Job Description

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?

At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.

Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.

Position Summary:
The Sr. Demand Planner is responsible for forecasting and demand management activities associated with both internal and external customers, and products for AMEA region. This includes capturing historical trends, manages exceptions, and creates and maintains forecast models incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, marketing, finance and other sources. In managing these inputs, the Sr. Demand Planner is ultimately accountable for presenting a total demand picture to drive collaboration between demand stakeholders within the consensus planning process.

The Sr. Demand Planner leads the regional demand planning process and serves as the integration point for sales, commercial and supply chain organizations. In this role they are responsible for creating necessary databases and reporting, facilitate stakeholder meetings to finalize the demand forecast as well as identifying supporting demand drivers and assumptions. The Sr. Demand Planner also participates in the supply chain demand/supply gap reviews and helps prepare key messaging to Sales and Operations Planning leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Develop operational and revenue demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for the AMEA region across multiple time horizons.
• Develop and maintain forecasting models using SAP IBP Demand Planning module and other demand management tools.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, interpret baseline forecast data developed from statistical forecast models, and provide market intelligence inputs.
• Coordinate cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and customer finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Engage with supply chain and new product development teams to drive focus on products with key growth factors and operational constraints.
• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing and Finance to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Assist with design and implementation of demand planning tools.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning organization in creating the supply plan and developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs.
• Closely coordinate and communicate customer action plans with supply planning.
• Create key performance metrics for both demand plan and S&OP effectiveness; drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve effectiveness of demand plan and management of demand for New Product Introductions and version change initiatives.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of demand planning experience managing multiple product lines, preferably in life sciences, medical device or high-tech industries.
• Knowledge of ERP/MRP, BI Tools, CRM systems. Experience with SAP IBP/APO a plus
• Direct experience in working with a demand management implementation preferred.
• Experience in leading and facilitating demand reviews and other consensus-related meetings.
• Basic understanding of statistical analysis, with experience in Tableau reporting preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and detail orientation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• Ability to analyze and resolve planning problems independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated initiative, solid judgment and creativity in overcoming obstacles.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Demonstrated experience in collaboration with cross-functional teammates.
• Demonstrated project management skills.

Education:

• BA/BS in Marketing, Analytics, CS, Data Analysis, Economics, or Business.

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