Kerry Hiring for Demand Planner Job at Dubai Full Time

About Kerry

Kerry is the world’s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers’ most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The primary focus is to ensure the demand planning process is having business impact through better customer experience and efficiencies around inventory, write off and airfreight reductions. He or she interacts cross-functionally to ensure consensus to the aggregate Demand Plan. A customer demand forecast which incorporates current and accurate market information that allows the company to correctly predict customer demand and provide the supply organization with the appropriate information to plan and execute that customer demand.

Work Location: Dubai, UAE.

Key responsibilities

• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data.
• Collaborative and consensus approach by working with commercial team to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Review and update rolling monthly forecast with sales team and collaborate with key customers to understand market inputs and demand drivers.
• Lead and prepare for demand review meetings for the alignment on final forecast by GM.
• Ensure the Demand Planning process is conducted on agreed cycles and ensure consensus forecast is uploaded into demand system.
• Attend and contribute to Supply Chain and S&OP meetings as required.
• Review forecast KPIs Mad & Bias, root causes analysis for the deviations, take actions and drive forecast accuracy.
• Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as and when required.

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in a Business / Commercial, Supply Chain, or any related discipline.
• Candidate with minimum 2 to 3 years’ experience in demand/supply planning will be a definite advantage.
• Possess good understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations.
• Advanced excel skills required to do various analysis and reports as required.
• Actively listens and shares information and knowledge with others in an effective and a timely manner.
• Ability to work well with cross functional teams.
• A passion for analysing data and problem solving.
• Demand/supply planning systems APO SAP experience will be a definite advantage.
• Focused, results-oriented and able to challenge the status quo to achieve both the medium term to long term goals.