Demand planning specialist

Main Purpose of Job:

Making statistical and expertise analyses of demand in Russia, part of S&OP cycle facilitation, planning tools support and development.

Main Responsibilities:

Forecasting and Planning

• Forecast accuracy for certain categories and service level drive for improvement with action plan forming
• Statistics and expert analysis of demand in Russia
• Support in evaluation of the effectiveness of marketing and sales campaigns in the region
• Formation of the forecast demand in Russia at SKU level in terms of the month
• Deep root cause analysis on forecast errors, drive strong action plan upon them and clear message distribution to comm.team
• Post-analysis of forecast to detect the real effect of the volume of activities, innovations, promotions and other (in entrusted region)

S&OP process improvement

• Facilitating part of Demand Review for certain product categories (Demand alignment meeting). Forecast activity coordination, challenge bottom-up volume, bring expertise via analytics and indicate main influence factors on demand. Driving action plan for better change.
• Operating with close collaboration with Sr Demand Planner for S&OP tasks and forecast operational tasks (Sr Planner leads operational cycle for 3 persons: Sr Planner itself, Demand planner, Collaborative demand planner)
• Participation in projects to improve forecasting tools (Anaplan continuous improvement – key user, new forecasting tool testing and support in implementation)
• Cooperation with Planning, Logistics and Customer Service Specialist for maximum operating efficiency
• Financial forecasting support from Demand team
• Procedures facilitation, forming and alignment with other functions

Required Qualifications / Experience

• Higher education
• Experience in Demand planning 1 years as minimum and from 4 years in total in Planning/Analytics
• S&OP process leadership experience
• Analytical & organizational skills, good communication skills, pro-activity
• Knowledge of forecast methods; advanced Excel user
• SAP, APO and BW expertise
• Analytical skills
• Presentation skills
• Upper-Intermediate English or above

We offer:

• An inspiring challenge within Global company
• Career opportunities and personalized development
• Professional and social benefits
• Great support for good health with medical coverage options
• Hybrid working schedule