Demand Planner

Demand Planner (m/f/d)

About the role

As Demand Planner, you will own the demand forecast for your assigned portfolio and play a key role in our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process. You will work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain to translate market, customer and business insights into a reliable and unbiased demand plan.

You will combine strong analytics with business judgment, challenge assumptions and provide transparency on risks and opportunities to support service, inventory and business performance.

Key Responsibilities

- Own and continuously improve the demand forecast for the assigned portfolio.
- Review statistical forecasts and integrate relevant business drivers, including promotions, customer developments, market trends and portfolio changes.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, identify root causes and drive appropriate corrective actions.
- Lead cross-functional forecast alignment with Sales, Marketing and Finance as part of the IBP process.
- Translate commercial assumptions and Building Blocks into measurable demand impacts and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
- Identify and communicate key demand risks and opportunities.
- Manage demand planning for promotions, new product introductions, relaunches and product discontinuations.
- Partner with Supply Planning to identify and mitigate supply-demand imbalances and support service and inventory objectives.
- Support SLOB prevention through effective demand and lifecycle planning.
- Drive continuous improvement, standardization and exception-based ways of working in Demand Planning.

What we are looking for

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Economics, Data Analytics or a related field.
- Relevant experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Commercial Planning, Finance or a comparable analytical role.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business insights into quantitative demand assumptions.
- Good understanding of forecasting and demand planning principles.
- Strong Excel skills; experience with SAP and advanced planning systems is an advantage.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions.
- Structured, pragmatic and solution-oriented working style with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Fluent English; German language skills strongly preferred.