Mgr - Demand Planning
Location: New York
Description: L'OREAL USA is at present recruited Mgr - Demand Planning right now, this career will be placed in New York. For complete informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. L"oreal USA
Manager - Demand Planning
Description:
Manage the development, review and implementation of an accurate forecast for use in financial, production and strate! gic planning processes. Identify areas of risk and opportunity to the business plan due to internal/external factors and alert Management. Drive the continuous improvement of the demand planning and inventory management processes and systems.
Interact & collaborate with Sales, Marketing & Finance partners in the development of the forecast. Challenge the forecast based on analytical data ' both quantitative (shipments/consumption) and qualitative (marketing, advertising, promotion) demand signals. Assure reconciliation of forecast with financial trend and clearly communicate risks & opportunities. Animate the forecast consensus meetings to ensure objectives are clearly identified and decisions are made.
Monitor performance vs. the forecast throughout the month identifying any key shifts or trends. Analyze forecast variation/deviation with the goal to minimize out of stock's and prevent the build of excess & obsolete inventory.
Interact with indust! rial counterparts to identify forecast deviation and/or supply! chain constraints and establish Safety Stock levels.
Manage the product catalogue inclusive of product life-cycle. Analyze and interpret SKU effectiveness and efficiency. Guide/drive SKU rationalization.
Inventory management to drive action plans to reduce Excess & Obsolete.
Monitor the performance of new launches and animations versus the forecast. Develop ship share models to monitor execution versus ambition. Issue launch and animation assessments.
Participate in the inventory budget/trend preparation.
Lead/participate in special projects as needed.
Requirements:
Bachelor''s Degree or equivalent related experience
Minimum 3-5 years demand planning or related experience
Strong analytical, communication and organizational skills required
Experience working with a forecast software system (Atlas or equivalent)
Experience working within an SAP environment a plus
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If you were eli! gible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to L'OREAL USA.
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This career starts available on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:24:09 GMT