Demand Planner

**About Flora Food Group**

We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.

Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.

**Demand Planner**

The Demand Planner is responsible for supporting and providing guidance through the monthly S&OP process and driving communication on volumes and business health, understand the intricacies of the category & market dynamics and act as a Supply Chain representative in partnering with the S&OP Manager, Sales, and Finance.

The position objective is to support the demand forecast and report forecast accuracy & forecast bias performance, achievement of service, reduction of finished goods waste, as well as the effective anticipation of activities from a commercial as well as from an operational standpoint. This will be done through collaboration with the S&OP Manager, Sales, and Supply Chain planning teams with the goal of lowering our Supply Chain costs and improving customer service. You will also be involved in the deployment of new tools or features whether in the planning system or in S&OP (ie. demand visibility analytics & Power Apps analytics)

**Main Responsibilities**

**Demand Related**:

- Participates in relevant meetings of the S&OP cycle with Finance and Sales to identify sales opportunities and bridge the gaps
- Supports end to end portfolio optimization through analysis of SKU performance (sales vs forecast performance & portfolio segmentation)
- Ensures integrity of the SAP Master Data through timely data maintenance of finished goods item codes (active, inactive, NPIs)
- Supports improvement of FA/FB by reviewing historical sales trends, researching demand drivers/sales plans & providing root-cause analysis for our top over-sales & under-sales
- Owns Demand KPI analysis & reporting on a weekly, monthly & quarterly basis

**General Supply Chain Related**:

- Prepares & maintains reporting for our business waste management of finished goods on a weekly basis; responds to any inquiries related to the information shared with cross-functional stakeholders
- Supports improvement of service through analysis of forecast, orders, days of coverage & cuts to drive best-in-class customer service
- Supports our cross-functional Supply Chain Planning teams with reporting automation & continuous improvement through a versatility of reporting streams & tools

**Minimum Requirements**:

- Bachelor's Degree
- 2-3 years of Supply Chain related planning experience
- A highly developed set of skills in quantification and analysis
- Proficiency using Excel, PowerPoint & PBI analytics
- Familiarity with an ERP tool, ideally IBP SAP
- Strong communication skills with an ability to deliver complex information to a variety of audiences with impact
- Creative mindset with the ability to look at a problem with a number of different perspectives and ideas for a solution
- Understand both the Supply chain ambition, deliverables and the overall business plans for sustainable growth.

Mexico City - Hybrid
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