Demand Planner Iberia and DACH

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; A distancia; EUR 35.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a Demand Planner for the Iberia and DACH region. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your analytical skills to translate consumer demand into actionable forecasts, ensuring the optimization of inventory and supply chain processes. You'll collaborate closely with various teams to drive continuous improvements and support strategic initiatives. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a company that values innovation and excellence. If you're ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding role that contributes to better care for millions, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Servicios

Remote work flexibility

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Employee discounts

Wellness programs

Formación

• Experience in forecasting or S&OP environment is essential.
• Fluent in English & Spanish with excellent communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Drive improvements in demand forecast processes and outputs.
• Manage and maintain a robust rolling forecast for market demand.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and S&OP colleagues to meet business objectives.

Conocimientos

Analytical Skills

Data Manipulation

Collaboration Skills

Communication Skills

Influencing Skills

Self-motivation

Flexibility

Educación

Bachelor's Degree (BA, BSc) or equivalent

Herramientas

SAP ECC

SAP APO

Prevail 10

MS Excel

BW

Descripción del empleo

Demand Planner Iberia and DACH

Your Job

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About Us

Kleenex. Huggies. Scottex. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

As the Demand Planner for Iberia and DACH Region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), you will translate consumer/sales demand, promotions, product introduction/delisting and rollover plans into an agreed forecast of market requirements on an ongoing 24 month rolling basis. You will also include the short-term management and coordination of the execution of plans, communication of changes, issues and shortages, avoidance of obsolete products and stock run outs. Furthermore, this role will support Cost Transformation and inventory optimization, as well as continuous improvements on Demand Planning systems, meetings and processes. On top of that, in this role you will sometimes support UK for Supply Planning and you will have the chance to work closely with the Country Leadership Team, Sales, Finance, Customer Order Management, European Supply Chain Services and Logistics.

You will report to the Demand Planning Leader Western Central Europe and will be an individual contributor (no direct reports).

Location: we can offer a remote model for candidates already based in Spain, ideally in Madrid Area, as there will be regular visits to the Madrid Office.

YOUR KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Lead and continuously drive improvements in process and outputs of demand forecast (like Forecast Reconciliation and MBO sign off release process)
2. Develop and maintain a monthly demand schedule by maintaining a 18 month rolling forecast at invoice SKU + location level
3. Ensure an accurate up to date view of market demand by maintaining a robust rolling forecast at the agreed level and time horizons required for planning and commercial decision making
4. Ensure the utilization of statistical demand planning system capabilities and drive system usage improvements
5. Manage the monthly MBO sign off/Demand Review forecast release process
6. Drive improvements in forecast accuracy and bias
7. Manage forecast locations splits, roll-overs and allocation rules to optimize service and reduce obsolescence/slow movers and cost exposure as well as DIO targets
8. Understand and communicate supply chain impacts and solutions (when appropriate) of category-specific business plans as well as recommendation of SKU optimization
9. Work closely with Supply Chain and S&OP colleagues in support of tactical execution which meets business objectives
10. Provide forecast insights and recommendations for quarterly financial & budget process, plus 4 year business plans, and category specific projects, innovation and strategies
11. Effectively utilize independent analysis of available data streams and information (category sales history, past promotional/event history, customer sales & inventory data, customer collaboration & insights etc) in order to drive forecast improvements
12. Support implementation of demand management best practices/strategies across EM WCE organization

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

• Bachelors Degree (BA, BSc) or equivalent is desirable;
• Previous experience in forecasting or Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) environment or with a proven track record in Supply Chain;
• First class analytical skills including data manipulation;
• Experience within supply chain forecasting and EPOS tracking or similar;
• Experience of SAP ECC, APO, Prevail 10, MS EXCEL, BW or similar systems desirable;
• Self-motivated, flexible and independent; able to deal with ambiguity
• Excellent collaboration, communication and influencing skills
• Fluent in English & Spanish

We Offer

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To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

Please submit your CV in English as it will be considered by English speakers.

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