Senior Demand Planner

• Lead the development and delivery of rolling 24-month demand forecasts across multiple brands, categories, and channels.
• Own demand consensus within the monthly S&OP process.
• Drive alignment between Commercial, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Planning teams.
• Challenge demand assumptions and identify opportunities to improve forecast quality.
• Lead demand planning activities for new product launches, discontinuations, promotions, customer events, and strategic projects.
• Develop scenario plans and recommend actions for high-risk and high-opportunity business situations.

• Facilitate monthly demand review meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Present demand plans, forecast assumptions, risks, and mitigation actions to leadership teams.
• Drive consensus across functional areas to ensure a single aligned demand plan.
• Partner with Finance to align volume and revenue forecasts.
• Support executive decision-making through business insights and scenario analysis.
• Consolidate all monthly information and develop the executive S&OP deck and present to the executive team

• Utilize advanced forecasting methodologies and statistical models.
• Monitor and analyze:
  • WAPE
  • Forecast Bias
  • Service Levels
  • Inventory Health
  • Promotional Effectiveness
  • Demand Volatility
• Translate data into actionable business insights.
• Develop dashboards and reporting tools that enable proactive decision-making.

• Identify demand risks impacting customer service, inventory, production, and customer commitments.
• Lead risk reviews and mitigation planning with Supply Planning and Operations teams.
• Drive inventory optimisation through effective demand planning.
• Support ATP, capacity planning, and long-term supply decisions.

• • Act as the primary demand planning partner for key business functions.
  • Build strong relationships across Commercial, Supply Chain, Production, Finance, Customer Service, and Global teams.
  • Influence decision-making through fact-based recommendations and market insight.

• Lead forecasting improvement initiatives and system enhancements.
• Drive adoption of best practices in demand planning.
• Mentor and coach Demand Planners and graduates.
• Support training and development within the planning function.
• Participate in transformation and digitalization projects.

Strategic Thinking. Ability to translate business strategy into demand planning decisions.

Advanced Forecasting and Analytics: Statistical forecasting. Predictive modelling. Scenario planning. Demand sensing.

Commercial Acumen. Understanding customer, market, and business drivers.

Leadership and Influence. Ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams. Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

Financial Awareness. Understanding of revenue, margin, inventory, and working capital impacts.

Continuous Improvement: Lean thinking. Process excellence. System optimisation.

Technical Proficiency. Advanced Excel. Power BI / Qlik Sense. SAP / Syspro / AS400. Demand Planning system

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Statistics, Business, Economics, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• APICS CPIM, CSCP, IBF CPF, or equivalent certification advantageous.
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, S&OP, or Supply Chain Planning.
• Experience within FMCG, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, or Retail environments preferred.
• Proven experience leading S&OP processes.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and presenting to leadership teams.
• Demonstrated success in driving forecast accuracy and inventory optimisation initiatives.

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