Regional Demand Planner

THIS ROLE IS WITHIN A MAJOR ORGANISATION, AND THE PERSON HIRED WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GLOBAL PLANNING TEAM, THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS, SALES AND MARKETING TEAMS TO DRIVE THE FORECASTING PROCESS FOR THE EMEA REGION.

THE ROLE IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROVIDING THE BEST DEMAND SIGNAL POSSIBLE FOR REGION RESPONSIBLE FOR STATISTICAL AND CAUSAL MODELLING, MARKET AND CUSTOMER INSIGHT TRANSLATION, KPI MANAGEMENT AND CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE SALES AND MARKETING TEAMS. ROLE IMPACT WILL BE PRIMARILY MEASURED THROUGH FORECAST ACCURACY, BIAS AND VALUE ADD & EXCESS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:
STRONG COMMUNICATION AND INFLUENCING SKILLS.
KNOWLEDGE OF SAP/APO SYSTEM OR SIMILAR
BASIC OFFICE SKILLS INCLUDING POWERPOINT, EXCEL, OUTLOOK (ALL MS OFFICE SUITE APPLICATIONS)

PREFERRED SKILLS:
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
DATA MINING, MANAGEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

Essential Experience:
Demand and or Supply planning
Experience with executive level visibility and communication

Preferred Experience:
Supply Chain or Manufacturing/Operations Engineering experience
Experience in demand planning in a large multinational organization is preferred
Qualification in planning and/or applied statistical modelling - APICs, BFO or similar.

Competencies
Analytical Problem Solving
Cross Boundary Collaboration
Project Management
Impact and Influence
Global Insight

Project People Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.