We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Demand Planner to join our busy Supply Chain Team.
You will manage all consensus forecasting activities within Douglas, you will coordinate the development and execution of the demand planning cycle for the Douglas Group, creating and maintaining forecasts which incorporate business intelligence and demand signals gathered from sales, marketing, finance, and other sources.
You will coordinate the development and execution of the demand planning cycle so that customer demand requirements can be captured as inputs to the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. You will support quality forecasting aligned to commercial priorities, ensuring appropriate co-operative business partnerships and governance processes are followed.
You will be responsible for robust, accurate, and timely 3-year forecasting across the businesses which includes reviewing, researching and preparing historical sales trends, demand drivers, forecast data and forecast models.
You will identify and communicate our demand plan and ensure assumptions are documented and monitored, the implications of changes are reflected in our financial plan, robust scenarios are available for identifying risks and opportunities and resolving any supply/demand imbalances.
This is a great role for someone who is looking for their next challenge in Demand Planning.
What you'll bring and be valued for A great COMMUNICATOR - you will communicate with kindness and clarity. You will ask questions, be inquisitive. You will communicate with confidence.An expert COLLABORATOR - this role works across the business and with external customers. Collaboration is key.An INFLUENCER - influencing is in your wheelhouse. You feel confident influencing at all levels, across the business, with your experience, plans and data to back you up. You willA DATABASE/SYSTEMS super user - you will be confident on the MS suite and learn other demand planning software with ease.A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT mindset - you see where systems and processes can be done better and you take the initiative to make that change.IBP exposure - whether you have run an IBP process or fed into it, any experience would be advantageous.You could come from a similarly complex consumer business, FMCG, Food Manufacturing or Pharma industries where intermittent demand planning and monthly demand planning are strong. A degree in statistics, business or supply chain would be great.
What we offer Be a part of an exciting growth journey in an organisation that values its people. Belong to a great team that looks for meaning and impact in all we do. Five weeks leave from your sixth anniversary.Career growth - we relentlessly develop our people and promote internally.Life and income protection insurance.Discounted products from our consumer and nutraceutical ranges including Clinicians, BraveFace, Bio Oil, Nexcare, to name a few.An opportunity to have real influence and impact.About Us Douglas is one of New Zealand's greatest pharmaceutical success stories with an ever-expanding footprint into global markets. Privately owned, we are working to develop, trial, manufacture, test, pack and distribute the very best medicines, nutraceuticals, and products around the world.
At Douglas there are around 650 of us - including top scientists, researchers, manufacturers, regulators, supply chain professionals and engineers, and together we are on a mission to make high quality, effective and accessible products for people who need it.
We are helping people with conditions like depression, schizophrenia, breast cancer, heart failure, severe acne, as well as people who need antibiotics and medicines to support their immune system.
Next steps If you are invited to complete a video interview as the next stage of your application, we'd love you to embrace it. Video interviews allow more people the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities to the hiring manager in a new and innovative way, giving you a better chance of securing your ideal role. Relax, be yourself and do not worry, we all feel a bit awkward in front of the camera.
Want to be part of a true kiwi success story? Apply today! All applicants must undergo pre-employment screening and background checks.
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Job Details:Reference 13517 Expertise Accounting and Finance, AR/AP, Accountant, Analysis and Reporting, Auditing, Compliance and Risk, Cost Accounting, Management, Consulting and Strategy, Analyst, Change Consulting, Project management, Marketing and Communications, Brand Management, Internal Communications, Management, Market Research and Analysis, Marketing Assistant, Product Management and Development, Trade marketing, Retail and Consumer Products, Merchandisers, Planning, Sales, Account and Relationship Management, Management, Sales Coordinators, Sales Representatives Job Level Experienced Location Auckland, East Auckland, North Auckland, South Auckland, West Auckland Work Type Permanent full-time Application Closes 09 Apr 2024 23:55 More details (document) demand+planner+-+updated+03nov23 (1).docx Print Email this job to a friend Apply
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