Category Demand Planning & Inventory Management Leader
Lenovo (Schweiz) GmbH
Publication date:
18 October 2024Workload:
100%Contract type:
Permanent position- Place of work:Zurich
Why Work at Lenovo
Description and Requirements
The Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Category Demand Planning & Inventory Management Leader will be responsible to build & lead a highly technical organization across all geos. Reporting to the Executive Director, ISG Strategy leader, this role primarily goals is to provide highly technical support to International Sales Organization (ISO). Product and market expertise to help the ISO sales team position products & win. This role also represent the “voice of sales” into the product team with new products or feature requests.
Key Responsibilities
- Full people-management responsibilities for a team of demand and inventory planners
- Accountable for their team’s forecast accuracy, resources, and provides input on the organization’s decision-making for both short- and long-term operational plans
- Use research and analysis to predict consumer demand, manage inventory, and maximize revenue
- Partner with sales and ISG business units to create and maintain demand forecasting models as an input into the GSC S&OP process
- Analyze historical data and market trends to forecast demand and identify growth opportunities
- Work with sales and supply chain managers to match supply with demand and identify and resolve supply chain issues
- Establishes key performance metrics and benchmarks for forecast accuracy to measure actual performance against goals on a regular basis
- Prepare and present forecast and inventory metrics to management teams
- Review and improve forecasting techniques, methods, and approaches
- Provides technical guidance and advice to the business based on a significant depth of expertise
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or relevant degree
- 10+ years previous experience in supply chain
Preferred Qualifications:
- Previous experience managing diverse and geographically dispersed employees
- Previous experience in planning role
- Strong communication skills with cross-function executives on critical planning work
- Ability to quickly solve ambiguous problems with limited data by utilizing analytic skills and judgment gained during prior experiences
- Require strategically agility, business acumen and functional expertise to resolve problems of highly complex nature