Hiring for one of the leading U.S based Fortune 500 Company Profile :::: Senior Manager - Demand Planning - Global Reporting to : Director - Demand Planning - Global Experience : 10 to 14 years Team Management role . Candidate must having the good experience in Team Management & Demand Planning , Strategy As a Senior Manager for the Global Demand Forecasting Capability Centre, your focus is to drive high quality and reliability of our forecast, while creating an industry standard-setting vision for the way we forecast - tactically and operationally - and plan. In this role, we expect you to improve the forecast and planning from the ground up by innovating and automating the process. Your primary focus is demand forecasting but you will also be expected to help build commercial acumen and solid knowledge of the demand planning processes and capability You will hierarchically lead and further develop the global Forecasting & Planning team. And functionally collaborate with the community of local planners in all markets. You will also manage a team of Associate Managers who are responsible for creating and maintaining an accurate forecast for the market. This individual and their team will also collaborate with IBP and Demand Planning Managers across the globe to drive and improve standardized planning processes. This person must have strong skills in people management, leadership, strategy, communication, and influence. This role requires someone who can craft and handle data-heavy, highly automated forecasting and planning processes for sophisticated businesses, on a global scale. It also requires large scale organizational change capabilities in a fast-paced, demanding environment. Taking ownership for the performance of the end-to-end forecasting & planning process, you, and your team also: - Help, challenge and improve the local planner community's forecasting practices and innovate with them - Further develop consistent and highly automated strategy for long-term tactical & short-term operational forecasting in all countries, accounting for factors like scalability - Develop initiatives (e.g., machine learning) that help us accurately sense and shape demand - Handle and build strong relationships with the Finance, Data Analytics, Technology and Commercial departments - Generate cost savings, innovate, automate, and standardize work processes & ensure best practices are shared across all countries - Proactively find opportunities for the continued improvement of our forecasting models - Act as a sparring partner for Senior Management, including reporting directly into the Global reports, dashboards, and teams - Build and implement a long-term vision to optimize our forecasting as well as day-to-day improvements & process standardization - Building & coaching the team further - Manage a team that will assemble, analyze and adjust all data pertinent to creating the demand forecast: historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, financial budgets and inventory levels. Gather, analyze and validate data and review resulting statistical forecast models. - Collaborate with IBP and Demand Planning Managers across the globe to drive standardized planning processes. - Ensure that demand plans and inventory measurements are prepared, reviewed, reported, and communicated to the Integrated Business Planning Manager within Global Ops and Division management. Ensure appropriate communication is provided back to the division. - Collaborate with Marketing and new product development teams to define launch strategy and manage product life cycle implications to demand and inventory. - Present recommendations for product rationalization to Executive Management. - Ensure that visibility is provided to the supply chain on expected demand or events through the demand signaling process. - Review KPIs to proactively identify misalignment between sales, demand, and supply chain capacity with relevant team to address and close gaps. - Achieve consensus for operational demand plans by facilitating a collaborative planning process with Sales, Marketing and Finance personnel (Divisional IBP meetings). - Achieve customer service levels, forecast accuracy, and inventory metrics for the division. - Must lead and participate in the development, modification and improvement of procedures, policies and processes regarding demand planning inventory management. - Drive implementation and use of corporate planning tools. - Review and oversee a wide range of processes including: short and long-term sales & demand planning and process improvements.

Gurgaon/Gurugram

Senior Manager - Demand Planning - FMCG 

Senior Manager - Demand Planning - FMCG  ,Job Description for Senior Manager - Demand Planning - FMCG  in Executive Search Firm in  Gurgaon/Gurugram for (10-14) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Senior Manager - Demand Planning - FMCG  in Executive Search Firm in  Gurgaon/Gurugram for (10-14) years of experience. Apply Now!