DEMAND PLANNER

At Revlon, we’re passionate about all things beauty and inspiring women to ‘Live Boldy’. Since the launch of the first opaque nail enamel in 1932, Revlon has provided our consumers with high quality products that deliver sophisticated glamour. Today, Revlon's diversified portfolio of brands is sold in more than 150 countries around the world and has some of the world’s most iconic and desired brands in colour cosmetics, skin care, hair care, hair color and fragrances.At Revlon, we are equally passionate about our team! We celebrate success, invest in health and wellbeing initiatives as well as professional development programs designed to unlock potential.Are you native or bilingual Spanish and an have an advanced level of English and/or French? Check below!JOB SUMMARYThis position is responsible for creating and executing Demand Plans that will support the company’s sales goals and strategies. Creating collaborative relationships across the sales, marketing and supply chain organizations is critical to the success of this position and this position is critical to the success of the company.The Demand Planner will work in the Demand Planning team supporting the manager in establishing the best Demand Plan: Monthly for the mid long term (typically 18m out) and weekly for the next 2-3m (inside the time fence). He/she will also work to establish the Demand Planning department as the “go to” point for any topic related to expected forthcoming demand. This role requires strong business-data analysis skills, enabling the person to understand which are the relevant factors influencing demand .Hold profitable conversations with the commercial and Marketing teams (challenging them required).Communicating sales projections to Finance.Run an efficient continuous improvement by understanding which assumptions have been generating the biggest demand plan error and bias.ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSABILITIESGeneration of Volume and value forecasting through executing the demand planning components of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Incorporate :Sales/CBD inputs.Marketing intelligence for new product launches and discontinuations.Historical Sales from available data sources or/and Point of Sales (POS) information..Business consensus on volumes.Analyze and review sales, inventories, POS, consumption trends and monitor sales achievements to proactively identify issues and propose changes to the forecast and/or improvements.Liaise with Marketing for new product launches and discontinuations. Evaluate assumptions (pre and post launch) – new product forecast, shade ranking, cannibalization..Liaise with Sales to determine pipe forecast requirements for new product launches.Coordinate and maintain demand planning databases and system. Understand and apply statistical models, depending on historical patterns and horizons using exception based planning. Understand past and future assumptions, risks and opportunities, and clean the sales data and build base forecast while keeping track of sales and marketing activity logsPrepare and distribute the various demand planning reports that support the business operation.Report, analyze and deliver KPI´s (Forecast Bias & Accuracy, Customer Service KPI’s, Stock-on-hand days, Business Waste)Highlight gaps in the demand plan and make sure that necessary actions are taken by related stakeholdersDocument, review, and evaluate qualitative and quantitative demand planning assumptions and provide feedback for improvement. Participate and engage in continuous improvement efforts to drive forecast accuracy.Manage demand changes during the time fence (frozen period) with business and supply planning to agree on a common plan.Education & Experience: Bachelors degree (MSc Engineering or similar)3-5 years of experience in supply chain, at least 2y in Demand PlanningSAP, Manugistics or APOExcel masteryAPICS is a plusSkillsStrong analytical capability and attention to detailWillingness to work difficult tasks through to completionAbility to collaborate with other departments to reach a common goalStrong understanding of Supply Chain principlesDesire to learn and grow in the position and companyEnglish, french & Spanish working proficiency required. Other European languages will be considered as an asset.Ability to work in conditions which include multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities in tight deadlinesSucceeding Together at Revlon Appropriate Workplace BehaviorsAbility to manage the development of multi category brand forecasts for regular business and special events.Ability to direct prompt constructive action based on forecast deviations.Creative problem solving skills.Strong leadership and consensus management.Proven ability to analyze and consolidate large volumes of data, develop a fact-based point of view, and communicate it effectively and convincingly.