Regional Demand Planner

Michael Page; Asia; Presencial; PEN 204.000 - 307.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Michael Page is recruiting a Demand Forecaster to support multiple international markets from a regional planning hub. You will combine statistical forecasting, demand analytics, and stakeholder management to drive forecast accuracy and business performance across a diverse product portfolio.

Reporting to the planning leadership, you will manage and enhance the forecasting process, collaborate with regional market planners, and contribute to new product forecasting and demand analytics across

Formación

• 8+ years in demand planning or forecasting roles.
• Experience in FMCG or fast-moving environments.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting concepts and metrics.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsabilidades

• Generate and maintain baseline demand forecasts using statistical methods.
• Analyze historical sales, trends, seasonality, and demand drivers.
• Review forecasts and reduce bias; improve accuracy.
• Collaborate with local market planners to align forecasts.
• Support forecasts for new product launches with limited data.
• Perform root cause analysis on forecast variances.
• Conduct demand segmentation and select forecasting approaches.
• Work with regional and global stakeholders to improve processes.
• Present insights and forecasting assumptions to stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Demand forecasting

Data analysis

Forecast accuracy

Stakeholder management

Herramientas

SAP APO

SAP IBP

O9

Kinaxis

Blue Yonder

Descripción del empleo

An industry-leading consumer products organisation is seeking a Demand Forecaster to support multiple international markets from its regional planning hub. This role combines statistical forecasting, demand analytics, and stakeholder management to drive forecast accuracy and business performance across a diverse portfolio of products.

Client Details

Our client is a globally recognised consumer products organisation with market-leading brands and a strong presence across Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. As part of its ongoing transformation and centralisation initiatives, the company is expanding its Planning Centre of Excellence to strengthen forecasting capabilities and drive greater consistency across markets.

Description

Reporting to the regional planning leadership team, you will be responsible for managing and enhancing the statistical forecasting process across multiple international markets.

Key responsibilities

• Generate and maintain accurate baseline demand forecasts using statistical forecasting methodologies.
• Analyse historical sales data, market trends, seasonality and demand drivers to improve forecast quality.
• Review forecast outputs and identify opportunities to enhance forecast accuracy and reduce bias.
• Partner closely with local market planners to challenge assumptions and align forecasts with changing market conditions.
• Support forecasting activities for new product launches where historical sales data is limited or unavailable.
• Conduct root cause analysis to understand forecast variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Perform demand segmentation and identify the most appropriate forecasting approaches across product portfolios.
• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to continuously improve forecasting processes, tools and methodologies.
• Present insights, recommendations and forecasting assumptions to business stakeholders across multiple markets.

Profile

• 8+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain Planning or related functions.
• Experience within FMCG, Consumer Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Retail or similarly fast-moving environments.
• Strong understanding of statistical forecasting concepts and forecast performance measurements is a must.
• Hands-on experience with planning systems such as SAP APO, SAP IBP, O9, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder or similar platforms.
• Ability to analyse large datasets and translate findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Experience supporting new product forecasting, demand analytics or forecast accuracy improvement initiatives will be highly advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to confidently present recommendations to regional business partners.
• A proactive and curious mindset with a passion for solving complex forecasting challenges.

Job Offer

• Opportunity to be part of a regional Planning Centre of Excellence supporting a broad portfolio of international markets.
• Exposure to advanced forecasting methodologies, demand analytics and planning transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior planning leaders and global forecasting subject matter experts.
• Gain visibility across APAC, Middle East and Africa markets through a highly strategic regional role.
• Join a growing team where there is significant opportunity to contribute to process improvements and future capability building.