Consultant - Demand Planning
MumbaiFull-time3–6 yrsPosted over a month ago
Mid-level supply chain role at Genl Mills in Mumbai. Needs 3+ years and a degree.
About the role
The fundamental purpose of this role is to drive improvement in forecast accuracy by optimizing the business processes, collaborating with business stakeholders and provide insights to the business partners (Regional Demand planners) to enhance business decisions and to support optimal service level for South East and Middle East Asian markets.
What you'll do
- Manage forecasting and replenishment activities by maintaining accurate Sales and Stock Upload and IMS Forecast uploads, validating statistical forecasts in OMP
- Partner with Demand Managers and distributors to develop the consensus demand plan, capture assumptions, enrich forecasts with market intelligence
- Maintain planning-system and master-data integrity by ensuring accurate Stock Keeping Unit and item-planning setup, new product launches, delistings
- Support the Sales and Operations Planning cycle by preparing Demand Review pre-work, In-Market Sales, Shipments, and Inventory analyses, building-block summaries
- Track forecast accuracy, bias, stock availability, ageing, order-versus-plan, and supply-chain Key Performance Indicators
What you need
- Demand planning
- SAP
- Excel
- Stakeholder management
- Supply chain
- Root cause analysis