Demand Planner, Russia&CIS

Our client is an international company (medical devices)

Job Functions:

• Plan/Fact analysis and root cause analysis for short term forecast deviation;
• Prepare management reports identifying any relevant problems and recommending solutions that will improve future demand plans;
• Help to detect and resolve one-off effects (HIE, abnormal demand and others) and other effects in the demand history that have the potential to reduce the data quality for later statistical projection steps;
• Plan for instruments and participate in demand review meetings;
• Interact with all local departments including marketing, sales, distributors, and to ensure smooth demand planning process;
• Participate in New Product Implementation;
• Lead meetings with local team and discussions of month end results;
• Provide daily support to distributors for all the forecast and supply related questions;
• Track Material Master data changes relevant to Demand Planning in SAP and in the other databases.;
• Execute ad-hoc reports, analysis, requests to support activities of the other departments;
• Monitor ATP (Available to Promise) process/logic and regularly review if the process/logic is adapted to business needs;
• Facilitate meetings to align demand/supply;
• Work with appropriate partners to make timely decisions on demand changes within the designated demand time fence;
• Validate that fully approved demand changes inside the time fence are entered quickly and accurately into the ERP system; ensure changes that are not reviewed and approved are identified, removed, and communicated back to the originator;
• Measure performance and trends related to Demand Control and communicate the results of demand performance with the Business;
• Monitor forecast consumption and roll logic and regularly review if the logic is adapted to business needs.

Requirements:

• Higher education;
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in supply chain;
• Knowledge of data analysis and forecasting methods;
• Experience working with a large number of SKU;
• Proficiency in MS Excel (high level) and SAP;
• English - fluent (not less than Upper-Intermediate);
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated when working with various level individuals from different geographies and functional disciplines.

Условия:

• Full compliance with the labor legislation of the Russian Federation;
• Health Care, Accident Care, Abroad travel Insurance;

• Annual bonus;

• Corporate Sim-card;

• Hybrid work schedule (one day in office).