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Demand Planner

Mar Group Egypt
Nozha, Cairo
Posted 5 years ago
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Executive Summary:

  • Continually monitors material inventory levels to anticipate material shortages. Expedites shortage and works with Purchasing to ensure material is on to meet customer need dates. Helps resolve procurement and flow problems by working with purchasing. May suggest substitutes, upgrades and other material sources as necessary.
  • This Demand Planning position is responsible for all forecasting activities associated with customers and products. The Demand Planner creates and maintains forecast models for incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance, retailer, and other sources (i.e.: Syndicates and/or information centers).
  • The Demand Planner is the integration point into the sales and commercial organization. Basic forecast modeling is the responsibility of this position. This position manages the focal point between sales & Marketing and Supply chain. He is responsible for plan of all products the stock cross the company

Basic Functions:

  • Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
  • 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 updated sales and marketing assumptions.
  • Interact with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
  • Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
  • Use and maintain the Demand Planning software (ERP) as the primary forecasting system tool.
  • Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, product phase-outs, and moving items cross the company.
  • Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning

Job Functions:

  • Create statistical forecasts:
  • Gather, analyse and validate data
  • Execute statistical modelling software
  • Review resulting statistical forecast model
  • Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting
  • Summarize/aggregate statistical forecasts
  • Review sales plans , customer finance Budget Updates or Latest Estimates and demand drivers:
  • Present, solicit, and assess feedback on the various forecasts from sales, and finance
  • Recommend adjustments for operational forecasts
  • Review promotional plans with sales
  • Achieve consensus for operational demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and finance personnel
  • Prepare relevant material to facilitate research and discussion
  • Provide input to volume planning ( Latest Estimates / annual process)
  • Facilitate and manage demand planning/customer meetings
  • Achieve consensus with the business side and the demand chain
  • Maintain demand planning system and software
  • Enter and modify data and ensure the correctness of product hierarchy
  • Monitor trends in forecast error
  • Identify relevant market-related data and competitive intelligence
  • Issue suggested purchase Orders and Transfer Orders based on the approved forecast and actual data
  • Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process

Job Requirements

  • 1-5 years of experience .

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