Job description
purpose:
collect, elaborate, and analyze market demand forecasts based on information from product, sales, business intelligence, and finance departments. Utilize market demand forecasts to adjust planning settings and ensure critical processes for product availability, inventory performance, and customer fill rate are optimized.
key responsibilities:
1. actively participate in continuous process improvement projects and strategic initiatives aligned with organizational roadmap strategies
2. balance inventory across multiple warehouse locations (mexico: slp, gdl, mty) and manage consignment stock for strategic customers (mr, fleets, cd) to optimize stock distribution and operational efficiency
3. ensure product availability based on demand forecasts and historical sales data while maintaining a healthy inventory structure for imported products (eu, us, br, ec) skus
4. monitor supply and inventory status, including tracking changes, implementing corrective actions, managing open orders, and conducting backorder analysis
5. execute pipo processes and oversee production follow-up activities, including sop meetings, review of new articles scheduled for production in slp, and tracking production timelines and launch volumes
6. develop and analyze key performance indicators and business performance reports (forecast accuracy, fill rate, additional inventory, psi), including root cause analysis and action plans for improvement
7. elaborate demand forecasts utilizing statistical methods and collaborative forecasting processes; upload forecasts to apo and provide sales forecast inputs to mimap
8. maintain replenishment settings (sst) in mada in coordination with the demand central team and communicate product availability information to market stakeholders with full transparency
qualifications
required qualifications:
9. bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, business administration, supply chain management, or related.
10. fluent english language capabilities, both written and verbal, at a professional level.
11. 3-5 years of substantive professional experience in demand planning, supply chain management, or inventory optimization (a must).
12. demonstrated mastery in demand planning methodologies within erp or mes environments.
13. advanced command of inventory management principles, practices, and strategic applications.
14. rigorous expertise in statistical modeling, quantitative analysis, and data interpretation.
15. advanced proficiency with enterprise data systems and supply chain it infrastructure.
16. documented track record of leading or substantially contributing to process improvement initiatives or strategic organizational projects (minimum 6 months duration).
additional information
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