marketing and distribution team to capture voice of customer and monitor customer service levels - Plan and execute initiatives / interventions based on customer feedback to enhance customer satisfaction Operational (Daily Monthly Quarterly) Demand forecasting - Create base forecast based on statistical sales data (primary &amp; secondary) and market intelligence as appropriate - Use data analysis to challenge promotional forecasts submitted by sales &amp; marketing teams as part of the forecasting process - Facilitate bottom up forecasts creation by Regional Sales Teams - Discuss base forecast and bottom up forecasts with sales &amp; marketing team and develop consensus forecast - Upload consensus forecast in system and share with Supply Planning Team Pre- S&amp;OP and S&amp;OP - Represent Business in the pre-S&amp;OP forum and S&amp;OP forum - Escalate unresolved issues to Head S&amp;OP FG Masters Management - Ensure hygiene and maintenance of FG master data (inventory norms, transit lead time, outdated forecasts / orders, potential&nbsp;expiry / expired stock, unwanted sales orders / open deliveries, NPI indicators) - Maintain material master and ensure updating of all information FG Inventory Management - Monitor FG inventory across the pipeline (stockists/ distributors, CFA locations, in-transit, &amp; plant locations) - Track slow moving inventory and inform about goods likely to expire to sales head for taking extra steps for liquidation Supply plan Assessment - Assess production plans prepared by supply planners to gauge impact on FG availability/ inventory across the pipeline - Provide inputs on fine-tuning the production/distribution plans based on prioritization among SKUs in case of shortfall in&nbsp;resources (capacity, materials) Dispatch and logistics management - Review dispatch plans to assess impact on service to customers New product launch - Provide market relevant inputs to the NPI project managers - Coordinate new product launch plans from a forecasting and masters creation perspective Metrics and measurement - Validate demand planning metrics (Forecast accuracy, OOS, Customer OTIF, FG Inventory adherence, FG Write-off etc.) - Conduct root cause analysis for deviations - Create &amp; drive action plan for improvement Desired Candidate Profile - Strong in Analytical abilities and problem-solving skills Experience in statistical forecasting techniques and tools - Effective business reporting and insights generation to improve quality of plans - Decision making, ability to prioritize on a dynamic basis - Negotiation skills / Conflict resolution - Strong communication skills - Ability to manage multiple stakeholders - Ability to understand and work around constraints - Proficiency in Demand Planning tool is preferred - Experience in FMCG Industry is a requisite - Knowledge of demand forecasting tools (SAP APO DP module or JDA demand suite) Desired Experience&nbsp;Level &amp;&nbsp;Qualifications - Masters degree (Preferably an MBA) - 6-8 years of experience in Demand Planning roles for an FMCG company

Bangalore

Tata Global Beverages - Demand Planner 

Tata Global Beverages - Demand Planner  ,Job Description for Tata Global Beverages - Demand Planner  in Tata Global Beverages Limited in  Bangalore for (6-12) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Tata Global Beverages - Demand Planner  in Tata Global Beverages Limited in  Bangalore for (6-12) years of experience. Apply Now!