Category Demand Planner – GCB

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible

You will oversee demand planning activities for your assigned product families in your business unit. You will also lead the demand review process and driving interactions with the cross-functional teams.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Lead the demand management agenda for the category, being the key interface between commercial (sales revenue planning) and supply (replenishment) to identify and evaluate the impact of potential availability issues/commercial changes including gap assessment and risk and opportunity discussions
• Partner with modelling team for the generation of statistical forecasting
• Manage, coach and develop a team
• Review standard consumption versus forecast at the customer and total product levels, liaising with replenishment and sales revenue planning to manage potential availability issues and the impact of under consumption
• Drive strong linkages with the commercial, customer collaboration, modelling, order fulfilment teams and supply planning including innovation and equity
• Drive continuous capability building in the demand planning team for planning improvement

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Comprehensive supply chain, economic, financial or logistics experience and commercial awareness in a fast-moving consumer goods or consumer packaged goods environment
• Open to learn new ways of working and is willing to use new tools
• Experience driving demand review and participation in an IBP cycle
• Able to influence cross-functional teams, working on the key priorities and improving the plan
• Able to build effective teams
• Knowledge in leading practice demand planning and end-to-end supply chain concepts
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills and verbal and written communication skills

More about this role

•Maintains working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain components including forecasting, inventory management, promotional planning, basic department management, master data management, item lifecycle and disposition, seasonal planning, DC operations, store ordering and operations, supplier planning and order fulfilment
•Liaison with Product Marketing relating to New Product forecasting, including updating APO with current projections
•Knowledge of SAP APO/IBP/O9 or similar forecasting system preferred
•Use and maintain the Demand Planning AI/ML models as the primary forecasting system tool
•Cooperating to meet the needs of Marketing regarding the provision of embellished products
•Work with both Marketing, Channel and Sales on SKU level transition plan, track execution and call out risk and drive agreement when off-track
•Manage portfolio productivity with Marketing by target setting and driving necessary action
•Lead coordination efforts with operations, product management, finance, customer service, for product families within the business
•Develops multiple metrics to validate forecasting accuracy, as per industry standards and communicates corrective action(s) ensures timely resolution

Interact with sales, marketing, and customer Service to understand

Job specific requirements:

•Min 8 years ' work experience in demand forecasting, big data modelling, analytics in FMCG sector
•Skilled in effectively translating mathematical information into business-friendly language
•Knowledge in causal modelling and time series techniques
•Knowledge in integrated supply chain systems
•Must possess business acumen relating to vision and purpose, strategic thinking and problem solving, and creative/innovative mindset
•Must be customer and market driven
•Minimum qualification is Bachelors with relevant experience.

Candidates with MBA in operations and certification in Demand Planning will be preferred

Within Country Relocation support available and for candidates voluntarily moving internationally some minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer PolicyBusiness Unit SummaryMondelez India Foods Private Limited (formerly Cadbury India Ltd.) has been in India for over 70 years, making sure our mouth-watering and well-loved local and global brands such as Cadbury chocolates, Bournvita and Tang powdered beverages, Oreo and Cadbury Bournvita biscuits, and Halls and Cadbury Choclairs Gold candies get safely into our customers hands—and mouths. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has more than 3,300 employees proudly working across sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai and in manufacturing facilities at Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, at our global Research & Development Technical Centre and Global Business Hub in Maharashtra and in a vast distribution network across the country. We are also proud to be recognised by Avatar as the Best Companies for Women in India in 2019 – the fourth time we’ve received this award.

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job TypeRegularDemand PlanningCustomer Service & Logistics