Customer Demand Planner (Freelance)

Build and enrich the business forecast for specific (groups of) customer(s) in the Market organization. Besides you will ensure there is one aligned demand plan, signed off by sales, and serves as input into the S&OP process. 

Responsibility:
- Create an aligned short term demand plan, by using/improving the baseline forecast and enriching it with all relevant input from Sales, Customers, Customer Project Managers, Supply/Operations, Marketing, Finance and adjacent functions
- Collect input for phase-in/out & promotions and use it in the enrichment process
- Review and analyze historical sales trends, sell out, stock-in-trade, research demand drivers, prepare forecast analytics and evaluate forecast results
- Lead conversation with relevant counterparts, propose forecast adjustments and challenge assumptions underpinning input
- Support all relevant functions in creating and communicating gap closing scenarios
- Support all relevant functions in preparing, planning, communicating and revising forecast for Sales Review Meeting, Business Integration Meeting and/or Market Leadership meeting. Adjust forecasts based on meeting outputs
- Maintain the demand plan for respective Customer Planning Groups and ensure timely updates for meetings and business planning snapshots
- Be the gate keeper for potential activation/promotion agreements with customers and feasibility from a supply chain capability perspective
- Build relationship with key customers, prepare and lead joint forecasting meetings
- Primus inter pares role for DACH sales team