What you'll do
- Develop, compile, and analyze forecast deviations
- Collect, analyze, and challenge forecasts using sales inputs and statistical parameters
- Identify and flag shifts in customer purchasing patterns
- Drive continuous improvement of forecasting tools and processes
- Execute monthly S&OP process coordinating with factories, sales, planning, controlling, and supply chain
- Ensure data quality from functional stakeholders and initiate corrective actions
- Align production capacity with demand and prepare data and scenarios for S&OP meetings
- Identify, monitor, and report on assumptions, risks, and opportunities related to business targets
- Manage and optimize site-level inventory
- Lead allocation plans in coordination with product managers and sales teams
- Perform deep-dive analyses of monthly forecasts and cross-check against order books
- Configure statistical models and track forecast accuracy across multiple levels
- Build relationships with sales and master data teams
- Project monthly plant workloads by workshop/product family from demand
- Analyze supply and demand issues and propose solutions
- Document S&OP meeting minutes and communicate key decisions to stakeholders
- Build partnerships with segment leadership, product management, supply chain, operations, purchasing, and finance
Key requirements
- 5+ years' experience
- S&OP and Demand Planning expertise including statistical forecasting methodologies
- Experience with forecasting tools setup, algorithm configuration, and data disaggregation
- Knowledge of Business Intelligence (BI) tools, SAP HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and Google Workspace
- Strong analytical skills and project management abilities
- Commitment to data integrity and quality with agility in data-challenged environments
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills
- Understanding of production processes and manufacturing workflows
- Supply Chain / Business / Engineering / Related Field
Benefits
- Up to 30% business travel.
About the job
The Demand Planning and S&OP Manager is responsible for the sales forecast and operational capacity across assigned manufacturing sites. He/She ensures alignment between cross-functional teams and Top Management to deliver mid- to long-term business targets, while facilitating the resolution of…
About the company
We aim to lead the specialty minerals industry, guided by strong values and an inspiring purpose of unlocking better futures for our people, our customers and our planet.
With a global footprint, Imerys is organized around three main business areas: Performance Minerals (PM), Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction (RAC) and Solutions for Energy Transition (SET).
Imerys contributes to a vast range of products that touch every aspect of life. A wide variety of industries use our value-added, innovative and sustainable solutions, ranging from the construction industry, natural solutions for consumer goods, serving agriculture, food, pharma and cosmetics industries, as well as solutions for the automotive industry and energy transition.
Our people are our greatest strength; Imerys is the employer of choice for over 13,700 employees, representing over 97 different primary nationalities in 39 countries. We welcome diverse talent in a variety of roles, striving to create a safe, inclusive and equitable environment, empowering our people to perform at their best.
For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website.
About the company
We aim to lead the specialty minerals industry, guided by strong values and an inspiring purpose of unlocking better futures for our people, our customers and our planet.
With a global footprint, Imerys is organized around three main business areas: Performance Minerals (PM), Solutions for Refractory, Abrasives and Construction (RAC) and Solutions for Energy Transition (SET).
Imerys contributes to a vast range of products that touch every aspect of life. A wide variety of industries use our value-added, innovative and sustainable solutions, ranging from the construction industry, natural solutions for consumer goods, serving agriculture, food, pharma and cosmetics industries, as well as solutions for the automotive industry and energy transition.
Our people are our greatest strength; Imerys is the employer of choice for over 13,700 employees, representing over 97 different primary nationalities in 39 countries. We welcome diverse talent in a variety of roles, striving to create a safe, inclusive and equitable environment, empowering our people to perform at their best.
For more information about us and what we do, please visit our website.