Job Details
- Contract Type:
- Limited, 1 Year / Full-Time
- Country / City:
- Croatia / Zagreb
- Company:
- Beiersdorf d.o.o.
- Job Function:
- Supply Chain Management
Your Tasks
This position can be filled in Zagreb, Serbia or Slovenia.
As a Junior Demand Planner for Adriatic, you will work as part of the Demand Planning team, collaborating locally with various departments, including Sales, Shopper & Customer Marketing, Finance, Customer Service, and Marketing. Your key responsibility is to support the local DP team and improve the quality of business planning within the local Sales & Operations process and various key performance indicators, with a particular emphasis on Service Level in-Full, Forecast Accuracy, and Forecast Bias.
Key responsibilities:
• Daily updates of local reports – such as OOS, Master Data updates, launch and relaunch lists etc
• Coordinating sample orders and following up on their status and availability.
• Coordinating deliveries with KAMs and supporting timely communication and execution.
• Gradually providing support with launch/relaunch (L/RL) checklists and related follow-up activities.
• Maintaining and regularly updating the assortment list to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Responsible for planning accuracy on dedicated BGRs.
• Be part of Sales & Operations process, together with DP team.
• Analyze key performance indicators, especially Service Level in-Full, Forecast Accuracy, and Forecast Bias, to identify areas for improvement, root causes of performance gaps, and opportunities for optimization.
• Work with cross-functional teams to enhance promotional and launch planning, ensuring that demand forecasts accurately reflect market trends and customer order behavior.
• Collaborate with Sales & Customer Service teams to deepen the shared understanding of different sales channels and customers.
Your Profile
- Relevant university degree
- Up to 2 years of relevant experience in demand planning, supply chain, sales analysis, business analytics or a similar area; internship experience is also considered
- FMCG experience or exposure to a commercial or supply-chain environment is an advantage
- Basic understanding of demand planning, sales forecasting and inventory-management principles
- Very good knowledge of MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience with SAP, SAP APO, SAP Analysis for Office, BI systems or Power BI is an advantage
- Strong numerical, analytical and organisational skills, with attention to detail
- Ability to analyse data, identify trends and prepare clear reports and presentations
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Basic knowledge demand-planning techniques
- Willingness and ability to develop knowledge of short- and long-term sales forecasting processes
- Structured, accurate and reliable approach to work
- Ability to organise tasks, manage priorities and meet deadlines
- Problem-solving mindset and willingness to learn
- Ability to work independently with guidance and to contribute effectively within a team
- Positive, proactive and collaborative attitude
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Confidence to ask questions, challenge data constructively and escalate risks when needed
- Good communication and presentation skills, including the ability to express ideas clearly and listen actively
