Demand Planner H/F Mars

Description de poste:

Demand Planner (H/F/X)

Location: Aimargues (South of France, nearby Montpellier)

Segment: Royal Canin

What are we looking for?

- Master's degree in Business, Engineering or Supply Chain
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Demand Planning/Forecasting ideally within FMCG
- Familiar with S&OP processes
- Fluent French & English
- Experience in FuturMaster or similar demand planning software
- Demonstrated strong quantitative and analytical experience using Excel, PowerBI and other computer applicative
- Demonstrated experience of delivering effective presentation using qualitative and quantitative data to influence leadership behaviors and decisions

What will be your key responsibilities?

Co-build business plan with Sales & Marketing teams

- Interacting with sales and marketing to understand demand forecast drivers
- Cross-functional coordination to reconcile significant variances and review forecast models to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions in the demand forecast.
- Utilizing a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecast. Challenge inputs when needed
- Aligning product launches and promotions with sales & marketing teams
- Developing scenarios in collaboration with demand functions to simulate several assumptions in order to propose different variants of the plan for approval
- Updating demand planning tool to match DMR discussions & forecasts signed off
- Capturing any risks or opportunities related to forecasts
- Measuring and analyze Demand Planning KPIs: SFA and Bias to understand gaps and propose corrective actions

Own & Maintain Demand planning tools (FuturMaster, Excel, Power BI)

- Defining and maintaining FuturMaster master data
- Cleansing historical sales peaks & drops reflect future sales trends using statistical approach
- Capturing demand drivers, developing statistical forecast model and evaluate forecast results
- Anticipating potential medium-term events and managing required changes to systems parameters (e.g. Route to Market change, regulatory change, portfolio evolution...)
- Ensuring the 24 months horizon is maintained with the latest available assumptions
- Being Planning tool key user
- Ensuring continuous improvement of the process and KPIs

Secure service level with supply teams

- Identifying and resolve any discrepancies or issues that impact supply planning
- Following out of stock and proactively address risks when demand and supply imbalances
- Collaborating with logistic & factories to provide visibility on demand activities

What can you expect from Mars?

- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
- As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.
- In Aimargues, you will work on the historical office of Royal Canin brand & be part of the famous where the largest factory, the HQ & French market are located.

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