Job Purpose

• Drive the S&OP process for assigned portfolio and effectively translate commercial insights and analytics into an accurate consensus forecast.
• Coordinate and collaborate with supply planning, analysts and suppliers, commercial and finance to optimize inventory and stock availability.

Accountabilities

• Continuously improve the demand forecast and drive forecast accuracy improvements.
• Gain market insights using analytical, marketing and sales data as well as qualitative inputs to improve forecasts through demand driven forecasting.
• Collaborate closely with commercial teams, finance, supply planners, other relevant stakeholders, and suppliers locally and internationally.
• Maintaining and ensuring master data integrity across SAP, IBP, and relevant systems
• Support, analysis, and reporting for S&OP Process, specifically Demand reviews.
• KPI reporting and compiling presentation decks to relevant stakeholders
• Lead and manage demand review process with Commercial and finance for assigned portfolio.
• Support the reduction of stock expiry risk and excess inventory, by driving demand shaping and mitigation planning with Commercial, Finance and Supply Planning.
• Providing monthly commentary on forecast errors and demand movements

Education Qualification

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management (BCom), Business Economics, Logistics, (BCom), Engineering (BEng), or related field

Relevant Work Experience

• 3+ years of demand planning and/or supply planning, supply chain analytics, industrial engineering
• Exposure to supply chain and supporting S&OP process is required.
• Experience in Demand Planning including replenishment forecasting is required.
• Previous exposure on working with statistical forecast is a plus.
• Previous experience in data analytics/science is a plus.
• APICS certification (CPF or CPIM) is an advantage.
• Experience in the FMCG/Pharmaceutical industries is advantageous.
• Good working knowledge with ERP systems (SAP), Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and BI Platforms