Demand Analyst

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

As a leading global energy company, we provide heat, light and mobility to customers worldwide. Across the bp landscape, we’re home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry.  We’re investing in today’s energy system and helping build out tomorrow’s. So while we’re still in oil and gas, over the next decade we’ll become a different kind of energy company. We’re decarbonizing and diversifying our business, fundamentally transforming what we do so we can reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. We also have a strong mission to help the whole world reach net zero too – working across our industry to improve people’s lives. 

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.

FBT defines, owns, sources and operates efficient and standardised business services for the bp.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our world-class team?

Join our Budapest Team and advance your career as a Demand Analyst!

In this role you will provide in-depth analytical support to the Demand Management Process. The role provides insight and challenge, along with maintaining and managing a formal, structured and regionally consistent Demand management process. The process must incorporate continuous improvement and strategically look to achieve excellence in integrated business management.

The Demand Management process consists of four key activities: Demand Planning and Forecasting, Communicating Demand, Demand Execution and Demand Control. The Demand Analyst is considered as a key role to support the implementation and facilitation of these sub-processes.

This role is key to supporting the Lubricants Business Management (LBM) process. LBM is a business management model that completely integrates how we manage our products, forecast their demand and supply them to our customers. LBM extends our business view to a rolling 24-month horizon.

Key Accountabilities:

• Contribute positively to achieving individual, team and organisational targets.

• Provide accurate information to both business customers and support teams through the correct use of all information technology systems.

• Exhibit strong teammate characteristics, constructive communication and active listening skills at all times.

• Display flexibility and adaptability to work with and assist other teams within the organisation.

• Develop and maintain a professional working relationship with internal and external stakeholders.

• Ensure data is accurately entered and maintained in all systems, minimising errors and resultant financial losses.

• Hold ownership of a sub-set of the Demand Management process, including ownership of data input and output from the Demand Planning systems. Proactively driving forecast accuracy and bias improvement.

• Close co-operation with relevant stakeholders in Sales and Marketing to ensure incorporation of commercial plans, assumptions and risks/opportunities into Demand Plans.

• Cooperate with and support the Market Cluster Demand Lead to develop the demand planning process and systems for the Market, in line with the regional best practise.

• Analyse trends and understands business activity in order to provide challenge and make recommendations to improve the accuracy of the Demand Plan.

• Support the Demand Leads by actively seeking and challenging all inputs into the Demand plan.

• Participate in business management processes and meetings in cluster markets as defined by LBM cycle.

• Influence the Demand Management process that triggers forecast accuracy and hence contribute to customer excellence and to value generation for the company.

• Supports the implementation and on-going improvement of Kinaxis Rapid Response Demand Planning (DP) tool.

• Maintain close relationship with Supply Chain, to provide clear insights into Demand Plans, and be the key integration p