Demand Planning Manager

Manager - Demand Planner Job Description : Job Title- Manager - Demand Planner About us- With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future. Join us to create a career worth celebrating About the Function: Supply Chain & Manufacturing is where our brands are made, moved and delivered to the world. With over half of our people working across more than 100 sites, this is a complex, large-scale operation that brings together production, logistics, engineering and supplier partnerships. It’s fast-paced and hands-on, with teams working together to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability at every stage. From sourcing ingredients to getting products into customers’ hands, you’ll play a role in delivering the brands people know and love. About the role: Regional Demand Planner is a key managerial position responsible for S&OP function within the region. Regional Demand Planner collaborates closely with Supply & Commercial function for the region. Role plays an essential role in the supply chain function by using analytical, marketing, and sales data of a company to effectively estimating future product demands and drive the demand planning process. S/he will also play a critical role in driving the digital transformation of supply chain processes, leveraging existing and new platforms and tools to enhance planning capabilities for effective response to dynamic market environment KRAs: Manage the monthly Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process with regions by balancing supply and demand Work closely with region commercial team to provide accurate forecasts. Create seamless flow of demand plan & deliver high level of customer service Be an important stakeholder for commercial leaders to help delivering business growth while optimizing supply chain. KPIs: Forecast Accuracy New product launches, tramlining, imports etc. Timely forecast closures in F1-F5 S&OP cycle Out Of Stock control Cross-functional alignment for Consensus building in S&OP meetings Reconciliation of forecast vs. actuals & measurement (FA, Bias) Exception management (spikes/dips) in the month System Adherence and Change Management End-to-end ownership of demand plan Mentoring junior planners or analysts O9 Adherence Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We accept diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more. Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world. Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you bring together this information when you submit your application. Worker Type : Regular Primary Location: Bangalore HO Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-07-24 Experience Level Mid Level