Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Job Description:
Role : Demand Planner
Location : Mumbai
Level : T1
Job Purpose/Overview
Functional expert of planning processes and related systems
Demand Planning & generating insights to support business decisions
Deploy planning standards based on global/ regional guidelines
Drive implementation of global E2E planning tool in Latam Seeds Markets
Being part and support the planning stakeholder community
Drive Continuous Improvement in collaboration with Regional E2E Demand Planner and/or Business Process Owners (BPO)
Key Responsibilities
E2E Demand Planner responsibilities:
Demand Planning - Develop a reliable and capable demand plan across 2Year+ horizon, for the defined market, including promotion and launches, and perform ongoing analysis of demand variability, assess risk and take corrective action to close gaps
S&OP+ Demand Management Review (DMR) – support to the S&OP+ process facilitator. Generate statistical baseline forecast, supported with demand assumption from the business, to fuel the conversation with the forum stakeholders, to have an aligned outcome.
Deploy RC India planning process standard for RC India S&OP+ DMR process within Regional / Global guidelines
Accountable to maintain the documentation of the Planning Business processes and supporting system transactions
Provide expert functional support to the planning community and being part of the Global / Regional Planning Key User for FutureMaster
Demand Planning Key User responsibilities:
Acquire the best knowledge about business processes and supporting systems functionality
Assess process conformance in local business community and suggest actions for improvements to BPOs if required
Test new systems functionality (periodical and yearly slots) with the objective to avoid process perturbation and to potentially introduce the new functionality into local business processes in order to move to the next level of best practice
Train business users (existing and new joiners) on business processes and supporting systems functionality
Support business users by fixing issues or by escalating issues to regional or global support teams, IT or Business.
Represent area of responsibility in x-functional workgroups with other KUs to ensure seamless integration across functions locally
Program Manager responsibilities:
Support and lead all key phases for an E2E-Planning core model deployment in RC India : Demand Segmentation, UAT, go-live, hyper-care and post-project support
Act as the Guardian of RC India E2E Planning Core Model Solution and Process Golden rules specific to Demand Planning
Manage and Coordinate all day-to-day project tasks with the cross functional project team and local teams
Coordinate with regional program manager, global BPO’s, FutureMaster consultants and all local / Regional stakeholders to deliver the project on time
Monitor and report project progress to project steer-co on regular basis
Implement planning processes as per the global/regional standard guidelines and Ensure creation of all necessary documentation for RC India
Facilitate the change linked to new ways of working with consistent communication to all local stakeholders at RC India
Ensure master data cleansing enabling the project success
Support, guide and train key users to adopt the process and supporting systems
Represent area of responsibility in x-functional workgroups with other KUs to ensure seamless integration across functions locally
Context and Scope
In a VUCA world, digital transformation, evolving customer behaviors and new Route-To-Market impact the way we manage our business.
Royal Canin India, strives to fulfill customer expectations by developing a customer centric end-to-end supply chain supported by a strong S&OP+ business management process.
This ambition involves a complete transformation of our planning processes to a next generation end-to-end planning, starting with Demand Planning across people /process /systems digitization.
He / She will spend 70% of the time on the E2E Demand Planning and Key User, and 30% of the time as demand planning program management/ change management /master data cleansing.
RC India Planning Project Scope:
Phase 1: Demand Planning (responsible)
Phase 2: Distribution planning (supporting, to feed demand planning output)
Phase 3: Factory planning (informed, if there any constraint on supply which impact demand plan)
Job Specifications /Qualifications
Note: May differ from the current job holder’s own skills and experience
1. Education & Professional Qualification
Masters / Post graduate degree in Business management/ Supply Chain management
Project management certification is a plus
Fluent (spoken & written) Communication Skills in English
2. Knowledge/Experience
3-5 years’ experience in a Demand Planning/S&OP/Project role in a FMCG company (Ideally Food)
Proven track record in demand planning processes, S&OP and business knowledge in organizations / processes
Knowledge of Supply Planning, FutureMaster, IT interfaces and Master data is a plus
Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
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