Demand Manager

Essity is a leading global hygiene and healthcare company. We are committed to improving the quality of life through high-quality hygiene and healthcare solutions. We sell our products and solutions in around 150 countries under many strong brands, including the global market leaders TENA and Tork, as well as well-known brands such as Jobst, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, Vinda and Zewa.

For our Health and Medical division , we are looking for a Demand Manager to be based at our Sales & Marketing office in Zeist.

The role is responsible for developing and continuously improving the demand management processes for Sales & Operations Planning. At the same time, the Demand Manager supports the regional functions to achieve outstanding results.

You will report into the Business Logistics Director

What will you do

• Lead global demand planning community for our Business Unit Health & Medical and actively drive continuous development in collaboration with the Global Demand Excellence Director as well as the regional and local demand planning teams

• Manage the S&OP demand planning consolidation and review process and closely collaborate with key stakeholders in business logistics, finance, manufacturing and supply chain; represent BU Health Medical demand planning in Executive S&OP meetings

• Inspire, motivate and engage people to achieve outstanding results and act as network leader for demand planners as well as key users and actively drive developing and sharing business best practice

• Set and monitor key performance indicators and diagnostics to ensure continuous forecast improvement efforts and achievement of agreed goals

• Collaborate closely with product management teams to participate and facilitate launch planning as well as phase-in and phase-out processes

• Manage and support demand planning projects and initiatives across regions and BUs

Who are you

• University degree or equivalent within relevant practice

• In-depth knowledge of demand planning, forecasting and S&OP with multiple years of relevant working experience – preferably in a management position

• Excellent networking, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to support and influence people across different disciplines, cultures and positions

• Strong analytical and IT skills (MS Excel, SAP IBP / APO DP)

• Holistic and customer-centric mindset to understand overarching needs and stakeholder perspectives to maximize impact

• The passion to take strong ownership and ambitiously deliver on or beyond agreed goals and aspirations; Ability to drive continuous improvement and best practice sharing with a winning attitude

What can we offer you

The position enables you to work in an international environment, being offered a dynamic team setting and varied challenges.
And besides that a competitive salary package, including a 13th month, favorable pension scheme, bonus and 11,5 ADV days.

Together, we are improving lives, every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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