Demand Planner

Be a part of a revolutionary change At PMI, we’ve chosen to do something incredible. We’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future. With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join us, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions. Wherever you join our crucial 47,000-strong Operations team, you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact. PMI’s shift from selling cigarettes to our new smoke-free products has changed the way we work. New products bring new challenges – in the way we source and buy raw materials, in the way we engineer and manufacture, and in our supply chain planning. Bring us your curiosity and a desire to challenge the everyday and we’ll give you lots of responsibility. You’ll help us improve, inject innovation and create new ways of working. You’ll be solving supply chain problems that span the whole world: a smoke-free world. Your ‘day to day’ Provide support in the annual realization of the Original Budget and preparation of the subsequent monthly Rolling Forecasts for conventional products and RRP according to the market at the SKU and CeDi level. Identifying risk and opportunities in the market, as well as providing support in the cycle. 1. Collecting information available from different sources (Planning Software, Regional Sales, Trade Marketing, Marketing, RRP and Operations) 2. Monthly RFs must be communicated to the supply team and uploaded to the corresponding platform with the expected time. 3. Consolidate and analyze the information related to the variables that impacted the history of each sales channel, for each distribution center and regional; to have a clean historical base and to be able to make the initial estimate of the forecast baseline. 4. Develop through the estimating tool (Forecast Pro o others) the RF for the following 18 mobile months. 5. Develop and lead the commercial alignment meetings with the regional Commercial Intelligence supervisors, acquiring the vital inputs to understand the variations that the RF must have, these variations must be carried in the assumption tracker file month by month. Additionally, hold the demand meeting with the operations team to review variations in the plan. 6. Include the information about new launches, promotional activities to channels and the different marketing and trade initiatives in the RF. 7. Update the Sales Forecast accuracy dashboard month by month, which allows visualizing the opportunities and areas for improvement to be able to actuate and improve the indicator. Prepare presentations required by the supervisor for monthly monitoring of the indicators. Who we’re looking for • A minimum of university degree in Business Administration, Economy, International Business, Industrial Engineering or similar. • At least 3 years of experience in planning areas (sales and operations) such as demand planners. • Is a must to have an understanding and confirmed experience in FCMG. • Proven ability to apply statistical models and knowledge in planning software. • Is desirable to have experience working with SAP. • Advanced English level is required. • Excellent proven personal analytical, communication and negotiation skills are required. • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerBI. What we offer Our success depends on our talented employees who come to work here every single day with a sense of purpose and an appetite for progress. Join PMI and you too can: • Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment and explore. • Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong. • Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress. • Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke-free future. To join our growing team…