Market Planner

About the Role:

Coty, a leading beauty company, is seeking a skilled Market Planner to join its team. As a Market Planner, you will play a crucial role in demand and planning duties, including estimating future product demand, managing inventory at country level, and developing forecast models.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and develop the demand forecast (volume-value) through the S&OP cycle, based on demand trends and business assumptions.
• Drive and conduct S&OP meetings to ensure issues/potential risks around DSI (demand, supply, and inventory) are addressed properly and timely.
• Provide visibility on past performance supporting assumptions for outlook.
• Portfolio management opportunities (e.g., ABC & Distribution opportunities, in/out management).
• Work with customers, sales team, oversea plant planning team and logistics to improve forecast accuracy.
• Provide portfolio trend analysis enabling to mitigate risk or explore opportunities impacting costs or revenues.
• Provide visibility of demand in week/month/quarter bucket, and a mid to long term strategic plan as supply planner to ensure end to end supply chain planning to support top line sales and business growth.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• +3 years of experience as Demand Planner, Supply Planner or CPFR Sr.
• Integrity & Accountability – Operate with the highest ethical standards.
• Detailed working knowledge of effective supply chain performance, including operations management.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to judge when to deep dive – the Market Planner will be self-driven to achieve their outcomes.
• Significant experience of prioritization and ability to adapt to change.
• Proven stakeholder management skills (including influencing, communication negotiating and conflict management) and experience in a geographically diverse, matrix organization.
• Results-orientated, creative, practical, analytical, attention to detail, self-motivated, and a team-player.
• Demonstrated ability for sound decision making while working under pressure in critical situations.
• Proficiency with SAP, Microsoft excel and demand programs.
• Excel advanced level.
• English fluently.