• Oversee demand planning and management processes for new and existing products.
• Review inventory reports weekly and identify/resolve allocation challenges (i.e. balancing warehouse stock, ensuring sufficient stock available to meet forecast, etc.)
• Proactively review Supply Chain MRP and DRP to ensure minimizing OOS (out-of-stock) items
• Take responsibility for issuing purchase orders
• Work with retail partners to ensure 100% fill rate on all orders
• Forecast work with Account Managers (internal and broker) to drive strong forecasting
• Create and maintain a forecast of aggregate customer demands for products
• Work with the internal product development team to ensure innovation items are launched on time
• Analyze product trends to ensure that forecasted shipments align with targeted growth plans
• Develop and maintain  tools  (i.e. Excel models) to manage brand innovations
• Identify and act on improvement opportunities in day-to-day operations
• Develop and manage inventory plans for products

Skills: Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Optimization, Purchase Order Management, Forecasting Analysis, Product Trend Analysis, Excel Modeling, Continuous Improvement

• Analyze and monitor all data points as related to sales and forecasts for the company (weekly POS, shipments, orders, current market trends, seasonal trends, new item performance and product version changes)
• Responsible for North American forecasts at the Customer/SKU level through a collaborative forecast process
• Assist in the development of new data-driven business processes and systems that will drive forecast accuracy, adding value to all downstream commercial and supply chain processes
• Liaise with Inventory Planning, Sales, and Marketing.
• Utilize key Retailer Vendor Managed Systems for data analysis and reporting
• Devise, generate, and maintain standard and exception reports for data validation, forecasting analysis, and meetings
• Deliver training and provide Demand Planning systems support for the Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams
• Monitor SKU count and recommend SKU rationalization initiatives in the future.
• Monitor and help resolve customer service-related issues for products in support of customers, brand managers & sales parties
• Conduct customer order entry, e-commerce, and promotional planning 
• Lead or participate in projects as determined by the Supply Chain Planning Manager or other assigned tasks from time to time
• Participate in annual stocktakes, especially reconciling inventory variances

Skills: Data Analysis, Collaborative Forecasting, Business Process Development, Inventory Management, Retail Systems Utilization, Reporting and Documentation, Demand Planning Support, Project Management

• Work closely with partners to ensure an appropriate product assortment at the right timing, to optimize the sales, brand image and strategy, from the allocations, and replenishments to stock operations.
• Drive and develop product and data analytics to grow the KSI business with high collaboration with internal cross-functional and external account partners.
• Prepare and maintain relevant sell-in and sell-out reports by gathering, analyzing, and validating data accuracy across multiple database sources
• Maintain order portals for each market and suggest Available-To-Sell (ATS) recommendations and future product receipt needs.
• Support Account Manager by partnering with KS Merchandising to download and communicate all market-relevant updates and materials for account partners during Buy/Market Week
• Own post-market reconciliation and forecast management to ensure customer demands are accurately captured and produced (working with Global Merchandising, Planning & Logistics)
• Perform root cause analysis of demand issues and provide solutions for the commercial business and escalation to management whenever necessary.
• Track production inbound product deliveries from manufacturing service providers to company distribution points and be able to provide risk analysis where necessary.
• Update Master SKU List, KS Master International Assortment – Intro, Out-Store, and attributes for importation and local database set-up
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect the latest POS sales results and market assumptions
• Work in concert with Account Management, Finance, Buying/Merchandising, and Logistics partners.

Skills: Product Assortment Optimization, Data Analytics, Sell-in and Sell-out Reporting, Order Management, Forecast Management, Root Cause Analysis, Production Tracking, Cross-functional Collaboration

• Event Planning and forecast enrichment for portfolio responsible
• Steer demand review meetings for the respective country clusters
• Propose and execute measures to improve the quality of the forecast (statistical and enriched)
• Support the Forecast Analysts in upgrading the Statistical Baseline Forecast following the standard monthly planning cycle
• Work closely with sales and marketing teams for all demand-influencing projects and parameters and incorporate them into the demand plan
• Control volumes for new product introductions, promotions, customer loss/gains and other events
• Maintain product lifecycle in APO DP and secure a correct demand plan for these products
• Continue to improve forecasting techniques, methods and approaches to better improve Forecast accuracy and reduce BIAS
• Drive continuous improvement customer collaboration projects to improve customer demand and supply interaction, aiming to foster mutually beneficial activities
• Deploys the demand plan and manages communication & exceptions back to the supply team and external suppliers
• Integrates customer scan data into the demand and replenishment plan
• Publishes key supply chain metrics including inventory coverage, fill rate measurement and out-of-stock

Skills: Event Planning, Demand Review, Forecast Improvement, Statistical Forecasting, Cross-functional Collaboration, Lifecycle Management, Forecast Enhancement, Metrics Reporting

