Demand Manager

The Opportunity

As the Demand Manager, to ensure the accurate Demand Forecast on a monthly basis. In order to deliver this objective, the incumbent shall be responsible for leading ANI Division’s demand processes including but not limited to: (1) Demand Management and S&OP, (2) Business Excellence, (3) New Product Introduction, and (4) any other related tasks assigned FD or GM.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate ANI S&OP Process / Demand Review
• Prepare S&OP / Demand Review agenda, package and minutes
• Analyze/Challenge the demand input from Sales and Marketing teams to ensure good demand forecasting
• Highlight and investigate exceptions (abnormal demand, supply issues, etc.).
• Provide in-market/to-market, inventory analysis by preparing and communicating timely Affiliate Demand Report to Area
• Facilitate gap analysis of S&OP process versus financial commitments.
• Manage the publication and ensure integrity of data in all related systems (JDA, Cognos, SAP APO and local S&OP / Finance models).
• Track assigned KPIs by Area or Corporate; provide analysis and recommendations to Management in order to improve affiliate performance.
• Participate in business review meetings with sales and marketing teams to understand the demand trends so as to be able to help improve demand with sales and marketing, as well as take an active role in the planning processes related to ADS.
• Lead or participate Margin & Profitability projects related to Demand.
• Make visits to key customers to better understand the DOH and verify the demand/sales trend of sales and marketing.
• Coordinate ANI S&OP Process / Demand Review
• Prepare S&OP / Demand Review agenda, package and minutes
• Analyze/Challenge the demand input from Sales and Marketing teams to ensure good demand forecasting
• Highlight and investigate exceptions (abnormal demand, supply issues, etc.).
• Provide in-market/to-market, inventory analysis by preparing and communicating timely Affiliate Demand Report to Area
• Facilitate gap analysis of S&OP process versus financial commitments.
• Lead policy and procedure elaboration regarding S&OP, Demand Management and Business Excellence.
• New Product Introduction
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Communicate the status of projects via S&OP.
• Act as “super” user of Global NPI tool
• Lead the process to identify and monitor KPIs, identifying areas for improvement and recommending improvement actions. Monitor resource utilization and manage resource allocation, including identifying changes to long term resource needs and implementing necessary actions.
• Business Excellence
• Promote and drive continuous improvement processes within the organization
• Develop innovative solutions to work with one set of numbers
• Develop, build and maintain relationships with internal business stakeholders and external clients as necessary
• Act on Special Projects as designated by Finance Director or General Manager.

Requirements

• Business, Economics, Finance or Engineering tertiary/degree qualification
• Minimum 3 years in Demand Planning and Management role with demonstrated success.
• Multi-national FMCG company exposure is preferred
• Computer literacy.