Demand Planning - Cluster Lead (m/w/d)

Übersicht der Beschreibung

Perrigo Company is dedicated to making lives better by bringing Quality, Affordable Self-care products that consumers trust everywhere they are sold. Help us do it.

In this role you will lead the team of Cluster Demand Planners on both short-term and long-term market demand forecasting processes and you will work collaboratively with the Market organization and ensure forecast accuracy and bias aligns with set targets.

Verantwortungsbereich der Funktion

• Lead Demand Planning Review and Sign-off process at Cluster Level along with key assumptions and building blocks that drive changes month on month;
• Ensure the demand planning review processes happen on time, helping the multifunctional team to comply with the requirements and actively participate and contribute as per their defined roles.
• Lead and develop Demand Planners within the Cluster. Leadership responsibilities include seamless collaboration with Commercial team.
• Oversee the monthly governance process to monitor progress and take corrective actions when required.
• Ensure that systems and processes are in line with global demand planning standards;
• Ensure smooth role-out of SAP IBP and related processes across the Cluster and related Markets
• Utilize experience with demand forecasting platforms (SAP IBP) and other planning systems, to drive efficiency and accuracy in our planning processes (stat forecast vs forecast enrichment);
• Align strategic roadmap with key stakeholders across functions, hierarchy and different parts of the business;
• Address demand-planning process related issues like a fragmented approach to forecasting demand or difficulty in acquiring information from siloed teams in a timely and effective manner;
• Develop in-depth understanding of category trends, brands’ market share & performance within categories and stock in trade visibility to leverage forecast capabilities
• Support the hiring, training and onboarding of new demand planning coordinators within the Cluster;
• Enable process design through technology and analytics;
• Track KPIs and benefits into the business;
• Ensure actions to improve demand-planning performance are in place and track the progress;
• Demonstrate sound business decision making aligned with company goals;

Erfahrung erforderlich

This role requires the following experience(preferably from Consumer Self-Care, FMCG industry)

• 5+ years experience in Demand Planning
• 10+ years experience in Supply Chain
• Experience in people management
• Fluency in German and English
• Master’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, business administration, engineering or a related field
• Proficiency in relevant software, such as Microsoft Office, ERP, SAP IBP

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