Global Demand Planner (Temporary contract 1 year)

Puig; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading fragrance company in Barcelona is looking for a Demand Planner to lead the Global Sales and Operations Planning process. You will coordinate forecasting, challenge sales deviations, and work closely with local teams. Ideal candidates have at least 1 year of demand planning experience, fluent Spanish and English, and a background in engineering or administration. The position offers a competitive compensation package and opportunities for growth.

Servicios

Entrepreneurial and creative work culture

Learning and development opportunities

International growth opportunities

Competitive compensation & benefits package

Formación

• At least 1 year of experience as Demand Planner or 2 years in other Supply Chain areas.
• Experience in the cosmetic industry is valuable.
• Fluent English and Spanish are required.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop the Global Sales and Operations Planning process.
• Coordinate launches and promotional items global forecasting.
• Challenge deviations in the sales forecast vs the budget.

Conocimientos

Demand planning

Analytical skills

Collaboration skills

Communication

Educación

Graduate in Engineering or Administration

Master in Supply Chain

Herramientas

SAP

IBP

APO

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

The Opportunity

This is a temporary vacancy to cover a maternity leave. The duration of this contract will be around 1 year with the possibility of joining the company with a fix contract afterwards.

To lead and develop the Global Sales and Operations Planning process for a perfume brand. To ensure that the total forecast for all the products is available on time with enough accuracy to ensure service level, optimized inventory levels and optimal cost. To consolidate and challenge the forecast from all the markets and to detect the risk and opportunities vs the budget, ensuring the consistency between the demand plan and the business figures. To provide inputs to the Strategic Sales and Operations Planning process.

What you'll get to do

Functions and Responsibilities:

• To lead the Global Sales and Operation Planning Process for a fragrancebrand, with the main responsibilities of:
  • To coordinate the launches and promotional items global forecasting.
  • To lead the regular goods sales forecast.
  • To detect main deviations in the sales forecast vs the budget and to highlight risk and opportunities.
  • To provide inputs for the Strategic Sales and Operation Planning Process
  • To lead the Global Sales and Operations Meeting with Global Brands, Global Finance and Global Supply Planning, by providing data regarding:service level, forecast accuracy, sales forecast vs budget and stock management data.
  • To lead the forecasting process and control the deviations by brand:
  • To generate the forecast for Rest of the World according to the best base forecast and by adding the marketing intelligence.
  • To challenge the global forecast by detecting big deviations vs last month or vs budget working closely to understand and/or closing gaps with the Local Demand Planning community
  • To challenge markets in order to ensure a proper global sizing and phasing of launches and promotional goods by benchmarking with the brand expectations
  • To ensure communication and feedback with the Local Demand Planning Community

We'd love to meet you if you have

• Experience: At least 1 year of experience as Demand Planner or minimum 2 years of experience in other Supply Chain areas. Experience in the cometic industry is very valuable.
• Education: Graduate in Engineering, Administration or similar, Master in Supply Chain is a plus
• Languages: Fluent English and Spanish are required.
• Competencies: Drive for results, high analytical profile, holistic vision, strong collaboration skills, team management and communication, organized and used to deliver on time in full.
• Specific Knowledge required: high skills in excel, powerpoint and other Microsoft officsoftwares. SAP, IBP, APO or similar planning tool is mandatory.

A few things you'll love about us

• An entrepreneurial, creative and welcoming work culture
• A range of learning and development opportunities
• An international company with plenty of opportunities to grow
• A competitive compensation & benefits package