Regional Demand Planner - Braeside, Australia - Gale Pacific

Description

We are searching for a pragmatic, commercially astute and analytical Demand Planner to lead the process across our diverse categories and multi-regional network.

This position will collaborate with sales, marketing, procurement, and planning teams to consistently deliver the monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts with astute accuracy and effective stakeholder engagement.

The role

• Manage and coordinate the Demand Planning process and system for all regions and categories to ensure operational and financial delivery of requirements in line with region and functional plans.
• Collaborate with regions and functions to continually improve and deliver monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts that support Sales and Marketing plans and requirements ensuring best possible levels of forecast accuracy.
• Lead the coordination and management of monthly demand reviews with relevant Sales Leaders and Sales Analysts for retail and commercial channels of GALE Pacific.
• Review and analyse forecasts for accuracy and alignment and opportunities to improve in consultation with Supply Planner and Sales Leaders.
• Proactively highlight and addressing operational risks and issues that could affect the business performance in partnership with the broader Planning Team, and with global counterparts.
• Analyse and review data, processes, and systems to ensure continual improvement in the effectiveness of the Demand Planning function, working with IT and Supply Planner/s to implement system improvements.
• Support regional and global S&OP processes through sharing of production and capacity related information and issues, through presentation of Demand information to both Operational counterparts and Senior Management.
• Coordinate the data management (including supporting global counterparts in systems knowledge and troubleshooting) and reporting around inventory performance and associated KPI's.
• Provide detailed reporting and visibility of information to the business in a regular, structured manner identifying KPI's, risks and areas of improvement as part of the monthly S&OP process.
• Weekly/ Monthly review inventory levels versus targets for assigned portfolio. Develop and manage corrective action plans where inventory is not aligned with targets.
• Highly analytically minded and comfortable managing high volumes of data in various data formats and sources
• Commercially minded
• Capable of presenting and communicating information to individuals and groups
• Highly coordinated and comfortable managing deadlines
• Highly adaptable and able to build relationships across different regions and cultures, and across different levels of the business.
• Willing to connect with regions in APAC across differing time zones

Technical Experience:

• Recognised tertiary qualification in either supply chain and/or finance function preferred
• Minimum 3 years of experience in FMCG
• Minimum 3 years of Demand Planning experience
• Sales forecasting process and system development highly regarded
• Experienced working in a global organization across a variety of regions and cultures
• Experienced using ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics AX12 experience preferred)

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About GALE Pacific:
Benefits & Culture

• GALE Safe
• Work Safe Home Safe
• Focused safety culture and practices
• Supportive leadership and connected team environment
• Braeside location with modern facilities and onsite parking
• Flexible working supported
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Access to comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Wellbeing support
• Novated Leasing
• Staff product discounts

GALE Pacific is a public company (


ASX:
GAP) and employs over 600 people around the globe, operating in Australia, China, the United States, Europe and the Middle East. The opportunities for growth are endless.

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