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- Long term sales forecast published once a month this sales forecast is used by the business for short- and long-term planning, materials planning, and third-party supplier forecast. the long-term sales forecast is published once a month as part of the process using data sources:
- Sales budget tracker
- Marketing plans
- Historical data
- Seasonality
- Information from customer / branches.
The demand planner should
- Challenge the sales forecast with the sales team especially if they differ from previous promotions with the same mechanism/ distributions.
- Monitor activities once it they have started and highlight variance where they differ from the sales forecast and identify potential service issues or wastage issues thereon. (Monthly forecast report).
- Co-ordinate stock level and logistics for sales activities.
- The demand planner will work closely & build close relationships with supply chain customers in order to deliver optimum product availability.
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
- Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect update sales and marketing assumptions.
- Interact with sales, marketing, and finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
- Responsible for setting.
- Update systems and methods to continually improve forecast so that the company can better anticipate customer needs and execute with excellence.
Job Requirements
- Have 5-7 years’ experience in polymers field is a must.
- Relevant business/ commercial/ engineering degree or related discipline such as supply chain management.
- Demonstrate strong analytical skills, strong IT/ system use, with good excel skills.
- Working knowledge of software related to demand planning is preferred.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of S&OP and the demand planning process.
- Demonstrate proficiency in statistics, forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
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