Sr Demand Planning And Product Analyst

The Sr Demand Planning & Product Analyst support the demand forecasting process for the respective business channels to generate a perspective on unit demand.He/she facilitates discussions with business stakeholders by channel to reconcile unit level forecasts against financial targets, key initiatives and productivity.The Demand Planning & Product Analyst oversees that POs are placed in accordance with forecasting alignment with each channel, in a timely fashion to ensure adequate inventory levels (launch and sustain).The mains responsibility will be to ensure optimal level of stocks using analytical, marketing, and sales data to avoid ruptures and depreciation.OverallFacilitates monthly forecast/planning meetings with business areas, discussing current trends and risks/opportunities.Educates business areas on demand forecasting processes and requirements, ensuring alignment between Demand Plan and Financial Forecast- identifying gaps and generating solutions to reconcile them.Implements best practices for the planning function and partners with channels to ensure the best and necessary data to analyze and drive the businessParticipate in major go-to-market milestones to gain insight to key seasonal strategies and initiatives.Aligns OTB processes by channel to meet sales, margin, and inventory turn targets, Rolling Demand Plan and markdown plans.Ensures POs and Transfer orders are places accordingly.Support in-market stock position assuring the right volumes are available on DTCs business and Retail doors.Communicates delivery constraints, operational issues/opportunities.Flags irreconcilable issues to manager for problem solving and escalation as needed.Drives the development and roll-out of tools to support demand planning efforts and data collection defining and establishing "best in class" planning processes and driving strategic and continuous improvement activitiesProvides quarterly & seasonal historical data analysis & insight as inputs for future planningLeads demand planning monthly reporting, developing and monitoring KPIs to track forecasting accuracy and other key metrics (inventory aging and obsolescence).DEMAND PLANNINGUse analytical, marketing, and sales data to effectively estimate future product demands.Duties include planning inventory flow, analyzing statistical data, and generating forecasting solutions.IMPORTATIONSupport Marketing Manager to build and control importation orders including promotional itemsFollow-up shipments and guide commercial teams on ruptures/overstockControl and manage depreciationKPISUnderstand brand's metrics and improve DOI KPIKeep track of brand's fill rateMARKET ANALYSISSupport Marketing Manager gather and analyze constant information on the Market evolution, trends and competitorsPrice Analysis and Price Tables UpdatesCOMMERCIAL SUPPORTDevelop monthly launch books to facilitate commercial presentation and negotiation with RetailersTouchpoint to Commercial team: send launch products and keep "order form" updatedPrepare Special Sales support materialBUDGETSSupport on Marketing Manager on building/revising sales forecastKey CompetenciesFunctional Work Knowledge (Demand Planning, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Full AbilitiesStrong analytical profile, Results OrientedAcute attention to detailAbility to work in fast-paced, often-changing environmentAbility to work well with cross functional teamsAbility to take initiative and think out of the boxConsumer and trends understandingProfile:Exceptional interpersonal and communication skillsDemonstrate potential in problem solving, negotiation, and analytical skillsStrong organizational and time management skills; able to handle multiple prioritiesTeam workerEnthusiasm and energyTechnical Skills:2-year college degree with emphasis in business or finance Minimum3-5 years of operations experience within a Consumer Products organization and with increasing degree of responsibilityProficient in all Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); ability to deliver strong, polished, effective PowerPoint presentationsFluent Portuguese and English mandatory