Demand Planner: Forecast Accuracy & Insights Lead

Key Responsibilities:

• Anchoring Demand Planning cycle – Generates central forecast (ideally up to 18 months horizon); Analyzes and validates forecasts and identifies exceptions
• Review past performance of FA & Bias with Sales managers, historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
• Analyze to reconcile variances and refine the forecast to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions. Provide inputs /analytic to sales team to improve forecast accuracy in the short to medium term.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and planning to understand demand forecast drivers and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Leading initiatives to improve forecast accuracy.
• Prepares and facilitates Demand review meeting, ensures follow-up on action points.
• Collect following inputs:

- (1) Sell-out ...