You manage demand planning for specific accounts, ensuring accurate forecasts and inventory levels while collaborating with various departments to meet deadlines and adapt to changes in demand.
Anforderungen
- •Strong managerial skills
- •Strong analytical skills
- •Excellent numerical skills
- •Advanced SAP knowledge (SCM & AFS)
- •Proficient in MS Excel
- •Good knowledge of MS Office (PP, Word)
- •Effective communication skills
- •Fluent in English and another European language
- •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- •At least 3 years of experience in demand planning, finance, or a similar field
- •Experience in the sporting goods industry preferred
Deine Aufgaben
- •Oversee the Rolling Demand Plan for defined Central AKA’s.
- •Ensure pre-order business processes are followed.
- •Balance product availability for re-order periods.
- •Distribute the RDP reflecting account demand monthly.
- •Facilitate allocations effectively.
- •Observe local and global timelines and deadlines.
- •Drive forecast accuracy across cross-functional departments.
- •Understand implications of forecast inaccuracies.
- •Monitor account forecast changes, opportunities, and risks.
- •Collaborate with Product Supply to clarify AKA demand.
- •Secure the appropriate level of inventory.
- •Support order book intake and fulfillment processes.
- •Lead the IBP process for responsible AKA.
- •Control the monthly cycle and influence team forecasts.
- •Bridge the IBP and RDP reconciliation.
- •Ensure the IBP submission is accurate and timely.
Original Beschreibung
# Manager Demand Planning AKA ( till 30.04.2026) (m/f/d)
**Manager Demand Planning AKA(Temp until April 2026 F/M/D)**
**Purpose and Relevance for the organization:**
*This role is responsible for managing the AKA Demand Planning process for Central AKA’s.*
*You are responsible for creating the Alliance Key Account Demand Plan and Integrated Business Plan (IBP) for your AKA responsibility. The Demand Plan is the basis for Purchasing and significantly influences the inventory management/stock turn. The IBP provides the Europe financial forecasting status.*
**Responsibilities:**
**Demand Planning**
* Responsible for overseeing the Rolling Demand Plan (RDP) for defined Central AKA’s, on article level based on AKA Sales and Marketing input
* Ensure pre-order business
* Balance the product availability for the re-order period
* Monthly distribution of the RDP reflecting account demand
* Allocations are facilitated
* Ensure the observance of local and global timelines and deadlines
* Drive the focus on forecast accuracy with cross-function departments (Marketing, AKA Sales, Product Supply and Market Operations & Optimization) and ensure the implications of inaccuracy are understood
* Observe accounts forecast changes, opportunities and risks
* Work with the Product Supply team to ensure the AKA demand is clear and ensure the correct level of inventory is secured
* Support the orderbook in-take processes and fulfilment to ensure the best possible availability
**IBP**
* Lead the IBP process for responsible AKA ensuring timelines are adhered to
* Control the monthly cycle and influence the teams where necessary to produce a considered forecast with required commentary, including risk & opps
* Bridge the IBP and RDP in a way that is reconciled and fully explained
* Ensure input the IBP submission is accurate and delivered on-time
**Key Contacts:**
* AKA CTC
* Product Supply
* Customer Service
* Market Operations & Optimization
* AKA Sales
* AKA FP&A
**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:
* Good managerial skills
* Good analytical skills
* Excellent numerical skills
* Advanced SAP knowledge (SCM & AFS)
* Good MS Excel skills
* Good knowledge of MS Office (PP, Word)
* Good communication skills
* Fluent in English and another European language in writing and speaking
**Educational Background/ Minimum requirements:**
* Bachelor degree or similar or equivalent relevant experience
* 3-5 years of work experience in demand planning, finance or a similar field
* Experience in the sporting goods industry preferred
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# Job Title: Manager Demand Planning AKA ( till 30.04.2026) (m/f/d)
Brand:
Location:
Herzogenaurach
TEAM:
Finance
State:
BY
Country/Region:
DE
Contract Type:
Temp
Number:
526759
Date:
May 3, 2025