Consulting Director – Medical Surgical
Vizient, Inc
Associate Director – Demand Planning, Personal Care
Kimberly-Clark
full-time
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Location: Illinois, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $157,720 - $194,760 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Provide day to day direction to Demand Planning Teams for assigned Sector/Business Unit
- Own and lead the development and delivery of an accurate demand forecast for 0-24 month time horizon as part of the S&OP process for assigned Business Unit
- Partner with BU sales, Brands, Supply Chain and Product Supply Teams to provide input into decision making, gather inputs into forecast, assist in execution of business plans and gap management
- Participate in key projects to enhance forecast capabilities and drive value from Sales Planning Organization
- Train, coach and develop demand planning team and assist in defining roles and responsibilities
- Lead collaboration processes including Sales and Operations Planning, Annual Operating Plans, SMOC, Customer Transition Planning, Innovation Management and customer forecasts
- Partner with Commercial Analytics and COE to develop and deploy Consumption-Based Forecasting and advanced analytics (Kinaxis, range/threshold-based approaches)
- Execute demand planning to meet KPIs (forecast accuracy, net sales, market share, contribution, DSM) and develop demand gap management plans
- Proactively manage supply-demand imbalances, including demand management and supply allocation strategies
- Ensure application of corporate financial controls and support implementation of financial policies and internal controls
- Communicate with Customer Development, BU Sales, product supply, finance and brand teams
- Drive continuous improvement, benchmark industry best practices, and implement sustainable forecasting tools and processes
- Develop and maintain sustainable business relationships with key customers
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- 10 plus years of experience with successful demand forecasting, gap management, quantitative business analyses and general supply and demand
- Experience in S&OP process
- Strong analytical skills
- Proven business results, knowledge of sales planning and forecasting processes
- Working knowledge of logistics, finance, customer development, consumer business brand strategies and business management
- Complex problem solver to resolve business issues
- Project leadership skills
- Experience in developing internal customer relationships and conducting business analyses
- Past experience leading a team (preferred)
- Knowledge of SAP forecasting tools (preferred)
- Knowledge of LEAN change management processes (preferred)
- Experience with syndicated data, household panel data, shopper research and marketing concepts (preferred)
- Knowledge of marketing and space management processes is a plus
- Knowledge of and experience with K-C planning process and TPM software is a plus
- Proficient in data access tools and PC based applications (Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
