SAP Planning Analyst

Demand Planning Professional (Customer Demand Analyst) – Uxbridge Permanent Structured career development + Annual performance related pay bonus and pay reviews + Share scheme + Competitive pension contributions + Range of flexible benefits and Corporate discounts, holiday buy/sell scheme + Car allowance/ Company car + Laptop + Health care + Excellent parental benefits + Flexible working Demand Planning is part of the GB Planning & Commercialisation Department which includes: Commercialisation, Demand Planning, Production Planning, Materials Planning, Allocation and Deployment. The Demand Planning team are responsible for leading the Sales & Operations Planning process within the GB BU to ensure that imbalances between demand and supply are proactively identified and co-ordinated solutions are put in place in a timely manner. Demand Planning are responsible for managing the demand signal across a group of product portfolios and customers for the purposes of driving Supply Chain and supporting an accurate supply plan that maximises service to our customers at least cost. The Demand Planning, Professional role is responsible for developing the sales forecast for a group of SKUs (product portfolio) and customers and ensuring its quality. The role is responsible for supporting the monthly S&OP process and the quality of its inputs and outputs and drive actions to resolve potential supply issues. Reporting directly to the Senior Manager for Demand Planning the key responsibilities of the Professional, Demand Planning are: Executes the demand planning process and forecast activities for a customer portfolio Produces and maintains the full demand forecast in SAP APO: Collaborative planning with the Key Account Managers (KAM’s), VMI’s and Customer. Planning Promotions, maintaining a Promotional customer plan Perform Post implementation reviews on Key Promotions and activities Develops or reviews the baseline forecast and agrees it with Key Account Managers (KAMs) Reviews and validates demand plan with Senior Manager Demand Planning Performs analysis to understand key drivers behind the gap between the demand planning system (SAP IBP) and t rade promotions planning system (Promax) Maintains master data for new products (NPD) and new variant codes (new projects) Collaborates, as and if required, with KAMs to gather business intelligence and to agree a baseline forecast Supports the monthly S&OP process and ensures the quality of its inputs and outputs Supports resolution of supply chain issues with Supply Planning Relevant Demand Planning experience ideally in an FMCG environment Good analytical skills with proficiency in the use of Excel and Powerpoint Experience in demand planning systems (SAP APO/IBP) We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider. We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.