Demand Planning Analyst

3 days ago

Midrand, South Africa Colgate-Palmolive Full time

No Relocation Assistance Offered
140300 - Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well? In between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization, continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions

If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Using Segmentation to identify to each Customer Development Team which SKU’s requires monthly collaboration.
- Produce monthly Demand Planning Collaboration files per market & rolling the volumes back up into forecast location levels once received back from SCM - CDT.
- Upload volumes on monthly basis into APO. Close collaboration with Supply Chain Manager - CDT to ensure commercial plans are accurately represented in APO.
- Sharing APO volumes with CDT finance as well as Supply Network Planning to ensure alignment.
- Highlight volumes that cannot be supported by statistical models & commercial activities and working with the commercial teams to align these volumes in APO.
- Ensure that marketing & commercial activities in the SGC (Strategic Growth Center) as well as on the ground are planned per forecast location, consolidated and used to adjust the promotional demand plan line in APO.
- SPI’s, TVC’s, Radio, Sell In, Sell Thru & Sell Out New, Transition Products & VAP’s ensure that all supply constraints are communicated into the CDT’s & validate that those constraints are represented in APO.
- Attend key meetings with Marketing & SNP to ensure all DP (Demand Planning) relevant action items are noted, communicated to the regions as well as represented in APO as per the agreed actions & timelines.
- Produce monthly Sell-Thru reports, produce key exception reports that will help the business drive inventory reduction, customer service & master data.
- CVC maintenance, SKU Life Stage, Views & Pricing, Sell Thru Reports, Inventory without DP, DP In Excess of Inventory/ Supply production of demand planning performance reports as well as key reports on areas of business that directly or indirectly impacts on demand planning accuracy, inventory & customer service.
- Find opportunities to use the APO system & any other CP (Colgate Palmolive) system to improve DPA (Demand Planning Analysis).
- Ensure systems & reports are accurate, by maintaining master data as well as validating transactional inputs & upload.
- Produce pre/post performance analytics on predefined criteria that will contribute in terms of determining areas for improvement and opportunities.

**REQUIRED QUALIFICATION**
- A Bachelor's Degree Preferably in Supply Chain.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Statistical forecasting & Demand Planning in the FMCG Industry.
- Advanced Excel Skills.
- Experience using supply chain management forecasting/ERP systems (SAP/APO and other tools).
- Scheduling and forecasting experience.
- Understands the SKU’s and customer hierarchies.
- Understanding of Business processes, systems & strategies.
- Experience in working cross functionally with multiple stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.

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