Demand Plannner

Bayer; Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl; On-site; MXN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayer AG in Mexico invites an experienced Demand Planner to align production plans with site capabilities, manage packaging and materials, and secure product availability across the supply chain. You will work with Quality, Production and Logistics to mitigate risks, run weekly forecast reviews, develop supply scenarios, and drive standardization and continuous improvement.

Fluent English and Spanish are required, with 5+ years in planning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cumulative experience in Plannings.
• Fluent English and Spanish is required.
• Strong understanding of planning strategies and best practices.
• Strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Create Production Plan aligned with Site capabilities, to support availability of products demands.
• Planning of packaging materials, labels, and raw materials needed to meet the requirements derived from the production plan, on time and in full; through a weekly review of the demands generated by the finished goods, as well as any updates to the requirements.
• Ensure effective communication plan, and alignment strategy for any risk in fulfilling sales orders, coordinating actions with all process involve: Quality, Production, Logistics, etc.
• Weekly update, by monitoring forecast accuracy, and materials coverage analysis.
• Communication and follow up of current year production plan, and additional requirements anticipation through scenarios development, identifying and escalating risks that could impact product availability to meet requirement dates or inventory levels.
• Close collaboration with quality and production teams identifying and proposing actions to reduce inventory obsolescence risks and avoid non quality costs impacts.
• Weekly update, by monitoring forecast accuracy, and and materials coverage analysis.
• Analyze root causes of any deviation or impact on production plans and coordinate corrective actions.
• Maintaining performance reports and indicators.
• Promoting standardization, digitization, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate performance of suppliers of raw materials and packaging materials.
• Develop and evaluate strategic suppliers.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and compliance requirements.
• Project development focused on cost optimization.
• Collaborate on implementation of One PSS.

Skills

Planning experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

Communication & collaboration

Analytical skills

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Demand Plannner

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create Production Plan aligned with Site capabilities, to support availability of products demands.
• Planning of packaging materials, labels, and raw materials needed to meet the requirements derived from the production plan, on time and in full, both in the short and long term; through a weekly review of the demands generated by the finished goods, as well as any updates to the requirements.
• Ensure effective communication plan, and alignment strategy for any risk in fulfilling sales orders, coordinating actions with all process involve: Quality, Production, Logistics, etc.
• Weekly update, by monitoring forecast accuracy, and materials coverage analysis.
• Communication and follow up of current year production plan, and additional requirements anticipation through scenarios development, identifying and escalating risks that could impact product availability to meet requirement dates or inventory levels.
• Close collaboration with quality and production teams identifying and proposing actions to reduce inventory obsolescence risks and avoid non quality costs impacts.
• Weekly update, by monitoring forecast accuracy, and and materials coverage analysis.
• Analyze root causes of any deviation or impact on production plans and coordinate corrective actions.
• Maintaining performance reports and indicators.
• Promoting standardization, digitization, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate performance of suppliers of raw materials and packaging materials.
• Develop and evaluate strategic suppliers.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and compliance requirements.
• Project development focused on cost optimization.
• Collaborate on implementation of One PSS.

WHO YOU ARE

• 5 or more years of cumulative experience in Plannings.
• Fluent English and Spanish is required.
• Customer Focus, Drives Results, Collaborate & Connect, Manages Ambiguity, Lean & Fast.
• Effective communication, organization, and influencing skills needed.
• Strong understanding of planning strategies and best practices.
• Strong analytical skills.

At Bayer we believe in diversity, equity and inclusion. We aim to create an environment in which everybody can feel authentic, respected and equally valued. Every day we strive to reflect our values through our unique capabilities, self-experiences, and aspirations. We intentionally seek diversity, to enable our people to bring their fullest potential out and encourage others to likewise do so. Our company wins when we leverage our capabilities to lead the cultural transformation in our business, positively impacting society.

Candidates who meet the requirements based on the job profile will be considered for employment regardless of physical disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and will not be at a disadvantage if unemployed.