Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Understands source of demand
• Collect and analyze demand data and provide input for the demand management process and communicate output or changes.
• Manages & Develops an accurate demand forecast at appropriate levels for the 1-36month Demand
• Works with other regions on cross-regional demand
• Create statistical forecasts under direction of the demand planner or manager and maintain forecast parameters, consumption history, product groups, etc
• Monitor forecast performance, track demand and variances for follow up by the Demand Planner or Demand Manager.
• Work closely with marketing, sales and customer service to collect customer provided forecasts.
• Work closely with sales to collect sales input and communicate output from demand plans
• Participate in weekly demand meetings and reviews.
• Update forecasts and demand plans, and implement actions for improving plan information, root cause identification and tracking and update metrics and dashboards
• Publish demand information including plans, reports, and metrics
• Follow-up on actions from the S&OP process & communicates impact on demand
• Communicates any allocations to commercial team

Deliverables

• Accuracy of forecast (aggregate & mix)
• Aggregate Demand Plan
• Product mix forecast

Metrics/Performance

• Forecast Accuracy (FCA or FA)
• Mix Forecast Accuracy