Demand Planner

About the Company

About the Position

Key Responsibilities

• Create a consensus forecast to be used as part of the Kerry S&OP process
• Manage the monthly cadence for the Demand Planning process
• Generate and share reports required to provide insights and drive the demand planning process in Kerry
• Champion demand planning ways of working communicating with customers and sales teams, to drive improvements to the process
• Communicate with relevant stakeholders to ensure outputs of demand plan are taken into consideration
• Support the enablement of development projects through to launch, and identify products delists, to minimise material risk and service failures
• Provide support and suggest solutions where business targets are not being realised
• Attend and contribute to Supply Chain meetings as required
• Train Supply Chain teams on Demand Planning best practices, use of forecasting accuracy and error measures to improve forecasting effectiveness

Experience/Requirements

• Experience, ideally in a forecasting or sales and operations planning (S&OP) environment
• Experience using excel to manipulate and analyse data. Experience of SAP APO, and Power BI is an advantage
• Flexible approach- excellent leadership skills together with strong team ethic
• Strong data analysis skills and effective communication to get action plans in place
• Ability to work in a complex environment and deal with ambiguity
• Strong negotiation skills with an ability to build rapport and influence across all levels in the organisation
• Excellent self-management practices with a pro-active, energetic, and committed approach
• Excellent presentation and report drafting skills
• Ability to manage multiple streams of information optimally with attention to detail

Remuneration Package

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