• Continuously improve forecasting techniques, measure and evaluate the impact of forecast accuracy and document standard operating procedures.
• Organize detailed inventory plans that incorporate into fundamental decision-making.
• Analyze and manage the organization's forecast planning function.
• Understand business objectives for launch and forecast management and integrate information into statistical baselines and demand planning processes.
• Coordinate with cross-functional areas such as Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, and IT to determine forecast and optimize results.
• Establish and utilize best methods (statistical models and software tools) in creating forecasts and respective inventory targets, including safety stock levels as approved by management.
• Conduct current and future forecasting analysis, ensuring processes and methods are followed.
• Design and generate weekly and monthly statistical forecast reports based on historical sales, market trends, seasonality and promotions to support decision-making.
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices and the ability to advocate for and translate those into forecasting practices where appropriate.
• Champion the S&OP process, with a focus on collaboration, exception management and demand variation
• Develop a robust demand forecasting process by incorporating historical sales trends and demand activity (i.e. promotions/allocation plans and lifecycle management)
• Collaborates with sales and marketing within the monthly S&OP cycle to review demand forecasts aligned with sourcing lead times

Skills: Forecast Improvement, Inventory Planning, Forecast Analysis, Cross-functional Coordination, Statistical Modeling, Forecast Reporting, S&OP Process Management, Demand Forecasting

• Review the Engineering Bill of Material (BOM) and source the required project parts in the most cost-effective, creative, and optimized manner, within 48 hours. 
• Ensure on-hand inventory is consumed where possible and make the Procurement and Inventory team's job easier.
• Lead discussions around inventory discrepancies and escalate to update inventory levels in SAP.
• Facilitate and oversee the BOM to Sales Order (SO) release in SAP and ensure all tasks are completed on time and free of any errors.
• Optimize logistics costs through smart sourcing decisions and optimizing truckload quantities delivering to solar projects. 
• Lower procurement costs by recommending sourcing the lowest-cost parts.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional BOM sourcing meetings and openly challenge sourcing decisions where needed.
• Coordinate with the in-house teams - Order Fulfillment, Procurement, Inventory and Logistics to ensure sourcing communication and actions flow effectively and on time through each of the teams.
• Develop macros in Excel and identify process efficiency gaps to reduce repetitive work and explore Kaizen opportunities to optimize time, effort, and cost savings.
• Lead and bring to completion any change orders required after SO release, working closely with project managers.
• Read and understand technical specifications.
• Review any drawing exceptions with the Engineering team.

Skills: BOM Review, Inventory Management, SAP Proficiency, Logistics Optimization, Cost Reduction, Cross-functional Collaboration, Excel Macros Development, Technical Specifications Analysis

• Oversee demand and supply planning for all products
• Build and manage KPIs for supply chain strategy and performance.
• Demand and supply planning for all refurbished bikes.
• Manage communication, coordination and order placement with suppliers.
• Manage communication and coordination with forwarders for all inbound shipments from suppliers.
• Monitor stock levels to ensure uninterrupted and timely fulfillment of customer orders.
• Update order/inventory system with back-in-stock and incoming order ETAs.
• Manage inventory planning for backorders together with the fulfillment and logistics team.
• Collaborate with, support and coordinate with the rest of the team on information updates, special campaigns and problem-solving.
• Develop and manage Inventory KPIs, and drive process improvements across the supply chain.
• Manage SKU/EAN number creation of new products.

Skills: Demand Planning, Supply Planning, KPI Management, Supplier Coordination, Inbound Shipment Management, Stock Monitoring, Inventory Planning, Cross-functional Collaboration

• Build an integrated demand planning function for the business
• Establish an effective S&OP process
• Maintain excellent relationships across the brand's sales, operations and finance teams and also with their customers and wider supply chain
• Analyse sales trends, customer demand, etc to create detailed sales forecasts by SKU
• Take responsibility for analyzing variances in these forecasts
• Work with the operations team to closely manage the brand stock levels across all locations - ensuring this is optimized and forecasts are accurate
• Work as part of a project team moving the business from Excel to a dedicated stock management system
• Month-end stock, production and revenue reconciliations - working closely with the finance team
• Ensure SKU data is up to date in the stock management system
• Track and maintain Demand Planning KPIs - primarily forecast accuracy, stock level, SKU count, etc
• Reporting to the Head of Finance with a dotted line to the Heads of Sales and Operations

Skills: Demand Planning, S&OP Process, Relationship Management, Sales Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis, Stock Level Management, System Implementation, KPI Tracking

• Previous Forecast, Demand Planning and Demand Execution experience
• ERP/MRP experience, Oracle and Demantra
• Experience in the Medical Device industry in Customer Service, Supply Chain, and/or Inside Sales
• Proven track record of improving overall efficiencies, reducing scrap costs and leading teams to effect positive change within the organization
• Strong written and verbal communication with both internal and external customers
• Demonstrate proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts
• Familiar with creating and evaluating statistical forecast models based on historical sales and booking data, market trends, seasonality, and customer requirements
• Ability to organize and complete work with given deadlines
• Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook

