Hiring For Demand Planner (Baseline Forecast), Chennai

WNS Holdings; Chennai; Vor Ort; INR 900.000 - 1.800.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

WNS Holdings in Chennai invites an experienced Demand Planning professional to lead baseline forecast management, consensus planning, and phase-in/phase-out activities across product lines. You will analyze historical demand, coordinate with sales, marketing, finance, and supply planning, and drive forecast quality through analytics, governance, and regular demand reviews.

Proficiency with PMI tools such as E2DP, E2A, AERA, SAP and Power BI is valued to maintain data, dashboards, and reporting

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated expertise in demand planning and forecasting.
• Experience coordinating with multiple business functions.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.

Aufgaben

• Baseline forecast management and maintaining accuracy.
• Coordinate consensus demand planning with stakeholders.
• Phase-In / Phase-Out management across product groups.
• Forecast analytics, exception management, and governance.
• Prepare inputs for weekly and monthly demand reviews.
• Maintain planning data and dashboards using PMI tools.

Tools

E2DP

E2A

AERA

SAP

Power BI

Jobbeschreibung

Role & responsibilities

1. Baseline Forecast Management

• Analyze historical demand, seasonality, market trends, and demand drivers.
• Generate and maintain the statistical baseline forecast.
• Identify outliers and cleanse demand history before forecast generation

2. Consensus Demand Planning

• Integrate statistical forecasts with market and business intelligence.
• Collaborate with Local Demand Planners, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Market Planning, and Supply Planning.
• Reconcile top-down and bottom-up forecasts and finalize the consensus demand plan.

3. Phase-In / Phase-Out Management

• Manage Phase-In / Phase-Out activities across product groups and SKUs.
• Disaggregate product-group demand to variants based on flavour, pack type, and product dimensions.
• Support new-product launches and product transitions while minimizing inventory and service risks

4. Forecast Analytics and Exception Management

• Validate forecast quality through forecast-to-forecast, actual-to-forecast, year-to-date, year-to-go, and year-on-year comparisons.
• Monitor Forecast accuracy, bias, deviations, and unusual demand patterns.
• Investigate exceptions and coordinate corrective actions with relevant stakeholders.

5. Demand Review and Governance

• Prepare inputs for weekly and monthly demand-planning reviews.
• Highlight demand risks, opportunities, assumptions, and major forecast changes.
• Maintain adherence to the defined demand-planning drumbeat and forecast-release timelines.

6. Systems, Data and Reporting

• Maintain accurate planning data and forecast parameters.
• Use PMI planning and analytics tools, including E2DP, E2A, AERA, SAP, and Power BI.
• Support reporting, portfolio maintenance, dashboard validation, and continuous process improvement.