Manager / Lead Associate, Demand Planning

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Limited•Princeton, NJ

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Dr. Reddy's, we are seeking a Manager Demand Planning to join our North America Supply Chain team. This role will be based in person (Hybrid) at our Princeton, NJ office. We are dedicated to making medicines more affordable, discovering innovative treatment options, and helping people lead longer and healthier lives. We are looking for dynamic and energetic individuals ready to inspire and make a difference.

Requirements

Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in Business, Supply chain or other relevant fields.
A minimum of 5 years of experience for Master and 7 years of experience for Bachelor degree with relevant experience in a demand planning/forecasting/supply planning role.
Capability to work with large datasets and develop diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics models.
MS Office knowledge is must.
Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of U.S. or otherwise authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, integrate statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results.
Coordinate between cross-functional teams to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
Interact with sales, marketing, and finance teams to understand demand forecast drivers.
Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons as part of a demand planning function.
Generate a consensus forecast by working with Sales, Marketing and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
Conduct Monthly Meetings with Customers.
Prepare and provide status updates to the Planning Head in all review meetings.
Identify areas of improvement while continuing to assist in risk assessment and mitigation activities.
Interact regularly with global supply chain teams to ensure alignment in priorities.
Complete special projects and assignments as requested, including automation of existing processes, data management for FTS, and coordinating and preparing data for monthly S&OP.
Identify the key molecules that affected the forecast accuracy & publish the results on a monthly basis.
Implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy to achieve targets agreed with management.
Maintain Database for reports like Forecast Accuracy, Forecast Bias, Forecast Fidelity, New Business Bids, Data for S&OP etc.
Provide support in developing seasonal demand forecasts along with customers promotional event volumes.
Collate data from Bids, RFP, OTB’s & Customers Event / promotions, use it for demand generation.
Integrate demand volumes with latest estimate volumes and value to arrive at sale value for rolling 18-24 months.
Leverage emerging AI capabilities to identify opportunities for process automation, improve demand planning analysis and insights, and enhance forecasting decision-making efficiency.