About this Position This role focuses on driving accurate demand planning across IMEA and EE, collaborating with cross-functional teams to support S&OP cycles and manage inventory risks. You will also act as a key link between Sales and Supply Chain while ensuring alignment with regional and global teams.
What you´ll do
- Support the development of the IMEA and EE market/region demand plan in each cycle
- Reviews sales history, investigates outliers, and provides validation to the Forecast Business Analytics team
- Collaborates with Marketing, Commercial, and Finance to gather and challenge demand enrichment inputs by considering market insights, category growths, promotions, etc.
- Co-chair S&OE meetings to track supply chain KPIs and ensure necessary actions are taken
- Assists in reviewing and providing inputs for portfolio segmentation (ABC XYZ)
- Act as gatekeeper for validating the forecast of new product innovations based on similar products
- Manage Phase-In and Phase-Out processes for new launches, source changes, and global projects
- Provides demand scenarios for local/sub-regional S&OP monthly cycle
- Ensure proactive management of slow-moving and obsolete (SLOB) inventory by implementing early-warning systems, driving root-cause analysis, and coordinating timely mitigation actions by aligning with Sales & Marketing for liquidation plans.
- Act as the primary escalation point for supply crisis, coordinating with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
- Actively participating in regular alignment meetings with regional and global teams.
