Hybrid S&OP Manager — Demand, Forecast & Growth

Lutosa; Leuze-en-Hainaut; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car + fuel

Meal vouchers

Group insurance

Hospitalization

CTT90 premium

Eco-vouchers

Representation expenses

Teleworking up to 2 days/week

Job summary

Lutosa is seeking an experienced S&OP Manager to lead the Sales & Operations Planning process and align demand with supply across the organization. You will act as a central contact for S&OP, coordinating with product management, planning, sales, and finance to optimize profitability and service levels.

With a minimum of 10 years in S&OP, you will drive advanced forecasting, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives, while collaborating with McCain and internal teams in a highly

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent by experience.
• Minimum 10 years of S&OP experience with strong Demand Management expertise.
• Excellent command of Excel and data visualization.
• Knowledge of SAP IBP is a real asset.
• Rigorous, analytical, and results-oriented with ability to analyze large data sets and financial implications.

Responsibilities

• Be the referent S&OP process at Lutosa. Ensuring continuity and development of its stages, and ensure their deployment and integration in McCain's monthly S&OP process.
• Drive the Demand Steps Review and IOR and support the Supply Review stage, in collaboration with the Product Management and Planning teams. Develop, have approved and follow up on 24-month demand forecasts.
• Set up a continuous improvement of the S&OP process, in order to strengthen its maturity and performance, particularly in terms of Product Management Review and monetization.
• Contribute to the development of an S&OE (Sales & Operations Execution).
• Develop statistical forecasts based on Historical data, according to the different dimensions and hierarchies of customer-product-location.
• Organize monthly forecast reviews, analyze variances between planned demand, updated forecasts and objectives, and ensure the reporting and monitoring of actions.
• Challenge the various directors and the sales teams on the available data, to ensure realistic forecasts and Promote fact-based decisions.
• Collaborate closely with the Sales, Marketing, Finance, Production teams, Planning, Supply Chain, Logistics and Customer Service in order to align demand, capacity and the company's financial objectives.
• Manage and track key KPIs in the process S&OP, including: Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Service Level (OTIF), Sales Achievement and Capacity Level.
• Identify risks, propose different scenarios and ensure escalations necessary with the decision-making levels concerned.

Skills

Excel

Data visualization

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree

Tools

SAP IBP

ERP systems

Job description

Lutosa is seeking an experienced S&OP Manager to lead the Sales & Operations Planning process and align demand with supply across the organization. You will act as a central contact for S&OP, coordinating with product management, planning, sales, and finance to optimize profitability and service levels.

With a minimum of 10 years in S&OP, you will drive advanced forecasting, KPI tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives, while collaborating with McCain and internal teams in a highly