Demand planner / Commercial Planner a.i. #KRTZ5753655

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Opdracht: Demand planner / Commercial Planner a.i.

Locatie: Regio Hoorn
Startdatum: z.s.m
Duur: 31 dec 22
Optie op verlenging: ja
Uren per week: 38 uur
ZZP mogelijk: ja

Reageren voor 8 april, 12.00u.

Taken en verantwoordelijkheden Demand planner / Commercial Planner a.i.

Do you like to move on the playing field between Commerce and Supply Chain Planning and be responsible for the assortment and demand planning? Join our dynamic organization have impact and help us building our brand new Commercial Planning Team.

What you’ll spend your time doing:
As a Commercial Planner you report directly to the Teamlead Commercial Planning and be part of a team with 8 peers. In this role you are responsible to deliver an optimal assortment and demand planning for multiple categories. You will also translate the commercial thoughts, in the amount of articles that we buy, to a workable output for Supply Chain Planning. 
For the assortment planning you provide insight and short- and mid-term assortment, while demand planning calculates demand forecasts for new articles and impact of commercial activities on existing assortment.

Key tasks and responsibilities are:

Do you like to move on the playing field between Commerce and Supply Chain Planning and be responsible for the assortment and demand planning? Join our dynamic organization have impact and help us building our brand new Commercial Planning Team.

What you’ll spend your time doing:

As a Commercial Planner you report directly to the Teamlead Commercial Planning and be part of a team with 8 peers. In this role you are responsible to deliver an optimal assortment and demand planning for multiple categories. You will also translate the commercial thoughts, in the amount of articles that we buy, to a workable output for Supply Chain Planning. 
For the assortment planning you provide insight and in the short- and mid-term assortment, while demand planning calculates demand forecasts for new articles and impact of commercial activities on existing assortment.

Key tasks and responsibilities are:

• creating a demand forecast for new assortment, taking into account a broad set of influencing factors like seasonality, timing, product improvements, existing assortment and trends (on the various levels like store, country or DC level);
• support Buyers in analysing assortment gaps, possible issues and article trends; propose commercial and assortment adjustments; 
• align with supply chain planning to identify possible impacts on demand, adjustments in start dates and understand possible supply issues impacting assortment planning;
• connect category level plans to overall sales and financial objectives, highlight areas of risk and provide alternate recommendations;
• forecast expected promo sales for planned promo’s and define impact of other commercial activities and trends on existing assortment, in close collaboration with Buyer;
• play an active role in the selection and development of assortment planning and demand planning tools;
• overall support in developing a mature, stable and reliable Commercial Planning department.

This is you: 
Since the team is brand new and lots of development are still needed, we are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to bring spirit to drive success! 
You are highly analytical and have well established communication skills to be able to collaborate with Buyers and other stakeholders. Besides this, you must not be afraid to challenge current working methods and set up proposals to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce complexity.

In addition, you will need: 
 

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in demand planning or supply chain planning, preferably in a retail- or logistics organization
• Professional command of English
• Innovative mindset – to bring new ideas to the table
• Good interpersonal and communication skills 
• Cooperation and team work
• Bachelor or academic background would be preferred.