Goal of function: The Demand Planner Analyst (m/f/d) will be primarily responsible for developing forecasts and scenarios for customer demand, overseeing the process and maintain adequate forecast and inventory levels for all portfolio.
Your responsibilities:
- Forecast product demand to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, finance, customer service, procurement, and supply chain to understand demand drivers
- Lead planning meetings with key departments to analyze forecasts by product group and drive continuous forecast reviews with stakeholders
- Coordinate information flow between Global Demand Planning and local teams
- Monitor and control stock levels, ensuring ongoing follow-up on supply status by provider or production
- Oversee product forecasts in SAP and manage the IBP statistical demand planning system
- Provide insights on demand planning performance, forecast accuracy, and inventory levels
- Recommend improvements to increase forecast efficiency and accuracy
- Proactively identify opportunities to enhance the demand planning process
- Identify the root cause of shipment issues, assess resulting damage or loss, and manage claims for lost or damaged goods
- Act as the main contact for the HQ Demand Planning Team
- Manage products in bottleneck with Product Managers to ensure Business continuity
- Proactively develop alternative plans/options when necessary to minimize the negative impact of supply issues
Your profile:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Statistics, Supply Chain, Management Engineering, Business Administration or similar
- Minimum 3 years of experience in demand planning, supply chain management in multinational companies, ideally in the medical device industry
- Highly organized and adaptable professional with strong multitasking, analytical, and problem-solving skills; excels at managing high-volume workloads, prioritizing tasks, and maintaining efficiency under pressure
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with experience in cross-functional collaboration, project and stakeholder management; able to work independently in fast-paced environments, with knowledge of statistical forecasting as an added advantage
- Native or bilingual in Italian, with fluent English proficiency (spoken, written, and reading) essential
- Availability to occasionally travel within the region
Our offer for you:
There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, because we have a lot to offer. No matter on in which field you are an expert (m/f/d) and how much experience you have - for your professional career.
A future with meaning:
- Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world
- Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development
- A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one
- A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience
- The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company