Demand Planning Manager, Roa

Mondelez International; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG company in Gauteng is seeking a Demand Planning Manager to lead demand activities across product families. The role involves managing forecasting, coaching a team, and facilitating cross-departmental collaboration. Ideal candidates should possess supply chain expertise and excellent analytical skills, with a tertiary qualification in supply chain or related fields. This position offers opportunities for career advancement and impacts both sales and service goals.

Qualifications

• Experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle.
• Open to learn new ways of working and willing to use new tools.
• Knowledge in leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the demand management agenda for the category.
• Partner with the modelling team for statistical forecasting.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team.
• Review standard consumption versus forecast.
• Drive strong linkages with commercial and supply planning teams.
• Build capabilities in demand planning.

Skills

Comprehensive supply chain experience

Excellent problem-solving skills

Analytical skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Ability to influence cross-functional teams

Team-building skills

Education

Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Supply/logistics management, Statistics, Industrial Engineering)

Job description

Job title

Demand Planning Manager, ROA

Job Location

Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline

November 10, 2025

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• You will oversee demand planning activities for your assigned product families in your business unit. You will also lead the demand review process and driving interactions with the cross-functional teams.

How you will contribute

You will :

• Lead the demand management agenda for the category, being the key interface between commercial (sales revenue planning) and supply (replenishment) to identify and evaluate the impact of potential availability issues / commercial changes including gap assessment and risk and opportunity discussions
• Partner with modelling team for the generation of statistical forecasting
• Manage, coach and develop a team
• Review standard consumption versus forecast at the customer and total product levels, liaising with replenishment and sales revenue planning to manage potential availability issues and the impact of under consumption
• Drive strong linkages with the commercial, customer collaboration, modelling, order fulfilment teams and supply planning including innovation and equity
• Drive continuous capability building in the demand planning team for planning improvement

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge :

• Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial or logistics experience and commercial awareness in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods environment
• Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to use new tools
• Experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle
• Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on the key priorities and improving the plan
• Able to build effective teams
• Knowledge in leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills and verbal and written communication skills

More about this role

What you need to know about this position :

• The Demand planning Manager is responsible for Forecasting customer demand to ensure the business can meet sales and service goals while maintaining efficient inventory levels. It’s a cross functional role that connects various departments across the organisation.

What extra ingredients you will bring

• To excel in Demand planning, it's not just about the tools and data but also the unique characteristics and mindset you bring to the table. You need to be able to work collaboratively and bridge the gap with various departments (sales, finance supply etc.,), have a natural drive to dig deeper than the numbers, be adaptable & detail oriented and have a continuous improvement mentality

Education / Certifications

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification (Supply / logistics management, Statistics, Industrial Engineering or similar)
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