Demand Planner

Job title: Demand Planner

Location: Poznan, Poland / Prague, Czech

Reports to: Managing Director Nordics, East EU, Turkey & MEA

Contract type: Permanent, full-time, hybrid working system

Your Role & Team in a Nutshell

As a Demand Planner, you will bring together demand plans and sales estimates from various countries, customers, and channels. You’ll play a vital role in feeding this consolidated data into the regional demand planning process as a part of our Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) strategy.

You will join an international team with team members based in different countries within EMEA.

We will help you achieve your goals and develop by providing regular feedback and access to online training courses.

Your Key Responsibilities As a Demand Planner

Consolidate cluster sales forecast / sales call by segment with commercial, marketing & finance teams

Identify and address gaps within segment Demand Plan (DP) and/or financial estimate. In case of supply constraints, support coordination and prioritization with the other subcluster S&OP integrators and the relevant segment Demand and Supply Planning managers.

Attend monthly local/regional Demand Agreement Meetings / Demand Review and provide view of subcluster marketing & sales actions supporting changes in demand plan.

Focus on New Product Development’s (NPD) and Promotion’s

Attend EMEA Executive S&OP reviews to represent your subcluster and align on DP load prior to demand versioning.

Communicate closely with segment’s supply chain lead to provide cluster leadership team with visibility on significant supply issues which could impact their sales call

Monitor current month/quarter sales attainment vs demand plan / sales call and provide visibility to subcluster / segment.

Provide monthly cluster SC KPI’s: Workforce Administration & Attainment (WFA), top errors analysis, On Time In Full (OTIF) / Fill Rate, Excess and Obsolete (E&O)

Develop and drive consolidated subcluster E&O process to support delivery of inventory KPIs.

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What You’ll Need

Experience in demand or supply planning, with an end-to-end experience of the Sales & Operations Planning process.

Strong background in handling complex commercial environments with multiple stakeholders in a matrix organization.

Fluent in English

Excellent skills in MS Excel and PowerPoint

Your Advantage

Able to integrate complex channels and workstreams to build up to an executive summary for key decision making and escalation.

Detail-oriented and willing to investigate and analyze data sources

Great communicator and people’s person

Working knowledge of ERP (Oracle, SAP mainly)

What You Gain

Newell Brands has a strong footprint in the EMEA region, with several thousand employees spread over many corporate offices and manufacturing facilities. You might recognise some of our iconic brands, like Parker, Sistema, Spontex, Crockpot, NUK, Coleman, and Yankee Candle, to name a few.

Join Us And Benefit From

Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)

Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development

Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices

Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others

Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus

Global Service Anniversary Program – recognition of milestone service anniversaries and birthdays

Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work

Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

Core Values: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, Leadership

Are You Interested?

If so, please click on “Apply Online” on this site and upload your CV in English.

If your application is shortlisted, our recruiter will invite you for an initial phone interview.

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