Senior Demand Planner
Belgium/UK – Hybrid.
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Our vision is to create a world without limits for people with diabetes and related conditions.
Join us at LifeScan, maker of the iconic OneTouch® brand diabetes products to bring to life our mission to deliver personalized health & wellness experiences that engage people to live their best lives. LifeScan has had an unwavering commitment to improving the quality of life for people with diabetes by developing agile products defined by simplicity, accuracy, and trust to enable knowledge, wellness and health. We have virtual, dynamic and on-site employees in markets around the globe.
LifeScan is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania and has a 34,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facility in Inverness, Scotland. With more than 2,000 employees LifeScan serves more than 90 countries.
At LifeScan we believe our talented and passionate team is what makes us special. We inspire excellence and teamwork through our Shared Values of Care, Create, Connect and Compete.
We have a great opportunity for a Senior Demand Planner to support US & Canada. This position will ideally be based in Geel, Belgium, but we will also consider UK based applications to find the right talent. Due to the time zone difference, the role requires flexibility.
What YOU will do here at LifeScan:
As Senior Demand Planner, you will be part of the Commercial Operations team within our Supply Chain group and will be responsible for managing and leading collaborative monthly forecasting process and demand review with the commercial team, consolidating and aggregating the demand plan for a designated group of countries. You will have the opportunity to work in an international environment with internal and external stakeholders spread across the globe. You have a broad understanding of Supply Chain processes, demonstrate business sense, and collaborate constructively (influence, challenge, and support) with a broad range of functions, both from a commercial and operations point of view. You have a good sense for gathering, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions, which is crucial to be successful in this position.
Responsibilities will include:
- You will own and lead a collaborative monthly forecasting process and demand review with the commercial team.
- You will build, maintain, and adjust SKU level forecasts for LifeScan markets within a dedicated region (US/CA).
- You will make sure all forecasts are in line with financial and go to market objectives by partnering with other functions like sales, supply planning, sales operations, and finance.
- You will provide recommended adjustments to the forecast based on market insights.
- You will monitor any changes in forecast and assessing the impact on inventory, making recommendations to solve inventory imbalances.
- You will take responsibility for optimal forecast accuracy by mastering the demand planning process, through best usage of tools, and ways of working closely with internal stakeholders. Reviewing business analytics, demand trend analyses and scenario modelling to drive forecast improvement.
- You will drive, improve, and document the demand planning process (techniques, /method/approach) and tools) Working within cross-functional teams across multiple locations to deliver project/initiative goals.
- You will collaborate with team of demand planners (training, coaching, work repartition) to assure continuity and knowledge sharing across the team.
About YOU:
In order to be successful in this role, you will be degree qualified in a relevant supply chain business discipline, with +5 years' proven experience in Demand Planning within a multinational company.
You will have:
- Thorough understanding and experienced in E2E supply chain planning.
- Strong knowledge of and experience in successfully leading process improvement-focused projects.
- Proficient in MS Office product suite, good Excel skills.
- ERP experience (Oracle JDE or other).
- Demand Planning tools experience (Rapid Response or other).
- Integrity and Credo based actions.
- Results and performance driven mindset.
- Intellectual curiosity.
- Eye for detail and good organization skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Collaboration and teaming.
- Self-awareness and adaptability.
- Big picture orientation.
We pride ourselves in creating a fantastic team environment that allows everyone to grow and develop. Therefore, it's important to us that you have:
- High Emotional Intelligence with an ability to work with multi-cultural teams.
- Able to recognize and welcome diversity.
- Flexibility and a solution-oriented approach.
- A spirit of continuous improvement.
What you will gain from the role:
We believe that our people and excellent working relationships are at the heart of our success. Together, we create a very good team spirit and friendly atmosphere to make it a great place to work, learn and develop.
This role will also have the chance to work in an international environment and it goes without saying that we offer fantastic compensation and benefits teamed with personal and professional development.
It goes without saying that we will support you to develop both personally and professionally whilst rewarding your performance.
If you want to be seen for the talent you bring to your work, be the driver of your own career, and work with others who share your passion for success then this would be the right role for you.
