Demand Planner - Region East-Central

Do you have previous experience in planning the demand for goods or services?

Do you see yourself as an analytical thinker who enjoys working with data just as much as you enjoy collaborating with internal and external stakeholders of different seniorities?

Are you fluent in English and ideally speak a second language?

If so, we want to hear from you! We’re currently looking for a Demand Planner for the East-Central Region whose main task will be the following:

● As part of the Supply Chain function, you will integrate the Planning, Logistics, and Warehousing team, leading and improving our region’s Demand Management processes.

● You will actively drive our collaborative Sales and Demand Forecasting processes; will work closely with different functions (Product, Marketing, Finance) on Portfolio and Product Lifecycle Management; you will oversee our Inventory Management policies, especially focusing on optimization and obsolescence avoidance; finally, you will own our forecasting management tool (Anaplan), along with its regional deployment, statistical methodologies, and demand planning parameters.
● As part of our future Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SI&OP) process, you will oversee the local and regional Demand Review Meetings (DRM). More precisely, you will:
○ Organize and coordinate the DRM framework (meetings, reports, presentations, demand collaboration, deviation analysis plan vs. demand)
○ Own the DRM pack and facilitate the consensus process through facts, trends, and reports
○ Create monthly signed off sales forecast and push into ERP
○ Monitor, improve and set targets for demand-related KPIs (eg Forecast Accuracy or Bias)
○ Work closely with the Sales Teams to gather demand data (MTO/MTS/Projects/Contracts)
○ Analyze demand data vs budget vs actual trends; provide detailed analysis back to sales
○ Facilitate the Sales demand consensus sign off
○ Facilitate the supply constraints analysis

● Working closely with other Supply Chain functions, you will drive stocking and inventory management policies for the Region and its Countries, according to demand and supply constraints

● You will own the Demand Planning master data and parameters, including but not limited to:
○ Statistical methodologies according to the product’s lifecycle phase and its demand patterns
○ Lead Time analysis and safety stock adjustments
○ ABC analysis (on sales/profitability/demand volatility) vs targeted service levels (together with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management)

● You will act as the single point of contact in the region for Service Proposition / Available to Promise (ATP) for our Inter-Company customers:
○ Review, simulate and optimize service level vs stock holding
○ Dashboard performance reporting (Weekly, Monthly, Budget)
○ Ensure service levels are reflected in catalog and customer education
○ Support product rationalization process
Knowledge & Experience Required

Our future colleague will have:

● 5+ years of professional experience in Supply Chain, Operations, or S&OP environments, and at least one demonstrated previous experience in Demand Management
● University degree education (or equivalent experience)
● Business proficiency in English
● High analytical skills with a good understanding of ERP environments, Master Data management, BI, and reporting
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all teams, areas, and levels of the business
● Ability to adapt quickly in a changing environment
● Strong time management and organisational skills
● Ability to intuitively weigh and manage risk in decision making

Additionally, it will be preferred – not mandatory – to have:

● Previous experience working with Demand Forecasting tools (such as Anaplan)
● Previous experience with SAP
● Knowledge of any additional languages

Place of work: Possibility to choose between BMI locations in Slovakia: Ivanka pri Nitre or Štúrovo + remote work.

We approach the submitted CVs in order to discover in each of our candidates his/her individual talent. Due to the large number of applicants, we will contact only selected candidates by phone.