Demand Planning Manager Consumer, China

% of time

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

40%          

Improve S&OP,S&OE,RvCC, AOP process health level:

• Own the demand planning process for the cluster; develop the linkages among the cross-functional team; provide guidance for and align on a robust demand-based forecast for the countries at all meaningful levels, supporting both S&OP (18-24 months) and RvsCC (5-year) horizon. Employ an effective demand segmentation strategy to focus on the key products and key customers while using statistical forecast as basis for the rest of the volume.
• Develop discipline of incorporating sales and marketing inputs into the demand plan; drive the consensus between the Cluster (top-down) and Country roll-up (bottom-up) view of demand, supported by documentation of assumption changes, risk and opportunities and reasons to believe. Ensure a robust handoff to Supply Planning to promote an Advantaged Supply Chain that will ensure product availability and optimize working capital investment.
• Feed the demand input into the cluster and regional S&OP process; provide fact-based advice to the business to facilitate the cluster decisions on allocation of available supply. Propagate the demand signals into the organization (Supply, Finance, Procurement, Sales and Marketing, Product Management).
• Drive demand planning business process excellence through standardized and meaningful processes and aids, aligned with global and regional standards. Facilitate a demand planning culture that ensures that monthly forecast submission deadlines are respected, and  drives key performance objectives of forecast accuracy and sales plan stability.

30 %          

Continuously drive the optimization on demand planning effectiveness and effeciency:

• Align and establish the ABP process with pricing, distribution,marketing and sales team to identify the clear R&O;
• Establish dollarized S&OP process
• Drive the business analysis for channel-based demand discussion.
• Lead and standardize the SFA loss analysis and idenfity the action plans by each building blocks.
• Collaborate with region team for ML enhancement.
• Drive  continuous improvement projects or new initiatives to drive changes.

10%           

People management.

• Monitor team member's performance and give coaching or instructions, ensure deliver satisfied result.
• Build team member capability on Goodyear supply chain core competency.
• Support team IDP.

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