Category Demand Planner - Management Trainee – English – On site Katowice

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Now, we’re calling all you rule-breakers and risk-takers who see the world differently and are bold enough to reinvent it. Come, transform with us.

Inviting applications for the role of Category Demand Planner - Management Trainee – English – On site Katowice!
Responsibilities:

The resource would be part of the Demand Planning team and would be independently working to:

• Generate weekly forecasts from statistical through to final operations forecast
• Work with stakeholders to understand historical trends, events, outliers etc. to improve the forecasting technique, method and approach for better forecast accuracy
• Lead the pre-forecast monthly meetings aiming to decrease the bias, improve the forecast accuracy and promote the continuous optimization in demand planning
• Work with innovation, and marketing teams to manage new product launches and transition planning, maintain the innovation library
• Ensure master data is correctly and timely updated in the system
• Understand statistical aspects of forecasting to ensure models are updated accurately
• Maintain forecasting strategies in Kinaxis.
• Understand and challenge the machine learning algorithms.
• Lead weekly alignment meetings with Planning (Supply, Deployment and Innovation Planning) to discuss production plans and handling exceptions
• Ensure that aggregation and dis aggregation of forecast happens accurately at all levels
• Support the implementation of innovation plans by category, defining volumes, stocks and sales opening strategy
• Ensure and drive the upkeep and maintenance of process documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems by the team

Qualifications we seek in you!
Minimum qualifications

• University degree
• Strong knowledge of demand planning processes such as base lining, best fit modeling, forecast enrichment, outlier correction, promotions, events, trend, forecast lags, forecast accuracy/bias etc.
• Good knowledge of various statistical forecasting and inventory optimization techniques
• Functional experience in forecasting tools such as Kinaxis, SAP APO, Demantra etc.
• Understanding of database management and any ERP architecture preferably in demand planning
• Knowledge of key inventory performance metrics: inventory turns, service levels, safety stock, classes of inventory etc.
• Experience in managing phase in phase out products
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

What can we offer?
• Attractive salary;
• Stable job offers - employment contract
• Work in a multicultural and diverse environment with employees from over 30 countries
• Genpact supports professional tranings and great career development opportunities
• Free access to our award-winning learning platform
• Benefits such as Insurance, Luxmed, additional vacation days, biking policy

As an Equal Opportunity Employer – we encourage you to apply to this opening position(s) with your preferred CV format. Please note that Genpact does not impose any CV format nor do we require you to enclose, a photograph to your CV as part of the application process. It is the candidate’s absolute discretion if he/she chooses to upload a CV with or without a photograph enclosed.

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In Genpact We are extensively working on driving transformation via digitization. We are looking at all opportunities across the employee life cycle from Prospect to Alumni where every touchpoint for the employee is Digital enabled outstanding experience. We wish to be results-oriented, creative and totally disruptive to change all traditional models of employee services.