Demand Planner - Taguig City

UpSkill MNL; Taguig; On-site; PHP 446,400 - 669,600; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in forecasting and planning in Taguig is seeking a skilled Forecasting Analyst to generate and analyze demand forecasts for up to 18 months. This role involves collaborating with various departments to ensure the accuracy of forecasts and leading initiatives to improve forecasting accuracy. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree related to business, finance, or supply chain management, and have 3-5 years of relevant experience. Advanced Excel skills and knowledge of Anaplan are essential.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience in planning, forecasting, or sales reporting/analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills are mandatory.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Generate central forecast for up to 18 months and analyze provided data.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing for accurate demand forecasts.
• Lead initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy.
• Develop dashboards tailored to market specificities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving skills

Communication skills

Organization and facilitation skills

Commercial experience

Education

Bachelors Degree in business, finance or supply chain management

Tools

Excel

JD Edwards / Hyperion systems

Anaplan

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Anchoring Demand Planning cycle – Generates central forecast (ideally up to 18 months horizon); Analyzes and validates forecasts and identifies exceptions
• Review past performance of FA & Bias with Sales managers, historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Analyze to reconcile variances and refine the forecast to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions. Provide inputs /analytic to sales team to improve forecast accuracy in the short to medium term.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and planning to understand demand forecast drivers and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Leading initiatives to improve forecast accuracy.
• Prepares and facilitates Demand review meeting, ensures follow-up on action points.

Collect following inputs:

• (1) Sell-out perspective from Market insights;
• (2) NPD sell-in plan
• (3) Decisions on delisting from Marketing, Sales & Supply Chain
• (4) Media plans with potential sales uplift impact;
• (5) National promo events, expected sales uplift and potential cannibalization effec from Trade marketing team.

Review and challenge inputs from Commercial, Trade marketing and Marketing teams to build a consolidated Demand forecast.

• Understands and interpretates statistical forecast built by Anaplan, maintains demand planning tool (e.g., sales upload, MDM management, etc.)
• Assist management in developing and reviewing the sales budget and rolling sales forecast including sales to budget variance analysis
• Builds dashboards tailored to market specificities to support demand planning
• Support continuous improvement of S&OP, understand root causes of inaccuracies and proposed solutions to address them.

Job Requirements

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in business, finance or supply chain management.
• 3-5 years relevant experience in planning, forecasting, sales reporting/analysis.
• Knowledge of accounting systems such as JD Edwards / Hyperion systems is an advantage
• Advanced Excel Skills
• Good analytical and conceptual problem-solving ability; excellent oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills.

Skillset

• Analytical skills
  • Robust data analytical skills
  • Experience using data visualization tools
  • Ability to maintain Anaplan tool as needed and on possible improvements
  • Problem solving skills
• Organization and facilitation skills
  • Internal customer service mindset
  • Ability to engage with variety of stakeholders, including senior stakeholders
  • Communication skills
• Commercial skills
  • Commercial experience on the field or at headquarters

Location: BGC Taguig
Working schedule: Monday - Friday