Qualifications: BA in Business Administration with 5 years of Experience

• Must be an expert with Microsoft Excel, pivot tables and advanced formula focus
• Experience with Microsoft Outlook and PowerPoint (or similar), Word
• Experience with ERP Deployed Systems, ERP reporting- software such as Sequel, Crystal reports, SQL
• Need to be highly numerate and possess the ability to perform statistical analysis on large data sets, to provide analytical support for projects, new business opportunities, and proposals
• Problem-solving skills - be naturally curious and with proven ability to identify and resolve problems
• Critical thinking skills - an affinity for data and resourcefulness in obtaining data and must be able to relate with an abstract to make decisions in situations where complete information is not available
• Strategic and analytical thinker, and make decisions with a long-term focus in a results-oriented environment
• Must effectively prioritize assignments, manage workload, as well as manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment
• Be a team player and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Strong written and oral communication abilities to perform job duties successfully, especially producing monthly reports

Qualifications: BA in Logistics and Transportation with 3 years of Experience

• Experience in a production/inventory/demand planning/supply chain environment.
• Experience with any forecasting and inventory replenishment application software
• Cross-functional understanding of supply chain planning, sales, product management and marketing
• Strong technical, mathematical and analytical skills
• Ability to adapt well and be flexible in changing environments.
• Ability to consider multiple factors when making good decisions
• Ability to use a variety of technologies and tools including Microsoft Office, ERP System, SAP, and other forecast or replenishment tools.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Willingness to “roll up sleeves” daily to be involved in getting the work done is a requirement.
• Ability to build relationships and maintain rapport with manufacturing group as well as Managers and Executive Leadership.

Qualifications: BA in Industrial Engineering with 1 year of Experience

• Experience in statistical forecasting, statistical modeling, and demand planning in the CPG industry
• Demonstrated experience with statistical forecasting tools such as DemandWorks, Logility, SAS, JDA, and Manugistics.
• Experience participating in sales forecast collaboration and Demand Review Meetings.
• Exceptional computer skills in ERP, Business Intelligence systems or equivalent, and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively communicate across multiple departments and through multiple levels of the organization.
• Demonstrate influencing, negotiating and conflict management skills.
• Strong working knowledge of effective supply chain performance including supply planning, customer service, supplier and asset management.
• Strong passion for creating process and systems improvement.
• Able to attend or participate in external industry events and/or membership in forecasting organizations such as IBF.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. 

Qualifications: BA in Operations Management with 6 years of Experience

• Inventory, supply planning, material planning, or demand planning experience 
• Experience in Demand Management/Planning/Inventory Management and/or strategic sourcing
• Thorough understanding and experience dealing with supply chain processes
• Understand forecasting and demand planning principles
• Solid understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes
• Working knowledge of ERP systems (Series, Oracle, SAP, JDA), MS Office (Excel & Access)
• Thorough knowledge and comfort working with various ERP systems, especially JDA to become one of the department SuperUsers
• Experience using JDA Replenishment and Fulfillment software
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

Qualifications: BA in Economics with 5 years of Experience

• Working experience with using SAP Business One
• Experience working in a Demand and Supply Planning role
• Experience working within a team
• Experience working in Pharma, OTC, or FMCG industry
• Experience planning/supplying goods to the UK’s pharma/health retailers and supermarkets
• Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Strong project management skills to provide leadership for minor projects through to completion
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. 
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. 

Qualifications: BA in Supply Chain Management with 4 years of Experience

• Demand Planning or Supply Planning experience
• Experience working with multifunctional teams
• Solid technical skills in SAP, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience owning measures and improving results
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Aptitude for problem-solving
• Track record of working independently to produce solutions
• Ability to adapt to changing environment and quickly learn new processes
• Strong analytical ability with special attention to detail
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Qualifications: BA in Statistics with 2 years of Experience

• Demand planning or Replenishment, Inventory, Importing and Supply Chain experience
• Knowledgeable of the processes techniques and systems utilized in developing accurate demand forecasts
• Experience with E3 or other replenishment systems
• Knowledgeable of the replenishment and overall supply chain business processes.
• Ability to work with the Business to understand requirements that drive efficiencies in the business, taking into account the entire picture as well as details.
• Strong ability to influence behaviors across the organization with a commitment to best practices
• Financial acumen to forecast financial requirements and inventory impacts
• Able to collaborate cross-functionally to gather necessary information for the development of accurate forecasts
• Advanced data analysis skills using Microsoft Excel, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Action-oriented with a strong sense of urgency and ability to prioritize and adapt.

Qualifications: BA in Production Management with 3 years of Experience