Demand Planner

1 day ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Level-Up Full time

**Requirements**:

- Degree
required level
- Business English: Fluent
- Experience in working with senior management
- Computer literacy (Advanced)

**Responsibilities**:
**_ Develop demand forecast on daily/weekly/monthly_**
- Generate statistical based forecast, review exceptions, cleans history, validate assumptions,
analyze variance between expected and actual results.
- Facilitate monthly rolling demand plan per product Group and/or SKU and/or SKU Family.
- Collaborate with Marketing, Principals and Key Accounts to obtain market intelligence (MDT).
- Collect data, analyze historical trends, promotions, analyze market intelligence, map events.
- Monitor demand plan daily/weekly/monthly and take corrective action.
- Conduct promotional tracking and analysis in terms of volumes and dates.
- Analyze deviations and demand changes and present findings to multi discipline team.
- Monitor monthly forecast vs weekly forecast and take corrective action.
- Develop/track holiday planning forecast.
- Collaborate with Supply Planners and discuss future promotions, launches and forecast
Create, analyze, communicate reports.
- Analyze and communicate order fill rate (supply levels to customers).
- Run forecast error report, analyze and learn from reason for error.
- Draw reports on new listings/discontinuation and facilitate solutions.
- Conduct trend analysis on sku's and communicate corrective action.
- Analyze and communicate possible ranging per region.
- Run weekly forecast error report per distribution area\sku.
- Run and communicate promotional tracking report.

**_Optimize and review ideal inventory levels_**
- Calculate and communicate ideal buffer stocks according to forecast accuracy levels.
- Calculate and communicate minimum and maximum order quantities.
- Action stock reports, communicate overstocks and take action to move stock
Maintain Supply Chain Planning Master data.
- Create new items.
- Phase out discontinued items.
- Maintain forecastable items to location (CIC file).
- Maintain distribution relationships (direct deliveries or re-supply orders).
- Maintain factory per branch item master.
- Maintain/Setup days to trade (DTT), primary distribution days

**_Facilitate new product launches between Marketing, Trade Marketing & Supply Chain_**
**_Planning_**
- Collaborate with Marketing regarding new launches.
- Analyze/Identify similar product.
- Generate forecast per region.
- Monitor/action/report on new launch project.
- Monitor product trend and adjust forecast.

**Competencies**:

- Proactive and action orientated.
- Must be a team player.
- Achieves Results Effectively.
- Maintains high standards.
- Commitment and motivation.
- Collaborate with others to achieve a common objective.
- Customer orientated.
- Communicates effectively.
- Ability to plan and organize.

**Purpose of the position**:
Create and maintain product forecast for customer groups.

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