Demand Planner

2 days ago

Middleton England, United Kingdom McBride Full time

This role is for a 12 months Fixed Term Contract.

Key Purpose:

Maintain data within the APO/IBP forecasting system to ensure a high quality forecast. Update the demand plan in line with the monthly cycle, making changes to demand guided by commercial and category updates

Key Responsibilities:

  • Identify master data issues and work with Master Data and GIS teams to ensure effective adjustment.
  • Adjust historical sales to provide good base data for statistical forecasting and accurate data on historical promotions.
  • Review APO/IBP alerts relevant to the role on a weekly basis, acting to resolve all high priority alerts, check all medium priority alerts and take action where necessary. In both cases reference commercial teams where appropriate.
  • Review poor statistical forecasts and make recommendations to the APO/IBP Configuration Manager.
  • Update and enter promotional forecasts in line with business requirements or support PLM team to enter promotions by helping with volume validation.
  • Validate start forecasts volumes, manage the use of the APO/IBP control week in creating accurate forecasts and support PLM team appropriately.
  • Ensure stop events in APO/IBP meet the needs of the business by ensuring the forecast and commercially agreed volumes are aligned or support PLM team appropriately.
  • Ensure information relevant to forecasting is provided by the commercial teams and this is incorporated appropriately into the demand plan.
  • Carry out demand reviews with Account Managers in line with the monthly cycle to capture all unconstrained demand, making adjustments to existing demand and/or adding new demand (including master data creation).
  • Raise any concerns around quality of data/information provided with the Account Manager and to BU Demand Manager.
  • Document all assumptions and support the preparation for the BU Demand Review.
  • Update the demand plan with any constraints that have been applied.

Technical Competencies & Qualifications:

  • Minimum bachelor or equivalent experience
  • Strong numerical and analytical competencies
  • Comfortable with complex IT systems and processes
  • Understand of statistical forecasting techniques
  • MS-Office: good knowledge of Excel, Word , Outlook,...
  • Languages: English mandatory

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