Demand Planner

ORVEON; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

About Us

Orveon is a new kind of beauty company launched in December 2021 as the result of acquiring three unique brands - bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier. With 1,600 employees in 22 countries, we're a truly global business with a presence in all key geographies. Our headquarters are in New York, with additional locations in major cities worldwide. We are backed by Advent International, one of the world's largest and most successful private equity firms, well known for their investments in Lululemon and Olaplex.

We are embarking on a powerful shift: To change how the world thinks about beauty. We are a collective of premium and prestige beauty brands committed to stark honesty, co-creation, and making a sustainable cultural impact. We are looking for the best talent to join us on that journey. Let's face forward together!

About the Role

• Demand Planning
  • Full business process ownership for the development of the 24-month operational demand/volume forecast for International & Distributor markets.
  • Ownership & Governance of the Demand Planning process and system, ensuring overall compliance with the global planning cycle and monthly activities.
  • Function as the key business reference for Commercial leadership with respect to the volume planning & continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Owner of the Demand Review step of the S&OP process.
• Distributor Forecasting Collaboration
  • Function as the key business reference between Orveon and distributors.
  • Work with distributors to continuously improve collaborative forecasting, inventory management and replenishment processes to ensure on-shelf availability and drive operational efficiencies.
  • Build capability & mastery in distributor collaboration to drive continuous improvement in process, tools, and ways of working across the E2E process.

Primary Responsibilities

• Demand Planning
  • Lead the Demand Planning processes for International markets to provide an aligned rolling 24 month operational forecast/volume plan.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to lead forecast generation, enrichment & review processes.
  • Provide item level forecasting for brand / customer FG portfolio, ensuring promo inputs from the customer planning process are integrated into the volume plan.
  • Share demand trends, key deviations and highlight volume risks and opportunities.
  • Manage portfolio changes and the integrity of master data to support life cycle management.
  • Support New Product volume planning, forecast change management & analysis.
  • Lead the Demand Review step of the S&OP with sales, marketing, and finance teams to ensure reconciliation & alignment of the demand plan.
  • Review and release of the statistical forecast and ensure it is leveraged as a base for the volume planning process - definition & review of model parameters.
  • Maintenance of Blue Yonder Demand Planning books & History cleansing.
  • Drive improved performance across all Demand Planning indicators including MAPE and BIAS- ensure KPI's are understood & fully embedded.
  • Build capability & drive continuous improvement in process, tools, ways of working & behaviors.
  • Conduct ongoing training on processes and systems for key users to ensure full understanding of the Orveon Demand planning process.
• Distributor Forecasting Collaboration
  • Lead the Demand Planning processes for distributor markets to ensure an aligned rolling 24 month operational forecast/volume - Forecast generation, enrichment & review.
  • Understand and manage interdependencies impacting Distributor forecasting, order management and other supply chain processes, to improve forecast accuracy.
  • Build capability, analytics and process mastery to drive continuous improvement in process, tools and ways of working with Distributors across the E2E process.
  • Proactively assess and project distributor inventory health.
  • Analyze shipment & order pacing to identify potential risk of over or under stocking at Distributors.
  • Provide data and insights to support the prioritization of orders and/or allocation processes.

Key Stakeholders

• Internal:
  • CRO, Marketing, Sales Administration and Finance.
  • Supply Chain functional leads (Supply & Demand Planning, New Product Development, External Manufacturing Operations).
• External:
  • Key Customers & distributors.
  • Consultants and IT partners.

Qualifications

• +5 years' work experience in Supply Planning, CPFR, Finance, Demand Planning, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of best-in-class commercial forecasting methods & tools in FMCG industry.
• Experience in statistical forecasting (Blue Yonder preferred).
• Understanding and experience of best practices in S&OP / IBP.
• Experience working with international Distributors on collaborative forecasting.
• Ability to engage, influence and collaborate with key stakeholders & senior leadership.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate complex topics clearly and concisely.
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate large raw data into reporting that is intuitive & impactful.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Advanced MS Excel skills, proficiency in MS Office.
• 4-year bachelor's degree required: major in business, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, Engineering, or related fields.
• Fluency in English a must (written and spoken).
• IBF or APICS certification, and Oliver Wight or similar Sales & Operations Planning Integrated Business Management certification a plus.