Regional Demand Planner Lead

3 weeks ago


Miramar, United States Lumesse Full time

Division Information

Spectrum Brands’ global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Job Summary

The Demand Planner Lead will be responsible for all the forecasting activities, which includes sales forecast, demand forecasting, inventory management, product replenishment and budgeting for Home Appliances, Personal Care divisions for all LATAM countries by developing and implementing best in class master data and supply chain management practices that ultimately lead to best in class supply chain operations decreases in inventory levels, stock-outs and working capital, all while increasing fill rates, inventory turns and material availability.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Demand Planning (50%)

Work with a cross-functional team (Sales, Local Demand Planners, Operations, Marketing & Finance) to improve sales forecasting, demand planning, inventory management and supply chain processes; which will lead to have better customer service and fill rates with optimal inventory levels.

Lead monthly meetings with local demand planners and sales teams to solicit sales initiatives that may influence demand and provides recommendations to this team on possible planning options.

Collaborate with Commercial and product Management to ensure that all forecast inputs are performed to produce a Demand Plan.

Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, in transit inventory and on hand inventory levels)

Works with local DP to provide insight to changes to demand in order to meet customer service targets, inventory targets, cash flow targets, and cost targets.

Work with the Procurement Manager to understand, reconcile and take appropriate action on differences between the demand forecast and the actual orders.

Make recommended adjustments to forecast based on changes in demand and market trends, sales and inventory plans and other demand drivers.

Creates and analyzes statistical forecasts, maintains forecast parameters, consumption history, product groups, and identifies trends and seasonality.

Measures and drives improvement to forecast accuracy.

Tracks Demand Plan Error and Bias.

Update product information in SAP.

Create/Update product info records related to pricing, both from vendor and for customers and the creation of the source list

Manage and coordinate Home Appliances marketing templates for all new SKU’s, phase out and changes that will be used on the next demand Forecast.

Database Maintenance

Run and Analyze Reports (OOR, inventory, SKU rationalization, MOQ, pricing, dimensions, profit center, etc.) for Marketing, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain

Update and create files with information on products by region

Report forecast accuracy measurements to management (forecast accuracy, inventory plan vs. targets).

Refine systems, tools and reports to continually improve forecasts in order to better anticipate customer needs.

Monitor SKU levels and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives in the future.

Coordination of new & phase out materials with Marketing.

Drive process efficiency everywhere (SO&P, ABC, etc.)

Build an effective, cross functional, collaborative organization

Commit to deliver training to the organization (MRP)

Manage all Demand Forecast changes and requests to new or existing products with Marketing and the Business unit.

Demand Forecast approval, consolidation and Distribution (30%)

Run ABC analysis for each business unit for all LATAM Countries

Analyze excess inventory reports for each division and country, and suggest inventory transfers between countries.

Approve and communicate each country demand forecast by division based on wallet, sales forecast and ABC/XYZ analysis, excess report, and inventory plan.

Consolidate and analyze regional demand and sales forecast to visualize the opportunities for synergies.

Reconciles demand planning with financial outlooks and planning.

Wallet Approval (20%)

Analysis and approval of wallets

Analyze the variances between the sales forecast and the plan for each division and country

Education and Experience Profile Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering / business administration

5+ years of prior experience in Supply Chain & Operation

Required Skills Fluent in English and Spanish, both oral and written.

SAP, APO, IBP, MRP & skills required, advanced level preferred.

Microsoft office advanced (advanced Excel, Power Point, Macro, and Visio, skills)

Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Knowledge of how to run reports and ability to prepare PPT presentations for regional meetings

Understanding of Latin Market a PLUS

Ability to multi-task and meet project deadlines

Creative thinker who can quickly develop innovative ideas across a wide variety of business units

Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Work Environment

Working conditions are normal for an office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification.

It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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