Demand Planning Manager at Wasoko

Job Description (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Wasoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Wasoko aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda use Wasoko’s mobile ordering and delivery service to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time.About The RoleThe role of the DP manager will mainly focus on providing an accurate demand plan to guide the Business. This position will work directly with OPS, on the operational demand plan by Sku/Brand/Category/Class/Sub-Class in order to align with the company strategy. The role will directly support the Sales & Operations Planning process through the weekly and monthly Demand Planning Meetings. They will work cross functionally with Marketing, Sales, Finance and Procurement to help achieve high forecast accuracy. Providing aggregate and monthly Forecasts that will drive the Supply Chain to meet Sales and Customer Service objectives.About YouTo succeed in this role you must have: Strong analytical abilitiesStrong knowledge of demand planning process in FMCGExcellent communication and presentation skillsDetailed oriented and extreme accuracyAbility to Multitask, managing several projects at onceExtensive spreadsheet analysis and strong mathematical abilitiesAbility to lead cross-functionallyTeam Building Responsibilities: Develop the operations forecast for multiple time horizons. Provide guidance to demand planners, in data analysis, to identify forecast adjustments.Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data and evaluate forecast variances versus actual demand. Provide corrective actions.Monitor key forecast metrics with the objective to continuously reduce forecast error.Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and then refine the forecast to reflect updated Sales and Marketing assumptions.Interact with Sales and Marketing to understand demand forecast drivers.Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain and Customer Service to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand inputs into the operations forecast.Liaison to the Finance Department in updating the Long Range Plan (LRP) assumptions.Continuous improvement for demand planning processes and systems.Report Key KPI’s and root cause/create plan of action at the SKU level Requirements: 5+ years experience in Demand Planning/Forecasting preferredKnowledge of forecasting softwares and SAP systems preferred or other ERP system.Proficient in PC skills, especially MS Office, Excel is a must.Familiarity with FMCG, especially commodities, perishable products products and key classes of general trade across EAC