Energizer Holdings

Produces batteries and household products

Market Demand Planner with Italian speaking

Supply Chain ManagementUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timePolandNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Working knowledge of supply chain, with a demand-planning background preferred.
Ability to work remotely with an international team.
Fluency in English.
Strong information technology skills, especially Microsoft Excel.
Degree-level education.
Very good communication skills.
Organizational skills to handle workflow and deadlines.
Ability to collaborate in a matrix environment and across varied cultural teams.
Strong analytical thinking.
Customer focus and strong needs-identification capacity.
Results orientation.
Ability to influence.
Initiative and ability to work as a self-starter.

Responsibilities

Support the demand-planning analyst team by collaborating and sharing knowledge of historical events to filter future gains and/or cannibalization impacts.
Create Business Building Blocks with local Marketing and Sales departments to develop a realistic forecast, including promotional forecasts, promotional display forecasts, distribution gains and losses, new-product launch forecasts, opportunities and risks, Nielsen data, and expected seasonality.
Analyze and support a closed feedback loop with Sales and Marketing on market intelligence to improve the Market Intelligence forecast.
Challenge the Sales Team forecast regarding appropriate item codes and planning horizons, ensure IBP and Sales Team tools are updated, and collaborate with demand-planning analysts on impacts to the statistical forecast.
Collaborate with the demand-planning analyst team to analyze forecasts and forecast-error reports and improve net and absolute forecast error.
Collaborate with the demand-planning analyst team on new-product setup and forecasting, cannibalization effects, promotional analysis, code switches, and product allocation when capacity is constrained.
Collaborate with demand-planning analysts and Sub-region Demand Planners to review best practices for IBP and other demand-planning and forecasting tools, processes, and procedures.
Build the pre-DMR pack, facilitate the meeting, obtain forecast sign-off from the Market Business Director, and connect with demand-planning analysts to understand supply-constraint impacts.
Support DMR.
Identify forecast issues and investigate the root causes of forecast errors with support from the demand-planning analyst.
Support implementation of the International Modern Market Roadmap for forecast improvement, aligned with the priorities of the senior Demand Planning Manager.
Represent demand planning and promote its good practice and strategy within the market and with key market stakeholders.
Ensure forecast requirements for co-packing and co-packaging are up to date in IBP.
When information from local Marketing is lacking, proactively provide Customer Service with specific information about switches and major events, including new-product developments and important promotions, to support customer deliveries.
Follow up on the market SLOBs process.
Support the market-level SKU rationalization process.

Desired Qualifications

SAP-IBP or SAP knowledge.
One additional European language.
Ability to work with different cultural teams.
Strong motivation to work remotely with different teams.

What you'll love about this job

Hybrid work
Iconic brands
Leader on the market
International environment
Italian speaker needed

This is Energizer Holdings, Inc.

Energizer Holdings responsibly creates products to make lives easier and more enjoyable. To do this, we lean into our culture as an organization – we win together, while serving each other, with a willingness to act boldly, all while doing right. Our colleagues hail from all backgrounds, nationalities and walks of life, but our shared mission and purpose make us one team. Because we’re a global organization, you will always have opportunities to learn, grow and develop in your career. We support flexible working arrangements wherever possible.

Position Summary

We are currently looking for an Italian speaker to report to the Cluster Associate Manager Demand Planning

Key relationships include CS market leaders, Supply planning teams, Demand Planning Analyst, Market Demand Planners, Senior Demand Planning Manager, Marketing local leaders, Key account Manager, Commercial and business Directors.

Responsibilities

To support DP analyst team by collaborating and sharing knowledge of historical events to filter and future gains and/or cannibalization impacts.
To be involved in creating Business Building Blocks with local Marketing & Sales departments to get to a realistic forecast:
- promotional forecast
- promotional display forecast
- information regarding distribution gains and losses
- information regarding new product launch forecast
- information regarding opportunities and risks
- information on Nielsen data and expected seasonality.
To analyze and support a closed feedback loop with sales and marketing on market intelligence to ensure we take every opportunity to improve our Market Intelligence forecast
To challenge Sales Team forecast about appropriate items codes and right horizon to maintain with the result of IBP and Sales team tools being updated and to collaborate with DP analysts on impacts to statistical forecast
To collaborate with DP Analyst team in analysis of forecasts and forecast error reports to improve forecast accuracy (net error and absolute error).

Collaborate with DP analyst team on new product set up and forecast, a common understanding on cannibalization effects, promo analysis, code switches and product allocation in case of capacity constraints
Collaborate with DP analyst team and Sub-region Demand planners to continually review best practices of IBP and other demand planning/ forecasting tools, processes, and procedures
To build the pack for pre-DMR and facilitate the meeting and obtain the forecast sign off from the Market Business Director and connect to DP analyst to understand impact of supply constraints
To support DMR
To identify Forecast issues and with the support of DP Analyst to investigate root causes of forecast errors.
To support the implementation of the International Modern Market Roadmap for forecast improvement aligned to the priorities of your manager N+1 (senior Demand Planning Manager)
To represent demand planning and promote its good practice and strategy within the market and with key market stakeholders

Specific Accountabilities

Ensure that the forecast requirements for co-packing and co-packaging are up to date in IBP
In case of lack of information from local Marketing, be able to support Customer Service by providing specific information (switches-major events such as NPD and important promotion) pro-actively, for Customer Service to support delivery to customers
Follow up on market SLOBs process
To support the SKU rationalization process at a market level

What we are looking for

Required Skills and Experience

Be able to work with an international team remotely
Working knowledge of a Supply Chain (specific DP background better)
Fluent in English
Strong IT skills i.e. Microsoft Office, especially Excel
SAP-IBP / SAP knowledge desirable
Education requirements (degree level educated)
Very good communication skills
Organizational skills to handle workflow and deadlines

Demonstrated Competencies:
Teamwork
Collaboration with ability to work in matrix environment and varied cultural teams
Strong analytical thinking
Customer Focus with strong needs identification capacity
Results Orientated
Influence
Initiative (self-starter)

Preferred Skills and Experience

1 other European language is a bonus
Ability to work with different cultural teams
Strong motivation to work remotely with different Teams

Come join us!

Energizer is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

About the Company

Energizer Holdings

Produces batteries and household products

Energizer Holdings makes everyday consumer goods, focusing on batteries and related products that power devices and make daily life easier and more enjoyable. Its core products work by storing chemical energy in batteries and converting it into electrical energy to run devices such as flashlights, toys, remotes, and other household electronics. The company differentiates itself through its global scale, strong customer and consumer focus, and a steady pipeline of category fundamentals and optimizations in operations, backed by a culture that emphasizes teamwork and bold action while acting responsibly. Its goal is to deliver long-term value and success by growing revenue with customers and consumers and maintaining leadership in its key markets.

Company size: 5,001-10,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Columbia, SC
Founded: 1896

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