Your Tasks

As a Demand Planner based in Belgium you will work as part of the Belgium-Netherlands (Benelux) Demand Planning team, collaborating locally with various departments, including Sales, Shopper & Customer Marketing, Finance, Customer Service, and Marketing. Your key responsibility is to drive improvements in the quality of business planning within the local Sales & Operations process and various key performance indicators, with a particular emphasis on Service Level in-Full, Forecast Accuracy, and Forecast Bias.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead the local Sales & Operations process, considering all different department perspectives to produce a high-quality business planning
• Analyze key performance indicators, especially Service Level in-Full, Forecast Accuracy, and Forecast Bias, to identify areas for improvement, root causes of performance gaps, and opportunities for optimizating
• Utilize the latest artificial intelligence & machine learning baseline forecasting methods for each product to build an unbiased and accurate demand plan using SAP APO
• Work with cross-functional teams to enhance promotional and launch planning, ensuring that demand forecasts accurately reflect market trends and customer order behavior
• Collaborate with Sales & Customer Service teams to deepen the shared understanding of different sales channels and customers
• Support the regional supply team (COE), to ensure optimal stock distribution across different warehouses, optimized safety stock levels, and run agile processes to enable quick reactions to unforeseen market dynamics while ensuring product availability and minimizing critical stock
• Identify new ways of working with regards to processes and systems that enable working more efficiently and effectively
• Become a proactive team member of the Benelux Demand Planning team, sharing, and learning from each other, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and mutual support
  
  

Your Profile

• Academic degree in Supply Chain or related field
• Minimum 3–5 years of working experience; FMCG experience preferred
• Experience in a commercial or Demand & Supply Planning environment
• Strong analytical mindset
• Ability to build effective internal and external partnerships
• Proactive in addressing issues and problems
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to challenge current work practices to improve performance
• Knowledge of SAP APO
• Strong working experience with Microsoft Excel
• Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting methods and business analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Analysis for Office, PowerQuery)
• Experience with AI-assisted forecasting is an added advantage
• Languages: Fluency in English is a must (Fluency in French and Dutch as well is an added advantage)
  
  

Why Beiersdorf? A great place to work: pure and simple. Besides offering you a challenging role & growth opportunities, you will also receive a competitive salary package & fringe benefits:

• 8€ meal vouchers per working day
• Performance based bonus
• Hospitalization insurance & pension scheme contribution
• Monthly Internet allowance (20€ net/month)
• Yearly participation to our inhouse training programs
• 2 days of homeworking per week are allowed
• Mobile phone & phone subscription
• 32 holidays (pro-rated)
• Employee assistance program for legal - financial - psychological assistance
• Many more!
  
  

At Beiersdorf, we want to help people feel good about their skin – and our commitment goes far beyond caring for skin. For 140 years, we have developed innovative skin and body care products for well-known brands such as NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie, Hansaplast, and Labello. We act according to our purpose, WE CARE BEYOND SKIN, and take responsibility for our consumers, our employees, the environment and society.

Behind every brand, every product and every accomplishment are our more than 20,000 employees. It is for them that we live an inclusive culture of respect and trust that is strongly aligned with our values – CARE, COURAGE, SIMPLICITY and TRUST. We also embrace diversity by valuing the uniqueness of each individual and being committed to equal opportunities for all.