Job Title: Manager Demand Planning

Location: Thane

Pre-requisite:

- Academics should be Bachelors or Masters in Agriculture
- Should have experience in Demand Planning with Agri background.

Job Responsibilities:

- Demand Forecasting: Conduct monthly forecast maintenance
- Annual Budgeting activity.
- Working with various teams (Sales, Marketing, Trade and Finance) to align the forecasted demand and finalizing the monthly rolling forecasts for business
- Demand Fulfilment: Coordinating with supply teams for the production basis finalized forecast. Working collaboratively with the team on supply strategies
- Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and business strategies.
- Inventory tracking
- Periodic monitoring of sales of planned sales vs actual sales in business; creating dashboards with sales & internal teams to monitor progress and take corrective actions if/where needed
- Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
- Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
- Support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.
- Providing the monthly estimate report to the region for the dispatches for affiliates & direct customers after analyzing the supply commits & logistics plans.
- Ensure customer satisfaction.
- Conduct monthly forecast maintenance.
- Complete Budget maintenance for 5 years

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

- Overall, Above 10 years of experience mostly in Demand Planning role.
- Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields.




- Solid mathematical and statistical knowledge.
- Well versed with MS - Excel & APO - DP & APO SNP
- Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills & Able to work with ease with Cross functional departments

KEY COMPETENCIES:

- Adaptability & Resilience: Recognizes and is open to changing circumstances and alters behavior and scales up as necessary; increases personal awareness and appreciation of individual and cultural differences to create an open, inclusive, and accepting workplace.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Has a creative mindset and ability to think holistically, takes calculated risks and maximizes opportunities.
- Results Orientations: Takes action, pursues goals with persistence and achieves results; communicates goals and vision to the team to drive enthusiasm and ambition.
- Execution Excellence: Enhances the speed of execution and builds efficiency in processes, systems and people; has sharp focus on quality-orientation.
- Strategic Orientation: Demonstrates knowledge of the social, economic, and environmental factors and how they impact the business. Identifies key issues that could impact the business and develops strategy through an analytical lens / design thinking.
- Building Teams and Talent: Empowers colleagues through knowledge sharing and delegation, quickly establishing rapport; provides recognition for achievements and accomplishments.
- Customer Centricity: Understands the customer needs and pain points, fulfills the needs and expectations by focusing on creating value for customers.

📌 Demand Planning Manager (Thane)
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📍 Thane