Demand Planning Manager

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for forecasting, scheduling, and monitoring local and imported finished products in order to make them available to sales team and to the final customers and consumers with the minimum investment in inventory.

Minimize the investment in inventory in order to contribute to the improving of the Net Operating Working Capital (NOWC).

TASKS

• Leading demand planning activities to ensure high level of forecast accuracy and guarantee product availability in order to capture market opportunities.
• Optimization NOWC by working on inventory management with collaboration with Sales, Product managers, Finance & Supply chain.
• Leading all related activities of next year Budget volumes by Identifying the seasonality of each product group and product mix within each category through discussing the market demand, pricing, promotions, new launches time plan & impact applying the organization strategy & objectives so at the end we guarantee high level of demand accuracy and factories supply sustainably.
• Leading the monthly S&OP process for the commercial division in order to stand on the final sales volumes for 18 months rolling horizon by working with Sales, Product line, Financial controllers & Chief Commercial Officer:
• Monthly Generation & Reviewing of 12 months rolling baseline forecast calculations with Demand team based on statistical modules, sales history and demand team experience.
• Organizing & Leading a monthly meeting with Product managers & Sales heads in order to align the sales input & proposed promotions calendar & activities for the following 4 months horizon.
• Participate in the sales review meeting where all sales managers present their market & sales updates, competition news, market opportunities & challenges.
• Identifying all potential sales volume risk & opportunities and working with controlling team to identify the impact of these changes on company EBIT & Net sales.
• Working with Product managers & Sales in depletion of Slow & Nonmoving stocks in order to liquidate stocks affecting inventory value.
• Build a safety stock calculation module considering all elements affecting forecast and working regularly on enhancing the process using statistical tools and aligning the updated Service level agreement with supply chain operations team.
• Meeting Bi-weekly with Sales, Product Line head & Supply chain team in order to align supply updates, phase in phase out plans and discuss all foreseen risks and opportunities on supply flow.
• Working with product line & sales leaders on enhancing the communication and processes in order to improve the demand accuracy and sustainability targeting maximum financial and strategic benefit of available portfolio.
• Continuous development of the Demand planning process & Team which support maintaining high forecast accuracy, healthier inventory capital utilization & high level of product availability which are the main KPIs.

EXPERIENCE

7 – 12 years’ of experience in the same field (Sales background is preferred).

EDUCATION

B.Sc. Engineering or Business Administration.

MBA is a Plus