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  • Posted: Nov 26, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • Every day, our global brand icons, such as NIVEA, Eucerin and Hansaplast, make more than 500 million consumers in over 70 countries feel good in their skin. Care for consumers and our people worldwide is what has driven us all the time. More than 130 years ago, we invented modern skin care, kept continuously innovating it and still have a clear business focu...
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    Demand Planner

    Your Tasks
    S&OP

    • Steer cross-functional S&OP meetings
    • Ensure all stakeholders deliver required data (with underlying assumptions) on time
    • Deliver an aligned S&OP plan (Consensus forecast) with full visibility of risks & opportunities, supported by building blocks and clear underlying assumptions
    • Ensure S&OP is a decision-focused process, with clearly stated follow-up and action plans; document decisions

    Demand planning

    • Reconcile demand forecast with the latest financial , sales and marketing plans , ensuring the demand forecasts is aligned and supports reaching the company /s sales objectives
    • As part of BAP (S&OE/S&OP) process, review the unconstrained demand plan with the COEs to identify capacity constraints and create and action plan to overcome potential issues ensuring maximisation of customer services at least costs
    • In scope : S&OP , Standard with manual Planning, promotion Planning , New Product Planning , Forecast Enrichments
    • Deliver the most accurate net demand , based on actual sales consumption , to provide to Supply Units information for the best decisions( DP PLIR)
    • Perform planning systems maintenance , including maintaining of planning master data, history corrections, product like profiles and phase in/phase outs

    Ensure company can clearly distinguish between the plan/sales contribution of each forecasting process step by:

    • Statistical forecast , generated by the central team , is not to be overwritten
    • Enrichment of the statistical forecast > use available market/customer insights to enhance the accuracy/reliability of the forecast
    • New product planning >Demand planner is fully responsible for sales forecasting of New Products (Demand Analyst has no role) Challenge launch volumes, in each step of IIM process ,to achieve responsible 1st month pipeline fill vs expected monthly consumption and activation plans
    • VAS promotions & Promotion planning > use the planning system as designed , plan the promotions separately to be able to identify promo uplift in the total plan ,and challenge and adjust it when needed

    VAS

    • Involvement in the development of promotions
    • Align with the Demand, Supply & cross-functional teams to ensure the on-time in-full and in-spec availability of repacked products, displays, giftpacks etc.
    • Manage and coordinate the necessary VAS repacking capacity, through collaboration with third-party co-packers
    • Monitor and manage stock of components at co-packers
    • Supplier (co-packer) management
    • Master data management (tbd which elements of the product/supplier master data) / Ensure excellent master data quality for all processes involved
    • Continuously challenge process efficiency and keep cost at the proper levels, jointly working with logistics providers to reduce VAS costs

    Your Profile

    • Master's degree in economics, engineering, international business, or a related field;
    • Proven experience of a minimum of 2-3 years in operational demand planning; FMCG as a plus;
    • Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting methods, SAP APO, and business analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Analysis for Office, PowerQuery) preferred;
    • Strong analytical, organizational, decision-making, and presentation skills;
    • Capability to work independently and to build and develop effective internal and external partnerships;
    • Ability to challenge existing work methods and display willingness to try new approaches while also being adaptable to change and open to feedback;
    • Strong ability to work effectively as part of a team, sharing knowledge and skills to achieve common goals;
    • Language: English is a must.

     

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