Job Title: Demand Planning & IBP Lead
Location: Budapest
Contract terms: Permanent, full-time
ABOUT US
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose - Celebrating life, every day, everywhere - has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value.
Diageo Eastern Europe covers Diageo's beer business across all of Continental Europe as well as spirits businesses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The market consists of 43 governments, with employees representing 21 different nationalities.
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About the role
Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a cornerstone in the supply chain and finance realms. It's not just about aligning departments; it's about driving the success of the entire organization. By integrating demand planning into IBP processes, you ensure seamless coordination across functions, leading to improved forecasting accuracy, optimized inventory management, improved customer satisfaction and ultimately, enhanced financial performance.
The Demand Planning & IBP Lead assumes responsibility for overseeing depletion and shipment forecasting activities within Eastern Europe. The lead will utilize statistical models to create baseline forecasts, ensure data integrity, and lead a collaborative Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process involving internal stakeholders and external partners.
Role Responsibilities
TOP ACCOUNTABILITIES
Baseline Statistical Demand Forecasting:
- Utilize and maintain APO software as the primary forecasting tool to generate a rolling 18-month baseline statistical demand forecast.
- Collaborate with commercial, marketing, finance, and external partners to clean forecast history, document adjustments and assumptions, and maintain statistical parameters for the "best fit" model.
- Continuously improve statistical forecasting methods by testing and implementing new models, implementing standard processes, and supporting system developments.
- Maintain APO master data, including Characteristic Value Chain (CVC) creation, disaggregation factors, and attributes.
Lead S&OP Process:
- Lead the Pre-Demand Review step of the S&OP process with Marketing, Supply, Finance, and Commercial teams.
- Facilitate the delivery of inputs to the S&OP process to ensure quality inputs are received.
- Challenge Opportunities & Risks (O&R) projected growth assumptions based on historical trends and drive demand and supply integration to align with One plan.
Generation of Consensus Demand Plan:
- Analyze and manage volume assumptions considering internal and external factors.
- Communicate critical forecast changes to stakeholders in the Supply Chain, Sales, Finance teams.
- Collaborate with Commercial Managers to conduct root cause analysis to identify drivers of forecast error and take corrective action for continuous improvement.
- Lead the generation, alignment, and consensus of the 18-month rolling demand plan on Stock Keeping Unit/depot level monthly buckets to support the S&OP process.
DIAL-UP Behaviors
- Be externally curious: Seek deep external insights, Anticipate trends, Adapt quickly
- Collaborate efficiently: Challenge openly, Decide with only essential input, Share and embrace what works
- Experiment and learn: Aim high and disrupt, Trial innovative solutions, Fail fast and learn
- Act decisively: Choose progress over perfection, Prioritise what matters most, Commit to decisions and deliver
ABOUT YOU
Ideal experiences / Qualifications / capabilities
- Degree or equivalent in supply chain, mathematical, engineering, or business degree.
- English language --advanced
- 4+ years Supply Chain planning experience (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Material Planning), including significant experience managing S&OP process.
- Demonstrated proficiency in statistics and/or forecasting methodologies with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
- Strong analytical, organizational and decision making skills
- Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, SAP BW, Power BI,
- Strong influencing and partner engagement skills; able to manage multiply partners across functions and geographies.
- Exceptional communication skills - verbal, written and presentation.
- Experience in SAP APO will be highly valued
- Finance roles would also be considered.
- Wider cross-functional experience preferable e.g. Commercial, Finance or Supply.
- Prior experience leading and embedding S&OP standard methodology ways of working
Benefits
- Unique Family Leave opportunity
- Opportunity to work across market and cultures
- You will deal with world class brand portfolio
- Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop
Flexible Working Statement
Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.
Diversity statement
Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.
We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.
Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our bus ness as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.
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