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Date: Feb 28, 2025
Location: ID
#job-location.job-location-inline { display: inline; }Company: AkzoNobel
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
© 2024 Akzo Nobel N.V. All rights reserved.
Job Responsibilities Job PurposeThe role of the Demand Planner is to manage the forecasting process through the gathering and critiquing of data, to ensure customer requirements are accurately reflected in the forecast so that the correct business decisions are made.
Key Accountabilities Produce detailed forecasts reflecting customer buying pattern combined with changes in market conditions in order to contribute to IBP process. Accurately reflect customer plans across key metrics with primary focus on Volume & ASP Challenge & manage the assumptions used in the sales forecast in order to inform the correct business decisions and gain learnings to improve future forecast. Manage, analyse and take learnings from abnormal customer demands to inform decision making with the Demand Control process, whilst striving to meet Customer service requirements. Gain Customer expertise and liaise directly with customers to understand their future business plans and activities. Conduct DMR, Demand gateway meetings, and participate in S&OE Monitor performance to forecast and lead discussions to tackle the issues as they arise. Construct the iHART M4 filter and tracker files in order to maintain the solving actions. Key Activities
1. Analytics :Gather and interrogate data points through statistical forecasting, Overlay external factors base on knowledge, document assumptions, Feed the forecast into system, Track targets for BIAS & variance through Lags 3 / Lag 1 indicators
2. Insight to Action: Support the Customer Demand Manager with the Demand Step in IBP, Give insights to the numbers during DMR and advise sales on forecast, Provide a long term view for the Demand Review over a 4 to 36 month time horizon, Deliver actionable insight to inform the Demand Control process over 0 to 3 months, Provide early warnings on potential slob hits
3. Ways of Working: Drive effective and accurate forecasting with Sales (internal), Collaborate with supply planners, Follow the slob review process, Be part of improvement projects
Experience Educated to Degree level or equivalent with 4-5 yrs of total experience Experience in constructing and maintaining forecasts with at least 2yrs experience Previous exposure to Supply Chain management. Sales experience desirable. Process driven to deliver incremental business efficiencies. System capability, e.g. SAP, BI Excellent MS-Excel knowledge required. Numerate, analytical and results oriented. Excellent communication skills at all levels, internally & externally. Education Educated to Degree level or equivalent with 4-5 yrs of total experience#LI-YR1
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
Requisition ID: 45355
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