Market Demand Planner with Italian

Energizer Holdings, Inc.; Polska; Remoto; PLN 90.000 - 130.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Energizer Holdings, Inc. in Poland seeks an Italian-speaking Demand Planning Analyst to report to the Cluster Associate Manager Demand Planning. You will collaborate with marketing, sales and DP teams to improve forecast accuracy and drive inventory efficiency.

Responsibilities include analyzing forecasts, supporting IBP inputs, monitoring market intelligence, and aiding global planning processes while working with an international team remotely.

Competenze

• Ability to work with an international team remotely.
• Solid understanding of supply chain and DP fundamentals.
• Strong IT skills, especially Microsoft Excel.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level education.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Proven teamwork and collaboration in matrix environments.
• Analytical thinking with a customer-focused mindset.
• Results oriented with ability to influence stakeholders.
• Additional European language is a bonus.

Mansioni

• Collaborate with DP analysts to analyze forecasts and improve forecast accuracy.
• Support IBP process and implement forecast improvements with cross-functional teams.
• Assist with creating promotional and product-forecast inputs from marketing and sales.
• Monitor market intelligence and Nielsen data to inform seasonality and opportunities.
• Coordinate with regional planners to align on cannibalization effects and launches.

Conoscenze

International collaboration

Excel

Communication

Organization

Teamwork

Collaboration

Analytical thinking

Customer focus

Results oriented

Influence

Formazione

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization – we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we’re a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

Position Summary

We are currently looking for an Italian speaker to report to the Cluster Associate Manager Demand Planning

Key relationships include CS market leaders, Supply planning teams, Demand Planning Analyst, Market Demand Planners, Senior Demand Planning Manager, Marketing local leaders, Key account Manager, Commercial and business Directors.

Responsibilities

• To support DP analyst team by collaborating and sharing knowledge of historical events to filter and future gains and/or cannibalization impacts.
• To be involved in creating Business Building Blocks with local Marketing & Sales departments to get to a realistic forecast:
• promotional forecast
• promotional display forecast
• information regarding distribution gains and losses
• information regarding new product launch forecast
• information regarding opportunities and risks
• information on Nielsen data and expected seasonality.
• To analyze and support a closed feedback loop with sales and marketing on market intelligence to ensure we take every opportunity to improve our Market Intelligence forecast
• To challenge Sales Team forecast about appropriate items codes and right horizon to maintain with the result of IBP and Sales team tools being updated and to collaborate with DP analysts on impacts to statistical forecast
• To collaborate with DP Analyst team in analysis of forecasts and forecast error reports to improve forecast accuracy (net error and absolute error).
• Collaborate with DP analyst team on new product set up and forecast, a common understanding on cannibalization effects, promo analysis, code switches and product allocation in case of capacity constraints
• Collaborate with DP analyst team and Sub-region Demand planners to continually review best practices of IBP and other demand planning/ forecasting tools, processes, and procedures
• To build the pack for pre-DMR and facilitate the meeting and obtain the forecast sign off from the Market Business Director and connect to DP analyst to understand impact of supply constraints
• To identify Forecast issues and with the support of DP Analyst to investigate root causes of forecast errors.
• To support the implementation of the International Modern Market Roadmap for forecast improvement aligned to the priorities of your manager N+1 (senior Demand Planning Manager)
• To represent demand planning and promote its good practice and strategy within the market and with key market stakeholders

Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure that the forecast requirements for co-packing and co-packaging are up to date in IBP
• In case of lack of information from local Marketing, be able to support Customer Service by providing specific information (switches-major events such as NPD and important promotion) pro-actively, for Customer Service to support delivery to customers
• Follow up on market SLOBs process
• To support the SKU rationalization process at a market level

What we are looking for

Required Skills and Experience

• Be able to work with an international team remotely
• Working knowledge of a Supply Chain (specific DP background better)
• Strong IT skills i.e. Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Education requirements (degree level educated)
• Very good communication skills
• Organizational skills to handle workflow and deadlines
• Demonstrated Competencies:
• Teamwork
• Collaboration with ability to work in matrix environment and varied cultural teams
• Strong analytical thinking
• Customer Focus with strong needs identification capacity
• Results Orientated
• Influence

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 1 other European language is a bonus
• Ability to work with different cultural teams
• Strong motivation to work remotely with different Teams