S&Op- Demand Planning Manager EMEA East

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S&Op- Demand Planning Manager EMEA East  

What makes this a great opportunity?

•   Collaborate across countries and functions within BU and wider region to build network amongst company
•    Main contact person for area of responsibility for senior management and the opportunity to drive and impact business processes and decisions
•    Opportunity to establish and further evolve the S&OP process in an evolving space of high focus.
•    It provides great visibility and direct contact to senior management team as well as access to full business information in an international high margin industry
•    To make a real difference in a short term of time

Role Responsibilities

The Demand Planning Manager EMEA East is driving the S&OP agenda for the cluster as well as improving the forecast quality and transparency for the cluster. This role is fully cross-functional driving the S&OP and demand planning process and being the interface between the commercial, finance and the supply chain department for the respective business area and key contributor to the EMEA BU and International processes. 

Main responsibilities:

•    Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of the East cluster S&OP process with interfaces between Supply Chain, Markets, Commercial, Finance and Senior Management to ensure decisions are taken at the right level and communication is effective throughout the Cluster and amongst involved stakeholder
•    Accountable for the professional development of the EMEA East demand planning team. (currently 1 direct report)
•    Drive the global S&OP implementation for EMEA East and the transformation to Integrated Business Planning
•    Accountable for developing the forecast where applicable for markets in EMEA East in collaboration with Commercial Sales and Marketing.
•    Providing the analytics to support a driver-based approach; maintaining the documentation of drivers supporting the consensus forecast
•    Accountable for the management of the monthly demand planning process for EMEA East, including the cross-functional alignment to the latest forecast (volume and value) for the current year + one fiscal year and the determination of the risks & opportunities.  
•    Improve forecast capability and KPI measurements
•    Support training of the key stakeholders in EMEA East
•    Support S&OP process for BU contributing to the BU roll up by providing data from cluster and market S&OP as well as owning the forecast. 
•    Support the alignment of the S&OP Process with the 3-year strategic (operating) plan.

Success Criteria

•    Successful individuals quickly build close relationships across the business and drive change effectively
•    Have a great impact implementing and leading processes which will enable step change improvements
•    Quickly understand needs and improvement opportunities to drive the cluster S&OP agenda
•    Enable their team to fulfill their potential
•    Provide transparency on cluster forecast and evaluate risks and opportunities
•    In time delivery of an accurate assumption-based forecast incorporating commercial insights to support decision making and monthly target delivery

Qualifications & Experience

Work experience in demand planning, finance or commercial in a cross functional international environment.  Experience in project management and cross functional work streams. Proficient in collaborating and leading meetings with senior management

SAP and professional excel skills highly valuable, English fluent and additional languages a plus, communicative and proactive attitude
 

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