Demand Planner - Bars & Sharepacks

Job Description:

Mars Snacking is a global leader in snacking, backed by over a century of innovation and iconic brand-building. Powered by more than 50,000 Associates and over 80 production facilities globally, our beloved snacks – spanning confectionary, salty, cereal, noodles and frozen foods categories – are enjoyed in more than 180 countries around the world.

We are currently seeking a Demand Planner to be based in our Melbourne office to join our high performing Demand Planning team. This is a highly collaborative role, with heavy reliance on planning systems and analytics (BI). Working closely with Sales, Supply Planning, Customer Service, Logistics, and Strategic Demand teams this is a truly cross functional role.

What You’ll Do:

Own the Forecast

• Using insights from customer plans, market data, inventory & shipment data, generate an optimized forecast comprising baseline and promo volumes.
• Share actionable insights when reviewing the forecast, document and report reasons for forecast changes, and highlight associated risks and opportunities
• Ensure seasonality and key initiatives are accurately reflected
• Collaborating with Supply Planners to ensure that the demand forecast translates correctly into production requirements, so that products are delivered in full & on time to meet customer needs.

Turn Data into Insight

• Bring clarity to forecast vs budget and long-term plans
• Act as the go-to expert, confidently telling the story behind the numbers

Partner & Influence

• Collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Supply and customers