Market Demand Manager (Nutrition)

JOB PURPOSE

This role exists to masterfully handle complexity and navigate strategic trade‑offs in support of the Country Business Unit team. As an expert in demand planning and S&OP, this role translates insights into actionable business intelligence and ensures that all cross‑functional inputs are integrated into a cohesive, well‑aligned business forecast. Acting as a citizen data scientist, the role leverages and interprets data to produce a central forecast that is unbiased, accurate, and aligned at the Business Unit level. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Forecast Accuracy & Bias: Ensure accuracy and monitor bias in all forecasts.
• Forecast Composition: Fully understand and clearly explain the forecast structure (volume) and related risks & opportunities to peers within the country BU.
• Demand-Supply Reconciliation: Own the reconciliation process as part of the S&OP cycle.
• Business Warehouse (BW) Accountability: Manage BW activities during S&OP.
• Business Insights & Demand Drivers: Gather market and business insights, translating them into demand drivers for automated forecast modeling (L2) to improve forecast quality.
• Market Expertise: Support BU country discussions with deep market understanding.
• Volume Forecast Alignment: Ensure updated and agreed volume forecasts are submitted and aligned with financial projections.
• Forecast Quality Improvement: Drive continuous improvement through regular performance reviews with CDP and enhance demand drivers’ quality (e.g., promotions).
• Innovation Planning: Own the innovation planning process—from input gathering and timeline coordination to validation of CDP detailed forecast inputs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Marketing, CD, and Finance to deliver input-led forecasts, covering non-forecastable segments, innovations, and local brand-building across all horizons.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong experience in demand planning and the S&OP process
• Advanced data analysis and forecasting skills
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally, ability to run operations with multi-country teams, in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Package (Excel, Word), experience in using Power BI
• Proficiency in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Team Commitment
• Responsiveness, adaptation and flexibility

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Hybrid work and flexibility 
• ​Opportunities for the development and improvement of qualifications
• Benefits: meal vouchers, private medical care, pension fund, annual bonus (which is performance-based and linked to the achievement of individual and company goals).
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