Divisional Planner

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ROLE:

Divisional Planner

REPORTS TO:

Global Demand Planning CB Director

LOCATION:

BCN HUB

Key Responsibilities & Tasks

Demand planning KPIs and Plan reporting and analytics

Calculate and publish results at BU and Division/House level for the different Output and In-process measures, with special focus on:

Sales Plan Performance (SPP1/SPP3) measuring overall bias for relevant category and houses. Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE90/OFC/UFC) measuring mix accuracy for relevant category and houses. Run business critical reports and ensure their accuracies (Daily Shipment Report, Building Block Analyzer, Deep Dive Analytical Tool, Innovation Trackers, Demand Control etc.)

Gap analysis and action plans definition with ownership defined; by leveraging category ad-hoc analysis as well as root-cause consolidation from Market KPI Reviews.

Demand Capability building

Work with the demand planning community to identify needs and deliver training. Manage improvement projects (i.e. processes, tools, systems) including cross-department and cross-BU interactions at a category basis.

Initiative forecasting & performance

Collaborate with Innovations Team to align and monitor innovation category forecast and performance.

Collaborate with lifecycle to align and validate initiative sizing. Upload Operational Forecast in JDA for Giftsets and Y1 Innovations before markets forecast upload. Track forecast evolution versus Execute gate; and versus previous S&OP submissions.

Forecast Reasonability and Sufficiency

Ensure overall reasonability of sales forecasts for the category and individual houses:

Perform Long Range Forecasting planning tasks, Month +13 to 24 forecast in JDA to provide clear visibility for long term capacity planning Develop and retain an in depth understanding of the 24-month rolling forecast for the category with market trends, business targets & key innovation building blocks (at house/product level). Provide forecast reasonability recommendations to regional S&OP leaders for BU discussion. Perform some interventions/work with specific BUs as aligned with regional S&OP Leader. Represent the divisional demand team in the Division Weekly & Monthly Hub Performance Reviews – maintaining an in depth understanding of the supply chain set-up for the category. Provide input and message tracks for the Divisional S&OP meetings.

Plan/LE updates

Own the generation of the demand latest estimate for the category:

Connect with NPD (new launches not yet in JDA), with Brands Finance (Strat Plan), Trade Marketing & Lifecycle to obtain all relevant building blocks for the category demand plan. Build projection for category with validated sourcing plan.

Planning Transformation Support

In addition, support on o9 transformation project, as per project needs during the transition, with no impact on the business.

After the transition, the key responsibilities are expected to remain the same on principle, but how the tasks are performed will be more efficient, and less manual.

Global Brand Demand PlanningTeam responsibilities:

For the Brands, bring visibility to the Global & Regional Teams (Marketing, Trade, Finance, Initiative Management, Lifecycle, etc.). regarding the monthly « Sales & Operations Planning » cycle (S&OP). Own the monthly/quarterly Brand Demand Review where Sales Forecast from our worldwide markets is reconciled, and brand performance is analysed, focusing on the top markets, product lines & IRCs, as well as the latest IMP launches (e.g. focus on key deviations between forecast and Markets actual shipments, root-cause forecast volatility, ensure forecast reasonability and adherence with discontinuation processes, Phase-in/Phase-out transitions, new products launches performance vs original commitments, evaluating potential of the Launch through internal and external benchmarking, etc.). Help Global & Regional Teams to identify the gaps vs targets and list of Risk & Opportunities from BU’s to facilitate decision-making at Total Brand level and strategy execution.

Key Competencies

Fluent in English (written and spoken). Excellent business communication skills (written and verbal) and collaborative skills. Strong business understanding – ability to ask the right questions to identify and solve a problem. Inspiring communicator towards various backgrounds attendance/departments. Ability to work self-sufficiently - organized and energized to drive a monthly drumbeat. Problem-solving & scenario-building facilitator. Strong understanding and experience of the Demand & S&OP processes including key metrics. Strong analytical skills including good working knowledge of Excel and company demand planning software (JDA, MFR). VBA, Power BI knowledge will be an advantage. Passion for process standardization and continuous improvement. Very good understanding of Supply Chain (Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics).

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