S&OP Demand Planner
Date: 3 Oct 2024
Location: London, ENG, GB
Company: Suntory Global Spirits
Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. With a clear vision and strategy, a world-class portfolio of brands, and an inclusive, engaging culture, the business is growing its global footprint with an ambition to achieve $10B in sales by 2030.
We are a company rooted in two centuries of family heritage with a rich interplay of diverse cultures. Combining the new with the familiar, we encourage our people to inspire brilliance. To push boundaries. To pursue excellence and quality at every step.
Unleash Your Spirit and join a global team dedicated to crafting new experiences, from seed to sip.
What makes this a great opportunity?
As Suntory Global Spirits accelerates its global footprint, we are establishing our own commercial business in the UK. As one of the largest, most sophisticated spirits markets in the world, the UK offers significant potential for our portfolio of premium brands. We’re building a world-class team to create a new and exciting business that is rooted in strong foundations, led by our values and long-term commercial ambition.
This position will drive the demand forecasting creation process and facilitate the Demand Review as part of the effective implementation of S&OP.
Role Responsibilities
- Responsible for Demand Planning processes including Demand Review meeting
- Responsible for full horizon forecasts for the entire range of products with constant monitoring of the sales
- Creation and maintenance / updating of forecast profiles for the various brands of the assortment as well as data cleansing
- Analysis of forecast deviations including recommendations for appropriate measures to optimize forecast accuracy
- Responsible for continuously improving Forecast Accuracy on a weekly and/or monthly level
- Back Up for other Demand Planners
- Active collaboration with commercial teams, marketing, customer service and distributors
- Close collaboration with international Supply Chain and fulfilment team
- Provide adequate support and cover for Supply Chain Department
Qualifications
- Relevant degree/ education
- Years of relevant experience 4-6 (FMCG preferred)
- Experience in working with SAP and proficient in MS Excel. Knowledge of IBP is an advantage.
Key skills and behaviours
- Analytical skills with experience in the usage of KPIs and reporting generation
- Knowledge of assumption based and statistical forecasting
- Data savvy paired with the ability to understand complex situations quickly
- Takes accountability for own actions
- Target and solution-oriented way of working
- Team player with excellent communication skills
- Travel - 5%
At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.