Regional Business Unit Planner

Key accountabilities

• Contributor to the S&OP process, aligning sales, PMMs and Supply Chain teams around a reliable, consensus-based forecast.
• Own and improve forecast accuracy and bias KPIs, conducting root cause analysis and driving corrective actions.
• Lead regular demand review meetings, highlighting key insights, risks, and required actions.
• Develop end-to-end demand planning cycle and update short-to-long term demand forecasts, incorporating promotions, new launches, partnership with customers, and historical trends.
• Responsible for tDCA process, to align Demand and Production.
• Responsible to ensure routines determined by HQ are complete on time.
• Collaboration with Customer Planning and CUP2 projects.
• Operate advanced planning tool Maestro to generate accurate forecasts across product families.
• Responsible for regular SNP tasks associated to KMAT planning.
• Component planning of the first stockable level to ensure material availability for production.
• Maintain process documentation and training materials, contributing to knowledge sharing and standardization.
• Incorporate AI tools for market insights, based on economic situation, customers expectations, commodities, GDP and competitors.
• Optimize use of planning system Maestro, identifying opportunities and promoting adoption of new functionalities across teams.
• Be open minded and share constructive feedback for improvement with the Process Team in HQ.
• Support corporate change management and cultural change.
• Continuous improvement in local and global processes.
• AI and analytics champion, looking for efficiency, automation and having more accurate data.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment by leading regular monthly forecast consensus meetings with Sales, PMMs and Supply Chain teams to ensure shared ownership of demand plans.
• Act as a central communication bridge between Procurement, HQ BU planning, Production and customer-facing teams, ensuring forecast updates, constraints, and demand signals are clearly communicated.
• Collaborate closely via Roundtables with Sales teams to gather market insights, promotional input, and customer expectations — translating these into accurate demand forecasts.
• Career development and professional growth opportunities.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Short-term and Long-term disability
• 401k
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Education assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor and/or master’s degree in business administration, Economics or Engineering.
• APICS certification is a plus
• 3-5 years of relevant business experience necessary.
• Proficiency in supply chain planning tools and software (e.g., SAP, Rapid Response Maestro or comparable)
• Expertise in Sales & Operations Planning
• Strong knowledge in processes like Procurement, Production Planning & Scheduling.
• Basic knowledge of Sales and Order Management
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office and Analysis for Office (AO)
• Implementation (Hands-On) skills
• Motivational, Inspirational and Convincing skills
• Change Management skills