Supply Demand Planner

Tata Consumer Products•Landover, MD

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one! How does this Job align to our Strategy? At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, Creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability. This job opportunity closely aligns with the pillars of Strengthening our Core Business & Creating a Future Ready Organization. The Demand Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining accurate demand forecasts for all our brands. This role sits at the center of Sales, Supply Chain and Operations, acting as the bridge between commercial ambition and operational reality. While forecasting remains a core responsibility, success in this role will come from influencing stakeholders, driving planning discipline, and turning data into actionable business insights. In collaboration with cross-functional teams, the demand planner will gather information on factors that may impact demand, monitor actual sales performance against forecast and refine forecasts based on changing customer promotional need.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering
5 years’ experience in demand planning within FMCG business
Strong forecast, supply planning experience
Experience with MS Office Suite

Nice To Haves

Project management experience preferred
Strong understanding of supply chain management, logistics, and inventory
Proficiency in using demand planning and forecasting software such as SAP/S4Hana, IBP, O9, Blue Planner, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis is highly preferred
Proficiency in analyzing large sets of data and using data visualization tools to identify trends, patterns, and insight – Power BI, Tableau is beneficial
Self-starter mentality with the ability to work independently
Excellent oral and written communication
Prior CPG experience
Detail orientated

Responsibilities

Improve and maintain statistical forecast models to create accurate demand forecasts for all product categories
Manage outlier detection, maintain base and promotional forecasts coming from TPM system into GIB
Evaluate the results of the statistical forecast at customer, warehouse, package, material level and make the necessary adjustment to reflect the most appropriate demand forecast results
Flag significant variances between statistical forecasts and RSM-entered demand plans to improve accuracy
Proactively use trend analysis, forecast vs actual results and data input of volume by utilizing customer promotional calendars, history and current information
Lead the demand planning meetings, prepare and present analysis –This role will partner with the Sales VP, Sales Strategy team and Regional Sales Managers to gather data and transfer information into the demand plan
Work with the sales and supply team to ensure that they’ve reached consensus upon a demand plan. Challenge assumptions and provide data-driven recommendations
Prepare and lead the monthly demand alignment meetings between Sales, Finance and Supply Leadership
Navigate through complex business processes with understanding of upstream (commercial) and downstream (supply planning, manufacturing and logistics) implications
Collaborate closely with Supply Planners to maintain up-to-date information on capacity, capability, supplier constraints in the supply network
Own product lifecycle management and distribution tracker to ensure that any add/delete items are promptly updated in the system to avoid impacting forecast accuracy
Ensure changes in Supply Chain (SKU/Material Intro and deletion, Distribution/Network changes) are managed end-to-end including forecast needs, re-alignment requirements of sales history, maintenance of planning tables and other master data fields in SAP
Ensure the flow of customer specific demand plans through the planning process and enterprise software tools (TPM, GIB, Clearview etc.) and provide item specific input into the monthly S&OP process
Contribute to continuous enhancement in the long-term demand planning process
Continuously look for opportunities to improve processes, identify issues and provide recommendations for improvement
Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy