Analyst, Demand Planning - Bayer Corporation

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Analyst, Demand Planning  

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Analyst, Demand Planning, are to:

• Weekly reporting in support of the broader demand planning team including Bias Alert Improvement Tracking reports, demand sensing variance analysis, etc. ;
• Manage the demand planning database for the purpose of preparing the broader demand planning team for Category Demand Review/Executive Forecast Review meeting with commercial;
• Develop and maintain data integrations between the Amazon Web Services, Snowflake data lake and demand planning systems ;
• Ensure demand planning systems infrastructure stability ;
• Create and maintain exception reports for the broader demand planning team;
• Assist the demand planning team with detailed analysis during Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) transitions and conversions;
• Own the Demand Planning (DP) playbook to ensure process standardization throughout the broader demand planning team;
• Assist order to cash allocation process for stockout items;
• Assist sales and customer logistics with the integration of demand planning data into Trade Promotion Management system;
• Assist Supply Chain Management as needed to ensure master data stability.

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our life values, more specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business and / or supply chain specialization required ;
• Proven work/internship/co-op experience with forecast methodology ;
• Demonstrated proficiency in forecasting and forecasting methods;
• Strong understanding of supply chain management and systems;
• Skills to contribute to a fact based way in a cross functional team environment where key stakeholders may have different points of view ;
• Sound oral and written communication skills that allow him/her to effectively work with cross functional stakeholders;
• Strong collaboration skills;
• Strong Excel skills including the following areas:  pivot tables / graphs, slicers, regression analysis, database management, and related add-ins including think cell, empower;
• Strong experience in data reporting applications such as PowerBi & Tableau;
• Detail oriented, but also able to rationalize the aggregate outputs.

Preferred qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of forecasting experience in the consumer product, consumer health, CPG or OTC industry .

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