Company : Lyreco Group Location : Herstal Walloon Region From : Talent BE
(9 months mission)First, you will be Communicating and providing information with Supply planners, Head of Planning, Supply chain directors, Marketing / Sales / Finance departments.Then you’re establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.Lyreco Benelux serves over 4500 customers each day from its warehouse in Vottem (near Liège), and via deliveries directly from our suppliers to our customers.We manage the demand & supply for a product portfolio of ~30000 SKU's.
At the moment we have ~14M€ worth of inventory in our Vottem warehouse.
The number of SKU's and stock level will increase in the coming years, as we are expanding our offering.
The Benelux Supply Chain Team want to become pioneering partners in delivering sustainably what any workplace needs, while offering a great customer experience.Within Lyreco Benelux we have engaged on a journey to develop our planning function from a basic transactional approach, to a true demand & supply planning activity.
In order to support our development we are looking for a demandplannerassistant.This position will be open for a 9 months mission to assist our dedicated demandplanner during the implementation of our APS.Where do you fit in the organisationTitle:
DemandplannerassistantReports to Demand & Supply Planning ManagerLocation:
Based in Vottem (Liège, BE) where the current planning team is located.What does your day look like ? General responsibilitiesOn a monthly basis lead the demand review process to provide the best sales plan to support and facilitate the Sales & Operations processDevelop sales forecasts at multiple levels (SAP data maintenance) of aggregation up to 12 rolling monthsReview historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results based on Sales Forecast Accuracy KPICoordinate cross-functional approach, interacting with sales, marketing, and finance to understand demand forecast drivers to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptionsProvide input to the Supply Planning organization in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.Manage product life cycle from the moment it is launched until it gets delisted and adjust forecasts accordinglyClosely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planningCompare short term forecast with actual sales to permanently adjust sales forecasts on a weekly basisSupporting activitiesAssist demandplanner in daily tasksReview permanently demand planning process in a continuous improvement approachPerformance analysis fieldSales forecastsBackorderHow we measure the performance of Planning(KPI)Sales Forecasts AccuracyBackorderStock levelWho are we looking forProfessional qualifications:
Bachelor or higherGood knowledge on supply chain (retail sector preferred)Excellent level on statisticsSuperior proficiency in Excel (pivot table, matrix, etc.)PC literate Word / PowerPoint / OutlookSAPProfessional EnglishCompetencesTransversal competences:
Agility / Adapt to changeFocus on resultsCustomer orientedAnalytical skillsProject managementSpecific competences:
Experience on demand or supply planning is an assetAttention to detailsExcellent communication skills and team playerStrong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze significant amounts of information and interpret trends or patterns with attention to detail and accuracy (data analyst background)What we offer:
A temporary assignment from April till December includedA Temporary contract #LI-HYBRID#LI-AV1 LyrecoGroup HerstalWalloonRegion
