Sr. Analyst, Supply Chain Planning
About the position Responsibilities • Lead demand process and activities that allow generation of sales forecast to be shared with Central teams and Maisons with strong coordination with key stakeholders such as Marketing, Sales, and Finance. • Optimize inventory level based on Service Level Agreements (SLA) in place with Maisons as well as distribution needs to customers. • Build Moët Hennessy USA's sales plan by SKU using sell-out forecast & targeted days of inventory at Distributor's level. • Integrate supply constraints when needed. • Provide sales forecasts in APO by SKU and location based on sourcing matrix. • Manage the flow of depletions to build accurate sales forecasts that are aligned to both the business trends and financial targets. • Enter in SAP Resupply PO's, when applicable, to ensure stock coverage. • Enter monthly sales forecasts into APO (sales forecasting tool) and ensure forecasts are aligned to financial budgets, SKU quotas, and bottle size quotas (when applicable). • Manage distributor sourcing to ensure demand is forecasted in the right location: Bailment Consignment (US Domestic) vs. Direct Import (Domestic & Foreign Supplier) vs. Warehouse (US Domestic and Duty Free). • Check the accuracy of monthly forecast figures vs. previous forecasts to ensure consistency of forecasts and to ensure frozen horizons are respected (M-1 to M-3). • Organize with sales, marketing & production the launch of new products for MHUSA. • Manage vintage transitions using FIFO (First in, first out) accounting principles. • Define ways of improving the sales forecasts (by product, by month, by State...). • Organize & lead the monthly S&OP forecasts meetings with each spirits marketing brand team. • Support the Director of Supply Chain Planning during the monthly financial S&OP forecast/budget review. • Support the monthly S&OP forecast review meeting with supplier Maisons. • Manage monthly S&OP calendars to ensure full company visibility of all brand activities. • Manage the vintage transition report on the company intranet. • Work with brand teams and sales regions to reduce and eliminate slow moving inventory. • Work with marketing, sales, and Maisons to manage allocations for VAP's and products with annual scarcity constraints. • Reconcile allocated items on a quarterly basis to ensure products are on track with forecasted consumption and are aligned to financial targets (when applicable). • Manage 100% execution of annual VAP programs by ensuring outstanding allocations are converted to sales before the end of each calendar year. • Support the Operations on special projects. • Consistently work on process and communication improvements. Apply tot his job