Demand Planner - PC

Unilever is currently hiring for Demand Planner - PC!

Work Level:  WL1

Reports to: DFM PC Pakistan

Scope: Local

Location: Karachi Head Office

Terms & Conditions: Full Time

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At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.  This role is to drive end to end supply chain demand planning, by defining/owning both short and long term demand planning strategy, institutionalizing best practice and supporting tools. 

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Responsible for forecasting demand for PC category.
• Analyzing data pertaining to market trends, fluctuation in sales and end stock adjustment to forecast for the future.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and finance to incorporate business insights into the demand planning process.
• Use statistical models and forecasting tools to predict future demand.
• Maintain good accuracy and bias to ensure optimal inventory levels to meet customer needs while minimizing costs.
• Planning and tracking calendar for trade activities and consumer promotions.
• Develop and refine demand planning processes and tools for better efficiency and accuracy.
• Stay updated on market conditions, customer behaviour and industry trends that impact demand.
• Forecasting for changes in SKU prices, grammages, and other business and financial decisions.
• Work closely with marketing and sales team to predict demand of new product launches or promotions.
• Monthly circulation of Demand Plan to all relevant stakeholders – Supply Chain, Trade, Finance, and Marketing.
• Calculating and tracking Forecast Accuracy and Forecast Biases of all SKUs, portfolios, and category.
• Sharing and maintaining FA-FB tracker week on week, and identifying losses in the forecast accuracy and biases.
• Leading S&OP forums and presenting to the relevant stakeholders every cycle.
• Responsible to ensure accurate forecast in Kinaxis.
• Maintaining transitions in case of code changes in Kinaxis timely.
• Ensuring all system hygiene and tracking is followed.
• Tracking and incorporating the SFOS system for better forecasting of PC SKUs
• Comparing and analyzing SFOS trends to human forecasting trends; comparing FA-FB of both and ensuring good adoption rates.
• Coordinating closely with the SFOS team to provide feedback and gain insight on the system to help improve SFOS-driven Forecast Accuracy and Bias

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Business Management
• 3+ years in Demand planning  Proven track record of analytical thinking 

Skills

• Computer literacy; software application and simulation models  
• Intermediate / Advance Excel 
• Analytical skills  
• Strong communication & interpersonal Skills

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. 

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.