Category Demand Planner – Assistant Manager – French – Remote PL

Genpact (NYSE: G) is a global professional services and solutions firm delivering outcomes that shape the future. Our 125,000+ people across 30+ countries are driven by our innate curiosity, entrepreneurial agility, and desire to create lasting value for clients. Powered by our purpose – the relentless pursuit of a world that works better for people – we serve and transform leading enterprises, including the Fortune Global 500, with our deep business and industry knowledge, digital operations services, and expertise in data, technology, and AI.

Inviting applications for the role of Category Demand Planner – Assistant Manager – French – Remote PL

Responsibilities:

The resource would be part of the Demand Planning team and would be independently working to:

·       · Generate weekly forecasts from statistical through to final operations forecast

·       · Work with stakeholders to understand historical trends, events, outliers etc. to improve the forecasting technique, method and approach for better forecast accuracy

·       · Lead the pre-forecast monthly meetings aiming to decrease the bias, improve the forecast accuracy and promote the continuous optimization in demand planning

·       · Work with innovation, and marketing teams to manage new product launches and transition planning, maintain the innovation library

·       · Ensure master data is correctly and timely updated in the system

·       · Understand statistical aspects of forecasting to ensure models are updated accurately

·       · Understand and challenge machine learning algorithms.

·       · Lead weekly alignment meetings with Planning (Supply, Deployment and Innovation Planning) to discuss production plans and handling exceptions

·       · Ensure that aggregation and dis aggregation of forecast happens accurately at all levels

·       · Support the implementation of innovation plans by category, defining volumes, stocks and sales opening strategy

·       · Ensure and drive the upkeep and maintenance of process documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems by the team

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum qualifications

· University degree

· Strong knowledge of demand planning processes such as base lining, best fit modeling, forecast enrichment, outlier correction, promotions, events, trend, forecast lags, forecast accuracy/bias etc.

· Good knowledge of various statistical forecasting and inventory optimization techniques

· Functional experience in forecasting tools such as SAP APO, Demantra etc.

· Understanding of database management and any ERP architecture preferably in demand planning

· Knowledge of key inventory performance metrics: inventory turns, service levels, safety stock, classes of inventory etc.