Demand Planning Manager

Magnum Icc Sweden Supply Ab; Roma; On-site; EUR 76,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive pay

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing support

Time off to recharge

Learning & development

Meal vouchers

Job summary

Magnum Icc Sweden Supply Ab is seeking a senior Demand Planning Manager in Italy to own local E2E demand and drive S&OP excellence for the Italy Ice Cream & Frozen Food business. You will balance cash, cost, and service, align commercial, supply chain, and finance, and lead forecasting with ML tools to optimise inventory and service levels.

The role requires deep experience in demand planning, S&OP, and stakeholder management, with fluency in Italian and English, and a proven ability to operate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Economics (Master's preferred).
• Minimum 10 years in demand planning and S&OP.
• Strong analytical skills with ERP, ML tools, and demand planning software.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Forecast Management: develop and maintain short-, mid-, long-term demand forecasts using ML/AI tools and inputs.
• S&OP Leadership: lead the demand planning component of the S&OP process.
• Collaboration: partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to gather insights; link with service provider teams.
• Performance Monitoring: track forecast accuracy and bias; drive improvements.
• Service and Inventory Optimization: balance service levels, working capital, and constraints.
• Data & Systems: lead adoption of Kinaxis and analytics platforms to drive decisions.

Skills

Demand forecasting

S&OP leadership

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Italian & English languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering / Business / Economics

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Kinaxis

ERP

Analytics platforms

Job description

Life tastes better with ice cream

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall's, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's, loved in 76 countries, we are the world's largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.

We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world's biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.

What truly sets us apart is how we work.

We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.

We're curious and ready for what's next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.

The role

Italy Ice Cream Demand Planning Manager is local lead role responsible to balance the triangle Cash / Cost / Service by giving correct input in demand and ensuring successfull execution in market. This role is responsible for local E2E demand and supply planning process, leading local collaboration with service provider on short term supply and enhancing the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP / IBP) for Italy Ice Cream & Frozen Food business. Italy Ice Cream Demand Planning Manager is leading the demand forecasting process and ensures alignment between commercial, supply chain, and finance teams. Italy Ice Cream Demand Planning Manager is leading the demand forecasting process and ensuring alignment between commercial, supply chain, and finance teams. This role is critical in driving forecast accuracy, ensuring right service levels, optimizing inventory levels, minimizing business waste and supporting strategic decision-making to meet customer demand efficiently.

This role is vital in ensuring that the company can meet customer demand efficiently while minimizing costs & cash and maximizing service levels.

What you'll be responsible for

• Forecast Management: Develop and maintain accurate short-, medium-, and long-term demand forecasts using machine learning models / AI driven forecasting tools, market intelligence, and cross-functional inputs.
• S&OP Leadership: Lead the demand planning component of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, ensuring alignment across commercial, supply, and finance functions.
• Collaboration: Partner with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain teams to gather insights on promotions, product launches, and market trends. Lead the link to service provider teams for short term service as well as demand planning.
• Performance Monitoring: Track forecast accuracy and bias; implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecast reliability.
• Service and Inventory Optimization: Support inventory planning by balancing service levels, working capital, and supply constraints while minimizing business waste.
• Data & Systems: Lead implementation & adoption of new TMICC tech and tools (Kinaxis) and analytics platforms to drive data-driven decisions

We're looking for someone who

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Economics, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in demand planning and S&OP.
• Strong analytical skills with proficiency in ERP, machine learning tools, and demand planning software
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
• Languages: Italian and English mandatory
• Thinks end-to-end and takes ownerships for results
• Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organisation
• Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working
• You are an inclusive motivator of people. Your team deliver with real passion, growing and learning from each other whilst delivering quick wins.
• You are still responsible for your own results and as a manager, you also need to motivate others to deliver with passion, creating an inclusive and engaging climate around you. You can balance challenge with support and coaching.
• You understand the wider business context and you are emotionally intelligent enough to motivate people to deliver what is needed.

What you'll get

Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes

• Market-competitive pay (range: € 76.000 - €118.750) and performance-related rewards
• Flexible ways of working
• Support for health, Wellbeing and life outside of work
• Time off to rest and recharge
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities
• Meal Vouchers

Why join us?

This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!

You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you're excited to continuously learn and challenge how we wo