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Demand Planner

About Client:  A Leading Manufacturer of Building Materials

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Position: Demand Planner

Location:  Ankleshwar, Gujarat

Reporting to:  Head – Supply Chain

Criteria:

• Candidates with Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a Supply Chain or Operations Management focus preferred with minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain / Operations with 3-5 years of demand planning experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in forecasting with an understanding of the financial and operational impacts.
• APICS CPIM certification preferred
   
  Skills Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate to people at all levels
• Proficiency in forecasting with an understanding of the financial and operational impacts
• In Depth knowledge of advanced Microsoft Excel & Power BI
• Statistical skills required for collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of Data.
• Cross Team Communication
• Economic analysis
• Presentation skills
• Conflict Management
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  Purpose
  This position will be based at the Ankleshwar Plant, Gujarat, and is a key position reporting directly to Head - Supply Chain.  The Demand Planner will lead the demand forecasting process in India and be responsible to partner with Sales and Finance to align this forecast with market and business expectations. The ideal candidate must be able to collaborate with key stakeholders to continuously improve the forecast signal used as a key input to inventory, operational and financial planning activities. 
   
  Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales & Marketing to develop a validated, unconstrained forecast over the planning horizon
• Ensure alignment of validated demand volumes with financial plans to meet business expectations.
• Manage qualitative forecast elements by driving cross-functional collaboration to obtain relevant data and insights on demand.
• Contribute to new product planning initial forecast estimates; monitor the market response.
• Manage SKU rationalization to improve planning efficiency
• Monitor performance indicators and perform post period analysis to determine and communicate key drivers of error and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead demand planning consensus efforts; confer with management on forecasting assumptions, analysis, and decisions.
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process. Provide data and decision support analyses to key stakeholders.
• Work with peers and cross functional resources to develop and implement solutions to drive continuous improvement and improve business decisions related to demand planning.
• Provide demand related input to supply counterparts to assist with decisions on strategies deployed, inventory levels, and stocking considerations.
• Participate as the demand expert for cross functional company initiatives.
• Drive inventory obsolescence and inventory aging reviews with commercial and initiate liquidation plans to reduce aging.
• Initiate early warning system to highlight concerns in projected inventory levels basis
• Lead and execute the S&OP and S&OE meeting for short to mid-term business planning and outcomes. Identify Opportunities which can be capitalized and risks which is to be mitigated in advance. 
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To apply for this job, send your resume on pmcplconsultant@gmail.com