Demand Planner - North

Job Description

1. Demand Aggregation and Planning: Aggregate the regional demands and analyses the same to share final unconstrained demand for source and inventory planning team.

2. S&OP Coordination and Planning: Facilitate communication and collaboration between various departments, such as sales, marketing, production, and higher management using S&OP process to ensure that demand plans align with business objectives.

3. Demand Planning Improvements: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the demand planning process, implementing advanced forecasting techniques and best practices.

4. Inventory Management: Manage inventory levels by balancing customer demand with available stock, setting reorder points, and optimizing safety stock levels to prevent stockouts or excess inventory.

5. Long Term Planning: Align and coordinate with marketing and sales to share long term business plan of various products for capacity alignment and resource planning.

6. Market Analysis: Coordinate with marketing and sales to understand market conditions and external factors such as price change, schemes/promotions and discuss current market trends for onward corrections

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in any stream.
• Masters degree in supply chain is desirable.

• Advanced knowledge of supply chain management principles and processes.
• Advanced knowledge in inventory control methods.
• Proficient knowledge in demand forecasting.

• Advanced analytical skills to analyze data to determine optimal stock levels, reorder points, and forecasting.
• Advanced forecasting skills to forecast demand, seasonality, and trends accurately.
• Proficient in curating customer and part mix.