At #TropicanaBrandsGroup we are passionate about nourishing & delighting our consumers, one sip at a time
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world’s most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
Our amazing Supply Chain team is now looking for a S&OE Demand Planning Lead based in London!
The UK&I Demand Planning team currently consists of 3 people working on the longer term base forecast, with the Commercial team adding promotional volumes in TPM.
Your Next Pour: The Opportunity & key responsibilities:
- Lead S&OE (12 week) demand process for UKI
- Adjust weekly Customer SKU volume based on customer insights and behaviours and sense check SKU roll up before submitting to Supply
- Provide the best possible short term (12 week) demand view to the supply planning teams
- Run exception messages based around priorities and review outcomes, speak to cross-functional teams to identify root causes and define actions
- Identify, take action and manage the response to abnormal orders
- Collaborate with Supply Planning, Sales, Finance and Customer Collab teams to deliver desired outcomes. Chair S&OE weekly forum(s)
- Maximise customer service by learning customer buying trends, within prioritization matrix principles
- Share timely alerts on potential risk in the S&OE horizon (Service & Obsolete)
- Track and report forecast accuracy and bias at customer & product level
- Monitor and track reasons for variances vs. plans
- Where required – communicate stock prioritisation decisions and monitor outcomes in case of constrained supply
- Work closely with the Customer Collaboration team : analyse and ensure changes in demand profiles by customer are reacted to quickly
- Feed lessons learned into the S&OP process to improve longer-term planning
- Prepare and share core KPI reports with key insights, weekly
- Lead continuous improvement review and action planning in the S&OE horizon
The Perfect Blend: Experience
- Broad supply chain experience
- Experience in demand and/or sales planning
- Demonstrated ability to lead collaboration across functions to solve complex and critical challenges
- Strong analytical skills with a keen eye for detail, able to interrogate data and produce detailed insights
- Strong communication and facilitation skills to build and sustain a wide range of working relationships
- Solid understanding and ability to lead effective use of integrated SC planning systems, SAP IBP preferred
- Fluent in English
The role is based in London Farringdon (UK) and it will be required to come to the office between 2 and 3 days a week.
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