Demand Planner – Junior & Senior (France)

Actual Talent

Actual Talent is the talent acquisition consultancy that offers Executive Search, RPO and Talent Solutions.

About Our Client

For an important international client , we are looking for Demand Planning professionals to join their team in the Paris area .

Mission

Deliver an accurate demand forecast for the Business unit, leveraging on an effective S&OP+ process in collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing and Finance. Drive the local Demand Planning process enabling smarter decisions and orchestrates end-to-end alignment across markets. To be as “One single source of truth” across functions perceiving optimization of critical trade‑off as service level vs. cost (product availability vs. opportunity cost / operating efficiency) with capabilities to interpret complex demand patterns and translate data signals into actionable insights.

Key Responsibilities

• In line with Europe S&OP Plus process guidelines, analyze and forecast future product demand working with Marketing, Trade Marketing, Sales, Operation, Finance teams.
• Own the business cycle based on data analysis, consolidation and agreement with Sales, Marketing, Trade Mkt, and Finance teams.
• Take the “facilitator role” in the DMR and in the top line analysis brought to the Exec S&OP+ meeting.
• Be a change agent to support the continuous improvement approach.
• Integrate the Innovation in the process also to avoid write off/back order for phasing out products.
• Consolidate the Demand risk and opportunities defining actions to support the opportunities and to minimize the risk, supporting Inventory process optimization.
• Identify with Supply Planning the implementation of the appropriate stock coverage strategy maximizing Service Level target, optimizing working capital and ensure a strong focus on continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other functions (Marketing, Sales, Trade MKT, Finance, Operation, IT at local and global level) to achieve high demand accuracy level supporting a perfect execution in order management and stock allocation.
• S&OP Plus Evangelist including inventory and supply across all levels of the organization empowering the end to end vision.
• Measure the process with standard KPIs (Forecast Accuracy and BIAS) to drive corrective actions plans and empower the process.

Requirements

• Degree from an Engineering or Business School .
• Experience in Sales Forecasting and/or Supply Chain within the food industry .
• Knowledge of the GMS (large-scale retail) environment .
• Strong ability to work with data, with excellent analytical and synthesis skills .
• High level of rigour , including meeting deadlines and ensuring the quality of results.
• Strong communication skills , including active listening, dialogue and the ability to challenge.
• Ability to anticipate, take initiative and work autonomously .
• Strong knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables and functions), Power BI , ERP and/or forecasting tools .
• Knowledge of a forecasting tool such as IBP .
• Fluent English and French are required.