Demand Planner

Job Description:
Req No: R01117489

Job Title Demand Planner for Safety and Industrial Business Group EMEA (M/F*)

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with curious, creative 3Mers.
- “At 3M, thanks to our culture where people feel like they belong, can grow and are appreciated, we are more than the sum of our parts. Our different perspectives and experiences help us solve some of the world’s toughest challenges together.” - Zoe Dickson, executive vice president and chief Human Resources officer at 3M_

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role:
As a Demand Planner, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world, you will make an impact by:

- Maximizing the effectiveness of the statistical forecast by leveraging standard work, adjusting/cleansing historical demand determining appropriate aggregation for calculating the statistical forecast
- Collaborating with Local
- & European counterparts (i.e., Manufacturing / Supply Planners / IBP/Demand and Supply Managers / Portfolio Managers/Regional Business counterparts)
- Maintaining demand planning parameters in Demand Planning tool
- Optimizing statistical forecast in Demand Planning tool (SAP APO DP)
- Collecting, assessing, and translating market intelligence input into demand plans
- Supporting New Product Introductions, Area/Regional Demand Reviews and SKU & Portfolio Management
- Being responsible for what-if simulations and analysis on Demand Management, supply chain optimization, improvement initiatives and project management initiatives
- Managing complex business scenarios
- Analysing historical demand figures (Outliers errors) to derive future forecast figures based on them
- Supporting the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) strategy

Your Skills and Expertise:

- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent - Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineer, IT or similar
- Experience in planning or similar logistics role
- Knowledge of Supply chain principles and inventory control, planning systems, forecasting techniques and statistics
- Knowledge of demand and ERP planning tools as well as SAP experience
- Excellent Communication skills, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Fluent in English -written and verbal
- APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) certified (Desirable)

Work location: Langenthal Hybrid

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life - both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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