Tiger Brands Limited, a Top 40 JSE Limited company whose footprint extends across the African continent and beyond, is one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of FMCG products in Southern Africa, and has been for several decades.
Tiger Brands has been built over many decades through the acquisition and clustering of businesses. Our strategy for succe...
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You are part of the Home Care and Personal Care PS&OP team responsible for the creation of the demand plan within the respective portfolio. You are responsible for delivering a weekly demand plan for the customer groups and SKUs within the categories under your responsibility. You also collaborate with the supply chain analytics team to define the statistical baseline forecast and ensure forecast accuracy.
Cleanse historical forecast data to correct the baseline
Calculate all Demand KPI’s and root cause analysis for gaps and support in making action plan
Create the weekly demand plan for the category customer groups and SKUs
Create the statistical baseline forecast supported by Supply Chain analytics team and product phase in/out for all SKUs within the category
Validate base demand plan using statistical forecasting techniques for rolling 12 weeks + 21 months period
Analyze sales trends, validate promotional uplifts and ensure integration of sales and marketing demand drivers into overall demand to challenge and improve forecasts
Discuss new product launch volumes and discontinued items and share the information with the supply planning team to enable readiness
Obtain and assess event volumes from Sales & Marketing for the planning horizon and update volumes in case of any changes
Achieve consensus unconstrained demand planning by SKU/ Category and review the same with supply side to identify potential demand and supply gaps
Review Demand Plan vs Target at category level and update unconstrained demand plan after DR in the system.
Maintain and manage the database of sales & marketing assumptions
Participate in the Demand Review to sign-off the category demand plan and support the monthly Capacity Review through provision of insight into demand
Provide critical business demand related information and analyses to the Category PS&OP Manager
Chair the Pre-Demand and Demand Review sessions with an emphasis on obtaining the most optimal output data.
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