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Demand Planning Manager

The Position

Step into a role that drives impact.
We’re looking for a Demand Planning Manager to lead and shape our demand planning activities across a diverse range of SKUs and product categories. If you're passionate about optimizing service levels, managing inventory efficiently, and collaborating across teams.

If you’re excited to contributes to Corporate net sales and profitability and business goals by efficiently and effectively leading and managing all related supply chain activities —this could be the perfect opportunity for you


Duties & Responsibilities:

As our Demand Planning Manager, you’ll be at the heart of our supply chain strategy.

  • Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP):
    • You’ll lead cross-functional S&OP meetings and ensure follow-up on decisions, action items and timelines
    • You’ll lead annual target setting process with Marketing & Sales teams, especially regarding product/SKU specific Customer Service Level and Forecasting Accuracy
    • You’ll build and maintain robust business relationships with Marketing & Sales to support business needs and optimize SCM performance.
    • You’ll contribute to further development of local S&OP best practices document
  • Demand Planning:
    • You’ll manage the collaborative forecasting and replenishment process to align Boehringer and customer plans on key events
    • You’ll pro-actively manage the alignment of  systems / applications with ROPU CSCM contacts
    • You’ll maintain forecasting systems
    • You’ll manage demand consensus within the OPU
  • Supply Chain Performance:
    • You’ll facilitate analytics-based OPU portfolio management/ rationalization process
    • You’ll measure key performance indicators to track and evaluate demand planning process
    • You’ll prepare analysis, reports and statistics related to Demand Planning and forecasting function
  • Supply Chain Excellence:
    • You’ll lead cross-functional teams and participates in Global, regional or local special projects.
    • You’ll network in the local and regional supply chain communities, searching for industry and out-of-industry best practices and looking for applicability at Boehringer.
    • You’ll identify strategic activities that will contribute to the development of SCM as a center of excellence.
  • Launches, Transfers & Life-cycle Management:
    • You’ll optimize the time-to-market for product launches by developing and implementing launch supply scenarios, involving alignment with the cross-functional partners (e. g. Marketing, Regulatory) and global counterparts.
    • You’ll manage production transfers by developing and implementing transfer scenarios, including stockpiling where applicable
    • You’ll manage Commercial Supply Chain processes and identifies/aligns SKU portfolio optimization and SKU reduction with Marketing
    • You’ll support implementation of launches and transfers by planning and monitoring supply and inventory.
    • You’ll monitor and execute SLCI process in order to ensure artworks are being finalized on time as well as all SLCI work items are completed on time.
  • Inventory Management:
    • You’ll manage supply planning process for locally sourced SKUs to ensure meeting set service level targets
    • You’ll ensure that finished goods stocks within OPU and service levels are in line with annual targets


About our future employee:

  • You’re someone who thrives in both independent and leadership roles, and you bring:
  • Has a Bachelors Degree - A Master of Science (MSc) or Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree is an advantage and preferably with Certification from APICS (Association for Supply Chain Management)
  • Has at least 3-5 years experience in supply chain planning, especially demand planning in Pharma/Life Science industry and/or fast-moving consumer goods industry
  • Has  3 years of leadership experience
  • Has Main Competencies:
    • Capability to work both as an Individual Contributor and as a Team Leader.
    • Integrity and Trust: establishes a reputation for personal credibility and trustworthiness throughout the organization; adheres to company guidelines, industry codes and applicable laws; treats people with respect and fairness.
    • Initiative: recognizes when action is needed to get things done and performs accordingly without being directed to do so.
    • Results Orientation: sees things through to completion; ensures planned and timely implementation and delivery of outputs that meet agreed standards and expectations
  • Has analytical thinking: performs disciplined analysis (looking objectively at all angles) to data and situation to ensure that all possible outcomes are thoroughly assessed before deciding on course of action.
  • Has technical knowledge and skills: knowledge of supply chain and inventory concepts, importation and custom laws, quality assurance, regulatory and GMP, GSP and GDP rules and compliance.
  • Has an extensive know-how in SAP, MS Excel - analytics and mass data processing and Forecasting Tools / Systems
  • Has proficiency in English
  • Has an excellent communication / presentation skills and an effective negotiator 

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