Demand Planning Manager PH & VN

Primary purpose of the role:

Drive the demand management process consistent with Class A S&OP and Demand Planning Process Quality

guidelines in assigned country; provide guidance and leadership in monthly consensus cross-functional demand

meetings to support both S&OP (18-24 months) and RvsCC (5-year) processes; incorporate learnings and focus on

continuous forecasting process improvement.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the local demand planning processes, cross-functional meetings and operations for all PBUs. Ensure

• Provide guidance for and generate the total consensus SKU level forecasts (18-24 months horizon) to

• Communicate consensus plans and the assumptions behind these through the S&OP Demand Reviews
• Serve as liaison between Marketing, Sales, Product Management, Finance, Supply Planning and Customer

Service to assure that all sales forecasts are accurate; provide updated guidance as needed and

• Be well-versed and knowledgeable in forecasting and demand planning, both from business and system

perspectives. Be responsible for data maintenance, forecast data integrity, understanding of assumptions

• Lead the process of tracking forecast consumption; initiate weekly demand review meetings with all

• Develop & strengthen collaborative planning / Key Account Planning to support a business model run by

• Facilitate a demand planning culture that ensures that monthly forecast submission deadlines are

• Incorporate marketing meeting outputs into the demand plan.
• Implement a methodical forecasting approach that effectively captures assumptions changes, risks and

opportunities, and uses multiple views to converge to a viable consensus demand plan. Ensure a robust

handoff to Supply Planning to promote an Advantaged Supply Chain that will ensure product availability

and optimize working capital investment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or higher level degree in Supply Chain Management, Business or related degree
• 3-5 years experience in Sales, Marketing and/or Demand Planning, inclusive of 2 years solid experience in

• Knowledge in integrated supply chain systems, SAP APO DP, Excel, Powerpoint.
• Good understanding of forecast models and methods, supply chain processes and practices.
• Core skills: leadership, analysis, decision making, influencing, organizing, initiative, flexibility, tenacity,

effective communication, creativity, driving for results, buidling effective relationships with people at all

• Knowledge and expertise in business statistics preferred but not mandatory