Demand Planning Leader
Demand Planning Leader
Are you passionate about turning data into actionable insights and playing a key role in business decisions? As an independent contributor, the Demand Planning Leader will take the lead in driving our monthly forecasting and S&OP processes. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to shape demand strategies, improve forecast accuracy, and contribute directly to business growth. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong analytical skills, a collaborative mindset, and a desire to make a real impact in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Key objectives:
- Be champion of monthly forecasting process from unconstraint to constraint demand to drive for efficient and disciplined Opco’s S&OP process
- Be owner of statistical baseline forecast and contributor to Business Unit in demand uplift assumption management to drive for desired forecast accuracy performance
- Follow rules related to safety, health and environment within the Company
What we ask
- Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields.
- Strong Planning background, a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a demand planning/forecasting role.
- Demonstrable knowledge of analytics and experience with analytics software SAP/APO
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and to work with diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to understand key performance metrics and ensure continuous improvement enabled by technology.
- Excellent written and verbal Vietnamese and English communication skills.
What we offer
- A purpose-driven organization committed to long-term impact, bringing better nutrition to the world. We offer a professional, collaborative, and inclusive work environment to help you expand your knowledge.
- We provide the right level of autonomy and trust, along with a competitive salary and benefits package that recognizes and rewards individual performance and potential.
- We offer diverse training and development programs to support your professional growth.
Vacancy description
- Follow Company’s regulations, including, not limited to, Food Safety & Quality, Safety – Health – Environment
- Fully Own and Drive for discipline from all stakeholders of monthly Forecasting Process as part of S&OP process cycle
- Fully Own and Drive for Statistical Baseline Forecast improvements within given yearly target
- Be a Business Partner, contribute his/her expertise in historical sales data to Business Unit in demand uplift assumption analysis, Launch forecast to drive for forecast accuracy improvement of total company
- Be a Business Partner, contribute his/her analysis on 9-box ABC class, 9-box Sales/Profit on Product Portfolio to help maximize profitability
- Manage Root Cause Analysis sharing to all stakeholders for to continuous improve Forecast accuracy
- Troubleshoot and implement solutions to complex requirements.
- Prepare & upload 78 weeks rolling forecast in volume into ERP system for monthly Demand Publish and Weekly Supply Network Planning following given dead-lines
- Conduct regularly Fundamental Forecast Training to all stakeholders, new comers to ensure proper awareness and contribution to the entire Forecasting Process
- Prepare monthly reports and presentations used in S&OP meetings
- Assist Plan Manager in given Continuous Improvement Projects to improve functional performance
- Advise Commercial Finance Manager in case of calamities
- Other tasks assigned by the Line Manager
Team Details
For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are.
We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your job and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world.