Senior Demand & Supply Planner
nestle
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :16 years, 11 أشهر
• Lead MBP Cycle, including Monthly Sales Review, Monthly Gap Review, Monthly Forecast Review and Pre MSR.
• Analyse factors that impact demand for Nestle products (i.e., category trends / trade promotions / competitive products / seasonality / retail consumption / distribution channels), and build statistical models that quantify the business environment.
• Present statistical forecasts to the consensus team. Explain business assumptions behind the forecast and methods used to quantify each event.
• In partnership with the Sales team, use promotion event post-audit data to analyse the effectiveness of trade promotions. Use the resulting insight to forecast the impact of future promotion events. Advise management regarding which promotion vehicles would be most effective under which circumstances.
• Develop statistical models of causal factors that have a strong correlation to demand for Nestle products.
• Work with Sales and Marketing to identify opportunities for controlling demand in the event of chronic factory capacity problems or inventory shortages.
• Work with Sales and Marketing to identify opportunities for controlling demand in the event of chronic factory capacity/Supply problems or inventory shortages.
• Regularly validate forecast splits down to the Item/Week level. Adjust the short-term Week forecasts as necessary to support effective deployment of inventory.
•Support supply planning by communicating key issues and uncertainty behind the forecast. Adjust forecasts mid-month when orders are not developing as expected.
•Lead MBP Cycle, including Monthly Sales Review, Monthly Gap Review, Monthly Forecast Review and Pre MSR.
• Analyse factors that impact demand for Nestle products (i.e., category trends / trade promotions / competitive products / seasonality / retail consumption / distribution channels), and build statistical models that quantify the business environment.
• Work with Sales and Marketing to identify opportunities for controlling demand in the event of chronic factory capacity/Supply problems or inventory shortages.
• MBPC champion in Nestle Oman
• Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function, KSA & Export
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions
• Conducting S&OP Meeting to share forecast accuracy, past month/weekly performance, unplanned and planned events impacting forecast accuracy & rolling forecast in tons and in revenue with Top management.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Customer Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software as the primary forecasting system tool.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
• Preparing Budget, business strategic plan (3 year business plan) & Material Plan base line.
Manage 40000 sq feet ware house with 4000 SKUs
• Coordinate all ABRL Retail network in Mangalore.
• Monitor Sales and Merchandizing activities
• Manage Fruits and Vegetables and FMCG warehouse operations
• Coordinate the Receiving, checking, Put away, Rack mapping, Picking, Dispatching, Transporting and MIS reports preparation (ERP).
• Selection, Recruitment and Performance appraisal of employee’s.
• Training and Implementation of recent changes in Retailing.
• Inventory Control
• Coordinating third party Transportation
• Mapping and Tracking Trucks
Demand Planning & Forecasting
• One-month project at Valdel Retailing, Bangalore - A Market Research on “Significance of Event Management in organized Retailing”. • One-month project at FCB ULKA Advertising Pvt Ltd, Cochin-research on customer satisfaction about TELCO Dealers. • Chief Coordinator of Community Development Club, DCSMAT.Secretary, Management Association, MES College (Graduation) • Captain, College Cricket team, MES College (Graduation)