3M Demand Planner 

India 

393701660

Key Responsibilities:

- Drive the S&OP process for Demand – Supply alignment with all stakeholders of assigned divisions

- Review statistical demand forecast, understand the internal & external drivers of sales of commodities assigned and use that to improve the quality of demand forecasting

- Portfolio management – assess product lifecycle and ensure optimization of SKU portfolio

- Track actual sales during the month and generate intelligence around deviations Vs. final forecast to improve the future statistical forecasts

- Drive reduction in non-working inventory or excess inventory through pro-active demand corrections, information flow and effective liquidation push with Sales & other support functions

- Ensure relevant data integrity in line with corporate guidelines and policies

- Drive process & capability improvement in the Demand Planning function locally and implement the relevant global best practices working with the international supply chain organization.

- Support any productivity improvement projects or ERP implementation activities.

Key Metrics:

- S&OP process adherence and timelines

- Good over-rides > Bad over-rides

- Adherence to key program implementation timelines

- SKU rationalization – target vs actual

Key Skills, Competencies & Experience:

- MBA in Operations/ Systems from a premier business school preferably with a prior engineering degree OR Masters in statistics/ related field.

- 3-6 years of professional work experience in supply/ inventory planning OR demand planning OR sales analytics function. Prior experience in leading a small/ medium sized team preferable.

- High Level skill in managing advance / complex excel / access databases and applications

- SAP knowledge is preferred.

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