Demand Planner

Key responsibility areas

• Manage monthly and weekly forecasting process at both the detail (short term) and aggregate (mid and long term) level to create a 0 -36 month rolling demand plan which becomes the basis for operating plans and financial projections.
• Collaborate closely with Sales and Marketing teams on demand plan preparation and execution
• Analyze data to translate it into insights.
• Challenge data sources and assumptions and ensure that the demand plan reflects commercial actions and assumptions in a fact-based way.
• Drive the understanding of forecast changes including main drivers (volume, price, competition, etc.)
• Create scenarios through identification of demand risks and opportunities, and through application of sensitivity analyses in price, market share, and competitive data.
• Identify gaps between plans and strategy.
• Drive gap closure vs. operational & financial targets through management of risks & opportunities.
• Ensure all aspects of the plan are reconciled and issues escalated to the Region Demand Review and Integrated Reconciliation appropriately.
• Drive reduction of forecast bias and improvement of forecast mix.
• Challenge as-is ways of working and drive continuous improvement in demand planning process, tools and organization.

Key success criteria

• BIAS-3 - main KPI
• Forecast Accuracy
• Customer Service level
• Supporting IBP deployment and making business decision in 36 months’ time horizon
• Acting as a change leader and promote IBP as a way of working and key business decisions making

Functional Skills & Experience

• Degree in science, business or technical
• Experience in a Demand Planner role within an S&OP/IBP environment - preferred
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Experience in close cooperation with commercial and/or general business management function
• Comfortably communicating and acting with different levels and stakeholders
• Resilient and willing to challenge the status quo and drive improvement
• Ability to see the big picture and drill down to details when required
• Fluent in English and Russian

Conditions

-Medical insurance

-Meal compensation

-Mobile compesation

-2 days remote