Demand Planning | 6 to 9 Years | Chennai

Location

Chennai | India

Job description

Job Description

• Diversity Hiring 
• Generate baseline forecast for touch SKUs.
• Ensure the models in the tool are refreshed regularly and produce optimal results (improve demand planning algorithms).
• Review baseline forecast outputs and validate as and when necessary with Market.
• Generate total demand forecast for no touch SKUs.
• Ensure the models in the tool are refreshed regularly and produce optimal results (improve demand planning algorithms).
• Run analysis to provide the assumptions to explain the outputs of the tool for Market Collaboration Planner.
• To generate and manage the total demand plan for all touch SKUs.
• Capture the baseline and manually cleanse if necessary.
• Challenge assumptions from Sales & Marketing Teams for forecast uplifts to baseline. Apply Sales & Marketing uplifts to baseline.

Primary Skills

• Prepare slide decks and assumptions for S&OP sign-off.
• Capture forecast changes in APO.
• Release total forecast in APO.
• Analyse and review forecast performance using weekly reports.
• Good Experience in Forecasting, S&OP, Forecast Analysis, Baseline creation.
• Hands on experience in Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Promotional SKU analysis, RCA, Customer handling.

Secondary Skills

• 4+ Years of Experience in Demand Planning.
• Experience in ERP (preferrable Kinaxis).
• Good in excel & documents handling.
• Industry knowledge of Manufacturing and FMCG.

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