Demand Leader North America
Current- Key lead / owner of the company IBP process, working across the full supply chain team and highlighting key risks / opportunities within demand for delivery at the Executive IBP process- Establish and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with key partners in marketing, sales, market intelligence, supply planning, finance and with Customer's, influencing refinement of consensus demand plan inputs to better capture demand signals from the market.- Ensure the highest quality forecast (accuracy, consistency) by investigating demand drivers and applying corrections when needed- Support development of long-term commercial plans, reconcile plans with commercial leaders and identify gaps; ensure action plans are aligned for execution of set strategies.- Lead continuous improvement initiatives to improve Adherence to Plan quality (systematic analysis of the deviation causes)- Implementing Key Customer collaborations to further strengthen and improve demand plan- Transforming North America into a Demand Centre of Excellence, developing processes and behaviors now adopted by other Country Groups- Developing and introducing different dynamic reports improving efficiencies and exception management- Ongoing data maintenance and cleansing in SAP APO DP- Implementation of ML statistical forecast, for an unbiased baseline and the ability to measure forecast value add