Regional Demand Planner

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Regional Demand Planner, your new opportunity?

Demand planning is instrumental in Givaudan’s continued strategic growth. With focus on Latin American and North America regions in the Health & Functional Business Unit, you will: build a consensus demand plan for the next 24 months, coordinate with relevant partners (sales, customer care, supply chain), identify trends, research demand drivers and analyze demand alerts to update demand forecasts supporting excellence in execution and ensuring exceptional customer experiences.

You will report to the HFBU Demand Planning Manager.

In this exciting role you will work on:

1. Demand planning: Identify opportunities for demand plan improvements including forecasting accuracy and bias, business evaluation (losses, wins, lifecycle changes), new product introduction and first-time orders, seasonal and promotional activities. You will manage early warning process and conduct regular demand review meetings with both the commercial organization and customers.
2. Partner relationship: You will communicate and build relationships with Operations and Commercial teams (internal and external customers) and will be the primary contact between the supply chain and the commercial organization together with customer care.
3. Strategy and Continuous Improvement: You will contribute to the development and implement Demand Planning Strategy, focusing on the Latin America region and supporting on the North America region, aligned with Sales and Operations’ Roadmap. Following the Givaudan DNA, you will look and propose process optimizations and simplifications to enhance the productivity and the customer experience.

You?

Are you an expert in supply chain with advanced planning analysis techniques? Are you able to collaborate and cross-cultural? Can you use complex queries and creating reports with database and spreadsheet programs? Then join us - and improve your world!

Your professional profile includes:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, and others.
2. Minimum 4 years relevant work experience in inventory management, demand forecasting, supply chain management or financial planning in a multinational work environment.
3. Affinity to systems and analytical tools (SAP IBP, BI/BO).
4. ERP/MRP Expertise.
5. At ease with high volume of numbers and ability to combine overviews.
6. Spanish or Portuguese – Fluent. English – Professional Proficiency.
7. Desired APICS Certification.
8. Experience working in a multicultural environment.

We offer the following benefits:

• Annual bonus and PTU.
• Excellent medical insurance plan.
• Excellent Savings Plan.
• Gym pass benefits.
• In-company English lessons.
• Career Development Opportunities with access to many virtual learning sessions.
• International working environment.
• Quality of Life program.

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives. You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions. Every essence of you enriches our world. Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners. Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.