Demand Planner

Time left to apply: End Date: December 5, 2024 (30+ days left to apply)

Job Requisition ID: JR-043921

Demand Planning

• Responsible for all forecasting activities associated with channels/customers and products: reviews past sales, Sales & Marketing activities (discounts, product launches, national consumer campaigns, channel activities) to analyze, challenge and review together with the sales and marketing team with the view of improving advance forecasting of sales and product needs.
• Lead all forecasting activities associated with channels/customers and products (pre-DRM & DRM Meetings).
• Coordinates top line forecasting of sales in Anaplan with finance and supply chain.
• Supports the S&OP Manager in the preparation of Executive S&OP meetings with PRS Management Committee.

Operations

• Ensure compliance to established processes and respect of deadlines, while constantly recommending adaptation and improvement of the processes to improve efficiency of the operations.
• Coordinates with commercial, marketing and supply chain the in-market availability of new product launches, product restages, limited editions & VAPs.

S&OP Maturity Development Initiatives and Projects

• DP Excellence playbook, V2V Use Case Library / Value in S&OP, 18M / APW Concept, S&OP Meeting Templates, Risks & Opportunities Process, MC S&OP Playbook.
• Integration of Anaplan tool as single source for business planning: liaising with supply chain, finance and IT to adapt the tool to needs of users and key stakeholders.
• Anaplan translation in value.
• Review processes to process adaptation to the new CBP vision.

Education & Experience

• Degree holder with formal business qualifications or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years working experience in commercial analysis or demand planning roles.
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts. Experience of demand planning software is preferred.
• Experience in liquor, luxury or FMCG industry is a must.
• Excellent command of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Functional & Leadership Competencies

• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills, with a strategic mindset.
• Organized and strong presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, proactive and hands-on, able to translate strategy into concrete actions.
• Able to understand complex situations and provide root cause analysis.
• A team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate with internal stakeholders at operational and senior levels. Good at facilitating meetings.
• Digital savvy in a business context.

Job Posting End Date: 2024-12-05

Target Hire Date: 2024-09-01

Target End Date:

About Us

Pernod Ricard is the No.2 worldwide producer of wines and spirits with consolidated sales of €8,448 million in FY20.

Created in 1975 by the merger of Ricard and Pernod, the Group has developed through organic growth and acquisitions: Seagram (2001), Allied Domecq (2005) and Vin&Sprit (2008). Pernod Ricard, which owns 16 of the Top 100 Spirits Brands, holds one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry, including: Absolut Vodka, Ricard pastis, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater gin, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes, as well Jacob’s Creek, Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo, and Kenwood wines.

Pernod Ricard’s brands are distributed across 160+ markets and by its own salesforce in 73 markets. The Group’s decentralised organisation empowers its 19,000 employees to be true on-the-ground ambassadors of its vision of “Créateurs de Convivialité.” As reaffirmed by the Group’s strategic plan, “Transform and Accelerate,” deployed in 2018, Pernod Ricard’s strategy focuses on investing in long-term, profitable growth for all stakeholders.

The Group remains true to its three founding values: entrepreneurial spirit, mutual trust, and a strong sense of ethics, as illustrated by the 2030 Sustainability and Responsibility roadmap supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “Good times from a good place.” In recognition of Pernod Ricard’s strong commitment to sustainable development and responsible consumption, it has received a Gold rating from Ecovadis.

Pernod Ricard is also a United Nation’s Global Compact LEAD company.