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Demand and Supply Network Planner Manager

What is this role about

Manage the end to end demand planning process. To plan, monitor and control inventory positions in both Mexico entities by working closely with market for demand planning and factory for production. Also, analyze Market stocks looking for developing DIO KPI with the main purpose to optimize inventory and avoid out of stock situations and minimze shipping cost that might occur due to emergency shipping or excess NTM orders.

Your main responsibilities

• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons, to ensure the correct national supply. Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Finance which will lead to effective knowledge sharing and an optimal consensus forecast and understand forecast drivers to predit customer demand.
• Manage inventory positions for all JTI and other products by SKU for accurate demand planning purpose. The main objective is to control and optimize DIO (days of inventory) and reduce risks of Out of Stock situations and potential write-ofs for all products. Establish a continuos improvement process with producing factories and Mexico and Global logistic teams.
• Develop and enhance inventory management with the objective of: a) Providing an overview of inventory status for all JTI and other products and b) Identifying gaps and opportunities for inventory management
• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function, to ensure the correct national supply of all JTI products. Refine systems and methods to continually improve forecasts so that the company can better anticipate customer needs.
• Working closely with Tax team ensure robust process implementation for Security Codes availability and control. Communicate with Factories in order to ensure timely production availabilty. Minimize write off and excess Codes usage.
• Be responsable for any local or global system maintanance related to Demand planning (timely submissions and management sign off, data accuracy and distribution). Be SPOC for any communication with Global planning team or producing factories.
• Be actively involved and guide market projects related to new product development, sourcing changes or any other project that involves FG or raw material development introduction.
• Guarantiee fulfillment of any other business related tasks given by functional manager or director.

Who are we looking? 

• University degree (required). MBA or equivalent educational background (desirable).
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Commercial planning / Logistics in FMCG industry, preferably in multinational company. Good understanding of Marketing and Sales processes in FMCG. Previous experience in data analysis and reporting and working in crossfunctional teams.
• Fluent Spanish and English.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office; high level of expertise in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Planning & organizing.
• Analysis, reporting & problem solving.
• Consumer & trade trends monitoring.
• Communication skills.
• Excel advanced (formulas, pivot tables, big data managing)

If you are an enthusiastic, experienced, self-driven and results-oriented person who enjoys challenges in a diverse environment, this is the next step in your career!