demand and fulfillment planner

You will develop the 0-24-month IBP forecast by brand and at the stock keeping unit (SKU) level. You will coordinate, challenge and influence building block with input from sales, marketing and other partners. In addition, you  will review the disaggregated short-term demand plan, which includes SKU/location mix and weekly pacing. Finally, you will provide the finalized detailed demand plan by SKU to supply planners and adjust it based on feedback from supply planners or commercial teams.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Contribute to the demand management cycle of the integrated business planning (IBP) process for your categories and to strategy and structure discussions.

• Liaise with the commercial and operational teams and develop ways to continuously improve communication between the functions to support the delivery of the business KPIs for their families.

• Manage forecast compilation process, which includes owning the short-term weekly plan and the long-term forecast.

• Interact with modelling team to generate statistical forecasting.

• Participate in the integrated business planning process and manage the demand planning tool.

• Analyze demand forecast accuracy and bias, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing corrective actions.

• Identify and evaluate the impact of potential availability issues. Providing insights to Daily and Weekly service management, proposing actions to avoid immediate Service Risks

• Reduce and mitigate Ageing Stock and Waste risks by following up on initiation and execution of local mitigation actions as agreed with Commercial Function to minimize sales and write-off risks.

What you will bring

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

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Operations management, Business administration, or a related field, master’s degree will be considered an asset.

• At least 2-3 years of relevant experience.

• Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to use new tools.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and metrics to drive decision-making and process improvements.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively influence cross-functional teams.

• Experience within ERP systems, Power BI and data analytics tools will be a plus.

• Excellent communication in Greek and English language (writing & speaking)