Overview

In this role you shape and govern the general demand planning process across all divisions, driving forecasting excellence and harmonizing processes and KPIs. You partner with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, IT and Data teams to ensure a credible, unified view of demand that supports the S&OP; cycle. You provide functional leadership to regional teams and push continuous improvement through advanced forecasting, analytics, automation, and digital solutions. This is an opportunity to influence planning at a global scale and contribute to Symrise’s growth.

Responsabilidades

- Shape and govern the global demand planning process across all divisions
- Drive forecasting excellence and harmonize processes, tools, KPIs, and planning standards
- Ensure a consistent and credible view of demand across the organization
- Partner with Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and Data teams
- Provide functional leadership to regional and divisional demand planning teams
- Drive continuous improvement through advanced forecasting methodologies, analytics, automation, and digital solutions

Requisitos principales
- Strong experience in Demand Planning,



S&OP; or Supply Chain Planning, ideally in an international environment
- Solid knowledge of forecasting methodologies, statistical modelling and demand planning KPIs (Forecast Accuracy, Bias, FVA)
- Proven experience developing or harmonizing global processes, governance and planning standards
- Strong understanding of data, analytics and digital planning tools, with the ability to work effectively with IT and Data teams
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly with Commercial, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain
- Ability to influence and provide functional leadership across different regions and business units
- Strong analytical mindset combined with the ability to translate market and business insights into actionable demand plans
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in an international, matrix organization

- Cross-functional collaboration
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing and leadership
- Forecasting methodologies
- Statistical modelling
- Data analytics

📌 Value Stream Leader Demand Planning (m,w,d) - armilla
🏢 Symrise
📍 Armilla