Demand Planner

　　Brand: Estée Lauder Companies

　　Description

　　What You Will Achieve

　　Prepare and lead the Sales Driver Review and Brand Consensus meetings as part of the monthly IBP process, focus the team on key trends insights and gain full alignment with business team on sales building blocks and demand plan vs. financial latest estimate

　　Analyze historical sales trends and develop consensus forecast for Brands based on statistical forecast and sales drivers such as promotions and new product launches by closely communicating with commercial sales & marketing team

　　Accountable for complete view of demand across basic and new SKUs within Affiliate and closure of any gap with related finance / brand plans

　　Conduct New Product pre & post launch analysis with brands and regional demand planning team and recommend actions for future launches based on historical insights

　　Interface with business partners to resolve demand gaps/imbalances and shape demand in case of constrained supply

　　Co-work with business team and inventory planner to manage phase in phase out process and minimize residual

　　Monthly review the performance of statistical forecast and enhance the adoption to improve forecast accuracy and forecast value added

　　Responsible for management and oversight demand planning WFA (statistical and enriched), forecasting bias and demand attainment

　　WFA (Weighted Forecast Accuracy) and Bias correction - Leverage SAP & BI reporting analytics to conduct root-cause analysis for WFA and regular review of Bias to recommend intervention plans with the appropriate teams to drive improvement in forecast accuracy continuously

　　Support Brand and Finance team in the yearly budget preparation process

　　Support ad-hoc requests and tasks assigned

　　Qualifications

　　What You Will Need

　　Bachelor’s degree holder in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business or related discipline is preferable

　　3-5 years of work experience with minimum of 3 years in demand planning function in similar industry, preferably from FMCG or Retail business

　　Expertise in SIOP/ S&OP / IBP process

　　Detailed oriented, sensitive to figures and with strong analytical skills

　　Excellent communication and presentation skills

　　Self-motivated, independent, and able to perform multitasks under pressure

　　Competent to work in a fast-paced and dynamic retail environment

　　Good command of written & spoken English and Chinese

　　Experienced in SAP, Power BI; Advanced in Excel

　　Job: Inventory Management and Planning - Supply Chain

　　Primary Location: Asia Pacific-CN-91-Yau Tsim Mong

　　Job Type: Standard

　　Schedule: Full-time

　　Shift: 1st (Day) Shift

　　Job Number: 240417