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POSITION PURPOSE

The Regional Demand Planner manages the overall regional view of Demand and collaborates across the business in order to facilitate the Regional Demand Review process. The objective of the role is to deliver best in class demand planning to ensure forecast accuracy, service level and inventory targets are met. The Regional Demand Planner drives Demand Planning excellence and provide insights into KPI key drivers.

The Demand Planner is also responsible for driving the Regional S&OP cadence through identifying trends, risks, and opportunities reviewing performance and projection to Financial/Commercial plan and ensuring handover into the Global S&OP cycle. This requires alignment of an 18-month rolling Regional Demand Plan in FuturMaster on a monthly basis, in collaboration with diverse stakeholder groups across Retail Operations, Finance, Commercial, and Supply.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a demand planning/forecasting/supply chain planning role.

• A Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, other relevant fields or equivalent experience in Supply Chain.

• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.

• Expert level proficiency in analytical tools, Microsoft Excel (Power BI, Data modelling a big positive)

• Cross functional collaboration skills with Marketing, Finance, Sales and operations teams

DESIRED PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

• Independent, self-reliant, tenacious, self-starter

• Exceptional team player

• Excellent communication skills - the ability to understand your audience and tailor your communication accordingly

• Razor-sharp analytical skills, should have the ability to evaluate, analyse and present data

• Solution oriented analytical planning skills

• Strong work ethic, perseverance and flexibility

• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, commercial & organizational skills

• Meticulous attention to detail & ability to drive flawless execution to tight deadlines

• Practical and proactive approach to problem solving and process improvement

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Demand Planning

• Responsible for facilitating the monthly Regional Demand Review process and ensure FuturMaster reflects the latest regional Demand Plan for both baseline statistical forecasts and Scheduled Demand for the next 18-month period.

• Systematically collaborates with regional teams to ensure the forecasts accurately reflects impact such as pull and push factors from: New Customers; New Channels; New Store Openings; Corporate Orders; Seasonality; Marketing product requirements; Visual Merchandising requirement; Uplift to product due to Marketing activities; Channels (Retail, Wholesale, Amenity, Digital); Life cycle phasings; Category Strategies; Key Customers; Holiday Gifting Periods.

• Manages all Demand related activities in Futurmaster such as Supersessions, deletions, history cleansing, exception reporting parameters, statistical forecast review, revisions to Key Customers

• Monitors weekly demand consumptions and contributes to Weekly Tactical Demand and Supply Review in region to ensure demand is prioritized in case of stock constraints

• In collaboration with logistics, communicates stock constraints and Demand Prioritization to relevant Key stake holders

• Facilitates all local Demand related meetings as well as the Regional Demand S&OP meeting (monthly with Country Managers and Global Demand Planning Manager)

• Documents Assumptions behind any revisions to the Demand Plan to support Global S&OP/IBP process

• Communicates changes/upsides and risk to the Demand plan

• Documents and monitors action plans from the Regional Demand S&OP meeting

• Ensures Demand Planning activities are undertaken in line with global standards

• Manages escalation process for changes to forecast inside lead time

• Rolls forecasts where required

• Monitors and understands sell-through performance in relation to forecast

• Reviews and understands gaps between forecast and budget and communicates these with key stakeholders (This is a long term goal)

• New Products managed from HO in first roll out iteration

• Strategize and execute the allocation of inventories during peak season

• Work cross functionally to provide allocation quantities to stores for new products based on forecast, sales targets, and marketing campaigns

• Cross functional collaboration skills with Marketing, Finance, Sales and operations teams

Meetings

• Facilitates Regional Demand Planning meetings with key stakeholders

• Facilitates Regional Demand S&OP meeting with regional country managers and Global Demand Planner

• Attends Weekly Demand/Supply prioritization meetings

Reporting

• Forecast accuracy and Bias measures reported monthly

• Quantitative and Qualitative insights

• Root cause analysis

• Communicates KPI results to accountability level in regions

• Global forecast accuracy and bias

• GAP reporting of forecasts to budgets (longer term goal)

KPIs

• Forecast Accuracy and Bias

• Aged Inventory write offs

• Stock Turns

• Service level targets

COMPANY BENEFITS

• The annual base salary range is $74,000-$84,000, plus company benefits, bonus and annual merit review eligibility. Actual salaries will be based on years of experience, skills, competencies qualifications.

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance with fully company paid options

• Hybrid working arrangements

• 401k savings with company match

• Generous employee discount

• Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave

• Starting with 20 days of vacation and personal leave with annual tenure increases

• Paid volunteer leave

• 6 free coaching and 6 free therapy sessions for employees and up to three family members per year

• Subscription to meditation programming through Headspace

Aesop is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a creative and inclusive workplace where talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting inclusion for all with the belief that diversity, inclusion and belonging plays an important role in the success of our organisation. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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