Demand Planning

**Demand Planning & Pricing Analyst**: **POSITION SNAPSHOT**: - JobReq ID: 48637- Type of work: Hybrid- Type of contract: Fixed term/temporary- Full/Part Time: Full time- Location: Madrid, ES**OUR COMPANY**: Bridgestone in Europe, CIS, Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA), headquartered in Zaventem (Belgium), is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In addition to our premium tire products, we offer a growing portfolio of tire-centric and mobility solutions. Together with our partners and guided by "Serving Society with Superior Quality”, that has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931, we are working to accelerate sustainable mobility innovations and solutions. Through innovative technology, we are committed to easier, safer, smoother and seamless mobility for our society and customers improving how people move, live, work and play. Bridgestone also benefits from a significant retail network throughout the region - in fact our retail presence in the EMIA region is the largest in the tire industry. Through 17 distinct retail partners, we have around 3,500 outlets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as around 2,500 outlets through our partner network in India. This network offers a selection of services, concepts and mobility solutions. At Bridgestone we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we maintain with everyday drivers and this extensive retail network is one of the core reasons why. In line with the “Bridgestone Essence”, our work environment is based on integrity and teamwork, where everyone can learn from each other and contribute with their own ideas in achieving the coming goals. We want to hear from people who can take the challenge, unleash their creative potential and contribute to the company success demonstrating ownership, courage and agility. We want you to develop your skills, expand your knowledge and be proud of your work. : We are looking for a **Demand Planning & Pricing Analyst** for the southwest region [SWR = Spain & Portugal] Consumer business unit with proper expertise and pertinent insight on the company demand planning & pricing strategy and the market actions that should be undertook. The position will report to the Pricing & Demand Planning Manager. The **Demand Planning & Pricing Analyst** will have the following main responsibilities: - Manage,** **on a monthly basis, the forecast reported to BSEU in order to ensure the stock availability according to region’s needs and guarantee the the accurate level of forecast error & BIAS aligned with the targets. - Be responsible for the implementation of actions during the month in order to reduce potential gaps of availability, together with LSCM & Sales areas. - Be responsible for executing the **pricing strategy together with the Pricing Manager**, all via an optimized and harmonized channel and customer structure; and through a deep understanding of the commercial and financial impact of pricing. - **Propose market actions, including pricing actions **to leverage opportunities or mitigate risks. - As demand planner, he/she will be responsible for the forecast accuracy improvement specially in BS Brand and HRD/ uHRD/ AS, as well as, contribute to reach brand and products targets through synchronizing supply and demand figures. - Besides that, this person will coordinate the Demand Planning Process in each cycle: - Involve the Product & Sales teams during each cycle in order to have the best demand estimation. - Prepare the monthly Demand Review Meeting with HQ in order to show and discuss the Regional forecast. - Work with Supply Chain (LSCM) to ensure effective inventory and check that contract volumes are included in forecast. He/she will be responsible for the coordination of RTx exercises & OB, in order to book correctly the units at OMP. The back order clean up will also be part of the main responsibilities of this position. On the other hand, this role will take care of the implementation of the of sell in conditions (for all brands & Consumer products) in order to achieve the objectives of the business unit, he/she will follow up the appropriate price management, identifying/anticipating potential key issues and ensuring the targeted sales profitability. Respecting Bridgestone headquarters´ guidelines and targets is a mandatory condition to operate. With the strictest adherence to competition law, supervising price competitiveness and evolution in comparison with our main competitors in the market, proposing proactive actions (monthly sales campaigns, deciding on requests for quotation, and monitoring intake of purchase orders collection vs monthly target) to secure our compliance with the company strategy/objectives. He/she will brief, on an ongoing regular basis, the leadership team of the business units and the company about demand trends and the current market situation, so th