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Demand Planing

Job Location: Holon, Israel

Company description

Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000  dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.

Diversity Statement

Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.

About the Role:

Ensure the deployment and control within the S&OP cycle of the consolidated demand planning at Business unit level preserving the General Manager demand accountability
Support the General Manager and the business references to ensure a Sales Forecast Accuracy in line with business unit objectives regarding Service Level and Cost to Serve
Represent a pivotal entry point of the Supply Chain organization for business counterparts within the end-to-end planning process, ensuring cross-functional sensibility on the destructions

Main Responsibilities:

PLANS AGGREGATION

  • Collection of historical and forecast data from sales and marketing (qty, rev, price) – depending on BU consider distributor input
  • Manages the aggregation of sales and marketing data on common framework (Product view, SKU by week -short term- and brand by month –mid term-, qty, rev)
  • Consistently interacts with sales and marketing references in order to provide support and consistently get updates. Use the conclusion to adjust the demand plan accordingly.
  • Coaches and disseminates forecasting methodologies and tools to the business references.

DEMAND PLANNING

  • Assures a demand plan for the full S&OP horizon considering trends, commercial initiatives, distributor input and leveraging analytics 
  • Provides inputs and insight to the business references regarding operations plans/ constraints
  • Translates the demand into an operative delivery plan (SKU, week, qty, price) considering the unmanageable constraints [0 to 4-6 Months]
  • Operationalize the demand plan [0 to 18 Months] in the relevant planning tool.

DEMAND CONTROL

  • Checks and balances the short term [0 to 4-6 Months] plan to deploy deliveries to customers (supply control vs availability)
  • Collaborate with Business Responsible to prioritize any constrained demand by customer
  • Provides to the Region Board (or specific coordination mechanisms to validate the demand) the final validation ensuring that the Region Manager has the “last word”
  • Inputs demand in SAP or relevant planning tool ad ensures data consistency.

SALES & OPERATIONS PLANNING CYCLE

  • Chairs the periodical Sales & Operations Planning meetings defining the agenda, main topics and participants
  • Acts as Business Process Owner for the S&OP vs local and central stakeholders
  • Ensures inclusion of “Destruction” point in S&OP meetings agenda or in dedicated routines
  • Is the referent for local and for center (e.g. maturity assessment, IT issues)
  • Provides KPIs/ reporting
  • Prepares, enables and supports the S&OP local meetings and ensures a reflection of the decisions in the Demand Plan
  • Supports the yearly budget process by collecting, assessing and operationalizing discontinuities

FORECAST NEW PRODUCTS

  • Support Sales and Marketing departments with development of the demand plan for new products by analyzing similar products trends/seasonality, other product launches curve (pipeline building) etc.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVMENT

  • Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
  • Drive utilization of a harmonized Group Demand Planning Tool and make recommendations on enhancements

Who we are looking for:

  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field, Master’s degree is a plus.
  • 3-5 years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or related supply chain roles. Experience in a similar industry is preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with proficiency in Excel and demand planning software (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work cross-functionally with various business units.
  • Experience in chairing or leading S&OP meetings and managing complex data and stakeholder relationships.
  • Solid understanding of demand forecasting methodologies and supply chain management principles.
  • Experience with new product forecasting and pipeline building techniques.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage competing priorities.
  • Attention to detail and a proactive approach to identifying and solving challenges.

How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:

Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world. 

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