Demand Planner (On site - Andares, Guadalajara)
Zapopan, Puerta de Hierro, Jalisco, Mexico
Full Time
Mid Level
Ensures efficient inventory management and meeting customer demands. The Demand Planner is responsible for working collaboratively with the respective Category Managers, and Sales Executives across a range of commodities to create and maintain accurate forecasts and inventory allocation plans to ensure optimal and strategic inventory positioning for each commodity. This position collaborates with cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Operations and Commercial.
Junior
Key activities and general responsibilities
Forecasting
Knowledge required
Hiring details
Junior
- BS in Business Management, Economics, Marketing, International Trade, or Industrial and/or Process Engineer or equivalent years of experience
- 2 years in a similar role, preferably in logistics environment.
- Collects, analyses, and presents information in proper formats
- Works under some guidance/general instructions, supported by senior colleague/management
- Basic knowledge on business processes related to own discipline
- Relies on senior colleagues to provide accurate solutions for issues.
- BS in Business Management, Economics, Marketing, International Trade, or Industrial and/or Process Engineer or equivalent years of experience
- 3-5 years in a similar role, preferably in logistics environment.
- Makes analysis and presents findings to influence decision making
- Works under general supervision, mid-term and results are checked, attunes when needed
- Good knowledge of business processes related to own, discipline proactively anticipates on developments
- Notices bottlenecks, suggests solutions, and attunes with senior colleagues when needed.
- Participates in tactical projects and leads operational projects. More coordinative role and coaching less experienced colleagues.
Key activities and general responsibilities
Forecasting
- Develop demand forecasts (operational forecasts) at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function and ensure execution of the demand forecast/plan created.
- Prepare weekly or monthly supply and demand reports for various internal and external partners to facilitate monitoring of supply levels and ensure alignment with demand forecasts.
- Provide insights and analysis on inventory trends, demand fluctuations, and potential supply constraints to support decision-making.
- Monitor inventory availability, aging inventory, operational capacity constraints, and inventory supply levels to adjust forecasts based on demand and market conditions at the origin.
- Determine strategies for aged or distressed items based on customer demand volumes and new sales opportunities.
- Recommending inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs to commercial team.
- Ensure proper inventory allocation and FIFO adherence.
- Provide commercial team with overview reports and feedback on customer demand and additional sales needs.
- Collaborate with the procurement team to establish and maintain relationships with key suppliers.
- Market research and analysis
- Understand pricing of current commodity in the marketplace
- Analyze costing for potential new suppliers based given specifications.
- Sales Contract pricing
- Calculate warehouse costs and receive product into inventory in compliance with accounting protocols.
- Create inbound cost approvals for receiving product into inventory.
- Work closely with suppliers, customs brokers, warehouses and transportation carriers to ensure timely delivery.
Knowledge required
- Experience in food or other perishable commodities
- Experience in an import/export environment
- Knowledge of ERP based systems
- Exceptional math and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting processes and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts
- Proficiency with MS Office; Excel high intermediate to advanced level skills
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask.
- Extremely detail oriented.
- Ability to solve challenging problems, prioritize, meet deadlines and work with moderate direction.
- Handles stressful situations and deadline pressures well.
Hiring details
- Prestaciones superiores a las de Ley (+Vacaciones/Prima vacacional, 30 días Aguinaldo, vales despensa, fondo de ahorro, seguro de gastos médicos mayores, bono anual variable, estacionamiento, PTO days, entre otros).
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm or 9:00am-6:00pm (daylight saving / summer time)
- After anniversary, 1 day to be WFH
- Indefinite contract after training period
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