Demand Planning, Senior Specialist

Demand Planner

The demand planner coordinates all steps within the demand planning process from demand collection to the approved demand plan for designated APAC market / Japan. They are responsible for integrating data from Product Marketing, Development, and Sales to create and improve the Demand planning process. Through monthly planning sessions, this position will monitor and advise recommended action plans to ensure accurate forecasting

Analyze historic and current demand trends, and generate and evaluate the market baselines

Execute and strategically create the future fulfillment plans

Enable ZB to achieve high quality demand plans by increasing forecast accuracy for specific products within their specific countries

Serve as the subject matter expert for all the demand plans of designated market

Work with IT to ensure and verify data quality

Prepare monthly management reports identifying any relevant problems and recommending solutions that will improve future demand plans

Confirm that business assumptions used to generate demand plans are reviewed, updated, and documented

Cleanse the demand history from one-off effects (HIE and others) and other effects that have the potential to reduce the data quality for later statistical projection steps

Plan for and participate in demand review meetings

Perform segmentation for product customer combinations based on the demand history for ABC (Volume and the historical demand for XYZ (Variability)

Interact with all organizations of the company including marketing, sales, finance, and manufacturing to ensure smooth demand planning process

Experience with forecasting software, SAP Microsoft Excel and all other Microsoft office products

Ability to use statistics and mathematics to create accurate demand plans

Ability to quickly and accurately generate action requirements based on Planning system outputs

Ability to communicate across all levels of an organization

Excellent written and verbal skills

BS or BA in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, or other related field

Min 5 years' experience working in demand planning / forecasting or Sales projections

Supply Chain experience with good understanding of processes in sales, marketing, and finance

Experience with SAP, APO, ERP, IBP, BW, Tableau, Kinaxis a plus