Senior Demand Planner
Summary
Leads local demand planning, builds sales forecasts, and manages supply plans using SAP-IBP and Power BI for a home-appliance manufacturer in Shanghai.
What we achieve together
- leads local demand planning process and enriches Central FC with market intelligence based on the local demand process.
- LDP should lead all discussions with all local relevant stakeholders (sales, marketing, finance, product management, etc.)
- Manage the sales forecasts quality for all channels.
- Build the baseline forecast. - Challenge and consolidate the promotions and launches sales forecasts projected by the Sales and Marketing teams
- Monthly S&OP meeting with Group plant, management inventory level.
- KPIs for Demand planners are FAR and BIAS
- Build the Supply plan of the entity based on the validated sales forecasts, the stocks and supply/procurement parameters.
- Sale order FDD tracking and managing.
- SAP-IBP , NPI/OPW products maintain/Master data in IBP to create demand plan.
What makes us successful together
- Bachler degree or above
- Relevant home appliances industry experience is preferred. at least 3 years related demand planning experience.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, fluent in English.
- Power BI is preferred. SAP or IBP system is preferred.
- Good use of Microsoft office software including word, excel and PPT etc.
What you can count on
- We offer flexible working hours and an annual leave and sick leave policy that supports your work/life balance.
- We offer our employees in China an attractive remuneration package, including a competitive salary system and bonus incentive, holiday and flexible annual benefits, and the highest share of housing provident fund.
- We provide border health care for employees including yearly health check-up and supplementary commercial insurance.
- We provide various learning opportunities, including workshops, seminars, events, and e-learnings. Part of our culture is to encourage internal career development and job rotation.
- Our company provides various employee benefits including transport allowance, meal allowance, discounts on Vaillant products, long service award and holiday gift from the trade union.
- We have a modern, comfortable and safe office environment, the ventilation is a new heat exchange fan independently developed by Vaillant, which can provide a steady stream of fresh air all day long, with real-time monitoring of air quality changes in the house, safe and healthy, and bring the natural and comfortable German forest into our company.
- We frequently hold employee activities, including company outings and family days.