Demand Planners play a key role in ensuring a robust demand plan is created for our regional teams to support the regional Sales & Operational Planning (S&OP) process, and by bringing together customer requirements and assumptions through very close collaboration with local Sales teams.

By using our Global Planning Digital tool, Demand Planners be responsible for the demand plan using system-generated and cleansed statistical model data and by layering-in appropriate Intelligence from Sales and Marketing teams. This includes a detailed analysis of key data, insights and assumptions, and by working closely with regional Sales teams, collecting any relevant adjustments to the demand plan to reflect our customers genuine realistic unconstrained demand.

This position requires proven demand planning experience, combining strong statistical modelling skills within our digital planning tool and the ability to develop positive relationships with Sales and Marketing in the markets to create a solid and accurate Demand Plan.

What You Will Deliver (responsibilities)

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Demand Forecasting & Analysis

Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts using historical sales data, market trends, and statistical models within our global planning tool. This includes appropriately cleansing historical events, running robust statistical modelling, and deciding what is appropriate Intelligence to add looking forward.
Monitor and analyze forecast accuracy, forecast value add, forecast bias, through multiple levels of granularity, identifying and addressing deviations for action and alignment with portfolio Sales team.
Provide insights on demand trends, seasonality, and risks to improve planning accuracy.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work closely with Regional Sales and Marketing team members and align on realistic Demand Plans to feed into Supply Planning teams.
Support the Sales & Operations Planning process by presenting updated demand insights along with key changes to assumptions, working with the S&OP Manager.
Work closely with Sales, Finance and regional S&OP Manager on opportunities and vulnerabilities to the demand forecast to assess impact on attainment of business targets.
Collaborate with other regional teams and the Global Demand Planning Excellence Lead to ensure adoption of required global frameworks and standard methodologies.

Systems & Reporting

Use our demand planning tool to improve forecasting capabilities.
Maintain and improve reporting dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as forecast accuracy, bias, and inventory levels.
Continuously improve demand planning processes through data-driven insights and guidelines.

What you will need to be successful (experience, jobrequirements & qualifications)

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Education: Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Statistics, or a related field.

Experience: 5-8 years of experience in demand planning or related role in consumer goods, food & beverage, or manufacturing industries.

Proven experience as a Demand Planner using Advanced Planning software, ideally Kinaxis Maestro
Strong analytical skills and ideally some proficiency with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software (SAP ECC, S4 Hana).
Strong communication skills in Mandarin written and verbal with the ability to work effectively with Commercial and Sales teams based in other countries
Ability to handle multiple priorities in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
Possibility to join our social communities and networks
Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
Life and health insurance, medical care package
And many other benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment

Demand Planning Advisor