Sales Development Executive - FMCG Vertical - IT (2-10 yrs)
Job Title: Sales Development Executive(Demand Planning)
Reporting Manager: AGM- Sales Development Manager
Base Location: Mumbai
Role & Responsibilities
- Forecast the demand for particular products in terms of volume/ value and product mix at multiple channel levels for multiple time periods
- Manage forecast models, analyse trends.
- Actively Participate in S&OP process and meetings and ensure adherence to stated timelines
- Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in supply priority and inventory strategies on existing and new SKU.
- Prepare reports and statistics related to the demand planning and forecasting function
- Reporting of demand planning and forecasting assumptions, analysis and decision.
- Timely communication of information to all stakeholders through weekly/ monthly routines.
- Work towards continuous forecasting accuracy improvement, sharing of channel wise Accuracy to all stakeholders.
- Consult with the functional teams such as inventory, category, marketing, logistics and IT to obtain relevant data and insights on demand.
- Drive cross- functional collaboration to understand demand and stock imbalances and proactively communicate variances.
Ideal Candidate
- Must have experience of working in an SAP Environment and possess strong Excel skills
- Must have strong data analytical skills
- Should be able to collaboratively work across functions / geographies (Regional/Global teams)
- Should have a continuous improvement mind-set
- Good communication is important
- Ability to deal with ambiguous challenges
- Knowledge of ERP systems, database management tools and programming tools, forecasting techniques, analytics and reporting.
- Proficient MS office skills (spreadsheets, databases) and advance excel