Demand Planning & S&OP Lead

Besins Healthcare

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Desired Candidate Profile

Owns and consolidates the demand forecast across all products and markets ( one demand number ).

Support and coach Markets and Countries to improve forecast quality, consistency, and stability over time.

Identify and escalate early signals, irregularities, and small demand alarms before they become supply or service issues.

Smooth forecast volatility by challenging unjustified swings, one-off events, and optimism bias.

Apply statistical forecasting, historical analysis, and commercial insight to improve forecast accuracy and reduce bias.

Translate promotions, launches, lifecycle changes, and market dynamics into the demand plan.

Contribute to preventing stock-outs and overstocking by ensuring timely identification and escalation of demand risks.

Maintain planning accuracy KPIs and continuously improve forecasting models, data quality, and reporting.

Facilitate the full monthly S&OP cycle across all four steps: Demand Review Supply Review Pre-S&OP Executive S&OP.

Ensure clear data handover, cut-off, and freeze between each S&OP step.

Ensure roles and ownership are clearly respected: Markets own demand inputs, Senior Supply Planners fully own supply visibility, constraints, and supply scenarios.

Prepare and orchestrate cross-functional discussions to ensure fact-based alignment.

Build and present demand-driven scenarios (base / upside / downside), highlighting risks, opportunities, and trade-offs.

Act as the primary interface with Markets and Customer Service for demand-related topics.

Partner closely with Finance and Commercial teams on budget, rolling forecast, and outlook alignment.

Ensure gaps between demand forecast, budget, rolling forecast, and commercial submissions are clearly identified, explained, and either corrected or explicitly planned for.

Escalate misalignments and risks in a structured manner to Supply Planners and the Head of Supply Chain when required.

Own monthly demand and S&OP reporting using advanced Excel and Power BI.

Deliver standardized reporting to internal and relevant external stakeholders, e.g. OTIF, FA, Bias, ABC performance.

Perform detailed variance analysis, including but not limited to: Forecast vs actuals, Forecast vs budget / rolling forecast, Volume, mix, and timing variances.

Conduct root-cause analysis on deviations and drive corrective actions with Markets.

Escalate unresolved or recurring issues to Supply Planners and Head of Supply Chain as needed.

Ensure high data quality, discipline, and consistency across planning systems and tools.

Be highly proficient in Excel-based modeling, simulations, and analysis; Power BI dashboards are a core deliverable.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance forecast accuracy, stability, and decision quality.

Technical & Analytical

Strong experience in Demand Planning, S&OP, or Business Planning.

Advanced Excel skills are mandatory (advanced Excel test will be part of the selection process).

Strong Power BI experience for reporting, dashboards, and variance analysis.

Strong systems mindset; experience with ERP / planning tools (e.g. SAP, Anaplan, Kinaxis, o9).

Business & Stakeholder Skills

Strong ability to work with countries, sites, and Customer Service teams.

Excellent influencing skills without formal authority.

Comfortable challenging assumptions while maintaining constructive relationships.