S&OP Demand Planner

S&OP Demand Planner

16 Dec 2024
North Carolina, Amsterdam 00000 Amsterdam USA

S&OP Demand Planner

Join our dynamic team as an S&OP Demand Planner and become a key player in ensuring the timely and optimal availability of all Rituals products. This role offers a unique blend of analytical skills and stakeholder management, providing an exciting opportunity to contribute to our commercial success. You will report to the S&OP Manager and become part of the S&OP demand planning team within the Supply Chain department. The S&OP team is responsible for product forecasts of all sales channels and countries, covering current products, new product introductions and promotional activities. You are responsible to provide an accurate forecast for your product categories in collaboration with all business partners (Retail, Digital, Wholesale and Travel). After validation and executive sign-off all volumes are reflected into the S&OP sales plan, resulting in a monthly rolling forecast. The S&OP forecast serves as input for the monthly supply planning process, shop replenishment and financial budget. As S&OP Demand planner you are end-to-end process owner of the planning processes and constantly looking for ways how we can improve by working closely together with different stakeholders within Innovation, Marketing, and Supply Chain.Key Responsibilities:Collaborative stakeholder management: Work closely with departments such as Innovation, Marketing, Control, and Supply Chain to gather essential business drivers, track deadlines, and validate inputs. Engage in cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment and effective communication across departments.Strategic demand forecasting: Conduct comprehensive category forecast analyses across the Rituals product portfolio, identifying focus areas, forecast your own product portfolio and recommending actionable strategies to drive business growth.Actionable insights and reporting: Utilize strong analytical skills to adjust the S&OP sales plan based on forecast vs. actuals, incorporating all gathered business inputs and publishing results. Share Monthly S&OP Pack with all Lines of Business (LOBs), providing insightful explanations and taking proactive measures to address forecast accuracy deltas.Address risks & opportunities: Highlight revenue forecast risks and opportunities by LOB, product group, or category, contributing to informed decision-making processes. Contribute to executive demand reviews, S&OP work sessions, and Category meetings, providing valuable insights and recommendations.Support & collaboration: Together with the Senior Team Lead and other Demand Planners you will form a (virtual) S&OP category team. You will assist in creating monthly S&OP reports, category analyses, and presentations, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Ensure that forecast accuracy results, category trends, and business inputs are effectively translated into forecast actions, reflected in the demand planning tool Logility.

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