Demand Planner, Ardagh Metal Packaging-europe

Demand Planner, Ardagh Metal Packaging - Europe (AMP-E) (f/m/d)

in any Ardagh location

At Ardagh Metal Packaging we truly believe that people must be at the center of what we do to provide the best beverage packaging solutions on the market to our customers. We are searching for a sales personality (female, male, diverse), who wants to drive with us our commercial capabilities and wants to belong to our team in an international, dynamic, sustainable and diverse environment.

We search for a Demand Planner (f/m/d) - preferably within a fast moving consumer goods experience. The role can be based in our AMP-E locations with the exception of Zug and reports to our Director Demand Planning, Ardagh Metal Packaging - Europe. You share our beliefs and want to work in an environment based on trust, teamwork and excellence.

**YOUR MISSION**:
You will analyze the demand communicated by customers and plan the total demand to be delivered. Forecasts of different time horizons will need to be processed with statistical tools and prepared for regional stakeholders.

**Key Responsibilities**:
Lead the critical activity of demand forecasting, integrating baseline forecasts with sales & marketing insights to produce Demand plans, against which supply network can be optimised. Responsible for analyzing SKU level forecasts on consistency with previous update and initiate LRD follow up with cus-tomer on deviation based on decision-making framework
Coordination of weekly SKU level forecasts for cans, conversion into correct upload format and input into system. Maintain established global weekly report. Gather data to support general queries from vendor partners and customers
Creation of rigorously developed statistical demand unit forecasts primarily at Can-type/Ship-To level in monthly buckets for Cans and Ends
Perform root cause analysis in collaboration with sales team to understand past performance and high-light inconsistencies in future plans. Communication of the demand forecasts in ways that are readily understood in different functions and regions
Contribution and appropriate challenge to monthly demand reviews with commercial teams
Maintain relationship with commercial colleagues. Particularly the maintenance of forecast credibility. Specifically, support commercial teams in adding additional market and customer insight, while challenging unsupported ‘gut feel’ inputs.
Challenge the latest sales Demand Plan, to understand underlying assumptions and compare with the Operations Demand Plan. Measurement and communication of risks and uncertainties inherent in the forecasts and support for decision making that results from forecasts created.
Preparation of demand history to ensure effective running of the forecasting model and technical tuning of the forecasting tool to maximize results
Maintain established global weekly report. Gather data to support general queries from KA and regional teams. Assessing stock level
On time delivery of forecasts to support the monthly S&OP cycle

**Professional Requirements**:
+5 Years of planning experience
Ideally fast-moving consumer goods

**Advanced communication skills**: to be able to explain and persuade non
- specialists of the complex con-straints, risks and choices available in simple every-day language. Accurate reporting and data analysis

**Inquisitiveness**: recognition that planning is just a model of the real world and continually improving under-standing of how things really work is essential to improving planning performance

**Planning expertise**: an acute understanding of risks, possibilities and how to evaluate outcome to ensure stable plans that will survive inevitable variation from expectation
Understanding of advanced planning approaches, tools and solutions. Specifically in analytical techniques and in software solutions
Demonstrable experience of successfully developing and embedding new ways of working
Excellent problem-solving ability
Flexibility to structure and prioritise your own work
Ability to learn new concepts and skills quickly
Expert user of the MS Office suite, especially advance Excel
SAP IBP experience will be an added advantage

**What we offer**:
You can expect a competitive compensation and benefit package in an international environment with challenging project work and a dynamic team. Additionally, you will be a part of our exciting and growing business.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

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