(JD) for Demand Planning

1. Role Overview The Demand Planning Personnel is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving demand forecasts to support business planning, inventory optimization, and supply chain efficiency. The role integrates sales, marketing, historical data, and market intelligence to generate accurate, actionable forecasts.

2. Key Responsibilities

A. Demand Forecasting & Planning

- Develop short-, medium-, and long-term demand forecasts using statistical models and business inputs
- Analyze historical sales data, seasonality, trends, and promotional impacts
- Maintain forecast accuracy and bias metrics (e.g., STD.Dev, MAPE, MAD, Bias)
- Continuously refine forecasting methodologies
- Closely coordinate with the sales team for project orders.

B. Inventory Management & Optimization

- Support inventory optimization and reduction of stockouts/excess stock by SKUs




- Work with sales and customer service team to balance demand vs. supply

C. Cross-functional Collaboration

- Closely coordinate with Internal customers i.e., customer service team, sales team, marketing team & production team for various activities i.e., current orders, non-available material, any delayed of production schedule etc.
- Support new product launches and phase-out planning

4. Required Qualifications

Education

- B-COM/BBA
- MBA / Master's degree preferred

Experience

- Demand planning and supply chain.
- Experience in building materials or manufacturing

5. Technical Skills

- Advanced Excel (forecasting models, pivot tables, data analysis)
- Statistical forecasting knowledge (time series, seasonality)
- Understanding of inventory management principles

📌 Demand Planner (Ahmedabad)
🏢 Nexion India
📍 Ahmedabad