Manager, Demand Planning SA

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Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Primary Purpose of this Position:

Leads all SA Regional forecasting efforts across short- and long-term horizons, overseeing a team that integrates insights from sales, marketing, finance, and other functions. They serve as the key link between Commercial, Supply, and Finance teams, and drive demand planning within the SIOP process.

What will you be responsible for?

• Develop demand forecasts, at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons, including the near term executional demand control, the 24 month rolling operational forecast, the yearly AOP and the five year strategic plan.
• Lead a team responsible for reviewing historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, review statistical forecast models, integrate market data and evaluate forecast results to determine the monthly Consensus forecast to be used to drive Supply Planning, Operational Planning and the division SIOP process.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated Sales and Marketing assumptions.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Identify significant variances to prior forecasts for discussion during the monthly IBP demand review process.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning software (as the primary forecasting system tools. Will serve as the systems expert on all projects.
• Develop and maintain required reporting, such as accuracy metrics and projections, to assist in the Consensus process.
• Generate demand planning scenarios during strategic planning process.
• Interface with Commercial and Customer Fulfillment Teams to ensure customer provided forecasts and input are incorporated into the Consensus plan.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, business or related field
• Solid experience supply chain demand planning
• Forecasting and analytical expertise
• Leadership and team management
• Strategic and scenario planning
• Utilization of advanced planning systems
• Minimum of Advanced level of English

Knowledge of:

• ERP and Supply Chain planning systems functionality and their benefits
• Industry trends to identify innovative solutions and drive best practices for the business
• Familiar with continuous improvement processes such as lean and Six Sigma

Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.

Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.