Job Description
Perrigo is one of the world's leading OTC companies, with annual sales in the region of 4.06 billion US dollars. With more than 10,000 employees, the company distributes pharmaceuticals, medical products, nutritional supplements and cosmetics via pharmacies, chemist's shops, online mail order companies and the grocery retail industry in over 40 countries. Omega Pharma's success is based primarily on developing and marketing successful brands such as GRANU FINK®, Abtei®, Wartner®, Pencivir® and Yokebe®, which set new standards for both the consumer and the competitor.
Perrigo Company is dedicated to making lives better by bringing Quality, Affordable Self-care products that consumers trust everywhere they are sold. Help us do it.
Demand Planning - Cluster Lead (m/w/d)
In this role you will lead the team of Cluster Demand Planners on both short-term and long-term market demand forecasting processes and you will work collaboratively with the Market organization and ensure forecast accuracy and bias aligns with set targets.
- Lead Demand Planning Review and Sign-off process at Cluster Level along with key assumptions and building blocks that drive changes month on month;
- Ensure the demand planning review processes happen on time, helping the multifunctional team to comply with the requirements and actively participate and contribute as per their defined roles.
- Lead and develop Demand Planners within the Cluster. Leadership responsibilities include seamless collaboration with Commercial team.
- Oversee the monthly governance process to monitor progress and take corrective actions when required.
- Ensure that systems and processes are in line with global demand planning standards;
- Ensure smooth role-out of SAP IBP and related processes across the Cluster and related Markets
- Utilize experience with demand forecasting platforms (SAP IBP) and other planning systems, to drive efficiency and accuracy in our planning processes (stat forecast vs forecast enrichment);
- Align strategic roadmap with key stakeholders across functions, hierarchy and different parts of the business;
- Address demand-planning process related issues like a fragmented approach to forecasting demand or difficulty in acquiring information from siloed teams in a timely and effective manner;
- Develop in-depth understanding of category trends, brands' market share & performance within categories and stock in trade visibility to leverage forecast capabilities
- Support the hiring, training and onboarding of new demand planning coordinators within the Cluster;
- Enable process design through technology and analytics;
- Track KPIs and benefits into the business;
- Ensure actions to improve demand-planning performance are in place and track the progress;
- Demonstrate sound business decision making aligned with company goals;
This role requires the following experience(preferably from Consumer Self-Care, FMCG industry)
- 5+ years experience in Demand Planning
- 10+ years experience in Supply Chain
- Experience in people management
- Fluency in German and English
- Master's degree in supply chain management, logistics, business administration, engineering or a related field
- Proficiency in relevant software, such as Microsoft Office, ERP, SAP IBP
- Independent work as part of a motivated and dynamic team
- Varied and interesting tasks
- Ongoing change and personal development
- Attractive salary package
- Attractive social benefits, e.g. occupational pension