Hindustan Unilever Hiring for Demand Planner – H&H at Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full Time

Full Job Description

Job Title: Demand Planner – H&H
Location:
Dubai, UAE

Main Accountabilities:
Base
Demand Plan

• Identify the right historical sales
  horizon to use for the baseline generation
• Clean the
  historical sales data from any outliers
• Identify the
  most appropriate statistical forecasting algorithm and models that
  should be used
• Generate the baseline using the model
  selected and adjust where necessary
• Communicate the
  generated baselines to relevant stakeholders

2. New
Product Demand (NPD) Plan

• Analyze the NPD bottoms up
  volumes provided by the Sales & Marketing team by using like model and
  scenario planning techniques
• Challenge the NPD volumes
  (if required) then incorporate them in the demand plan
• Work closely with Supply Chain and Category teams to
  ensure landing the NPD OTIF in all markets
• Monitor the
  NPD performance for the first 3 months and highlight the need to amend
  forward forecast to the Category team

3. Facilitate
the Demand Planning Process:

• Own the forecast in any
  of the S&OP meetings (monthly cycle) and in the weekly operational
  meetings
• Build the activities (that are over and above
  the baselines) provided by the Sales & Marketing teams
• Maintain an assumptions tracker that would be used to
  evaluate the performance of the activity and challenge volumes going
  forward
• Present the exceptions in the activity meeting
  and facilitate the process of reaching consensus on the final agreed
  unconstrained demand
• Minute all the forecast changes
  that take place in any forum to ensure all stakeholders are aligned
• Upload agreed unconstrainted demand in APO, ensuring
  Master Data related to each product is maintained on system to ensure
  accurate data flow
• Send finance a constrained plan basis
  the demand and supply reconciliation output

4.
Communication with Extended Supply Chain

• Communicate
  the most updated demand plan with the relevant Supply Planning and
  Customer Service teams
• Work with Customer Service team
  to ensure stocks availability in all markets and to develop scenarios
  to mitigate supply gaps (if any) through demand adjustments
• Ensure the promotional plans are aligned with the
  Promotions team

5. Continuous Improvement

• Analyze forecast accuracy and bias to identify and
  implement process enhancements to improve these KPI’s
• Present the KPI’s to the Category team in order to find
  ways to improve them
• Champion the development of changes
  to current processes
• Coach the Category team on
  forecasting techniques to facilitate discussions while simultaneously
  improving KPIs

Key Competencies:

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Adaptable to changes in a fast-pasted environment
• Challenger to the status quo
• Bias for
  action and proactivity
• Excellent communication skills
• Change management

Relevant
Experience:

• Industrial Engineering (preferred) or
  engineering degree, Business graduates with statistical courses,
  Supply Chain specialized degree.
• Fresh graduate or
  maximum three years of experience
• Proficient in MS
  Office (knowledge of SAP, APO and R-studio is a plus)
• CPIM or CSCP certification is a plus

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