Demand Planner

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About the role

The Demand Planner is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast as a key part of company S&OP process, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, Sales Analysts, and other sources. 

Your responsibilities

- Manage the creation and evaluation of the monthly forecast by SKU by analyzing various sales (Online/Offline channels) and market consumption (Intage and POS from specific customers) historical data.

- Lead monthly pre-S&OP/S&OP meetings to align company sales forecast with Trade marketing, sales and marketing based on the forecast built by demand planner. Get the latest information from cross functional team and reflect into forecast.

- Manage the preparation of monthly S&OP mtg to share and discuss about company forecast. Play the key role as a guide to the company sales number including expected Risks and Opportunities outside of the forecast.

- Attend key monthly company meetings with cross functional reams  to exchange inputs.

- Lead the creation of NPD (New launch products) forecast together with commercial team by utilizing inputs and historical sales data.

- Drive forecast accuracy improvement with Online/Offline key accounts by communicating with related team closely.  

- Work with supply planners closely sharing sales forecast to ensure service level.

- Monitor sales progress vs forecast by maintaining sales reports daily. In case big gap seen, work with sales and supply planners to minimize the impact to the service.

The experience we're looking for

- Previous demand forecasting or supply planning experience preferably in an FMCG environment. (min. 3 years)

The skills for success

- Language skills: Japanese & English (min. Business level) 

- Highly analytical and numerate

- Sense of responsibility and ownership

- Committed and strong team player

- Good attention to detail

- High energy, sense of urgency and results-oriented

- Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers

- Proven ability to operate in a matrix environment and work effectively with all level of employees across organizational boundaries

- Ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple tasks while adhering to specified deadlines

- Good working knowledge on Excel (vlookup, pivot, sumif are minimum required skillset), Power point and Word) and SAP/SNP/JDE knowledge and experience is an added advantage.

- Proven expertise and skills household/pharma product manufacturing technologies advantageous

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.