Demand Planner

About the role

You will own the demand forecast for an assigned portfolio and play a key role in the company’s Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.

Work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain to turn market, customer and business insights into an unbiased demand plan, using analytics and business judgement to expose risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the demand forecast for the assigned portfolio.
• Review statistical forecasts and integrate relevant business drivers, including promotions, customer developments, market trends and portfolio changes.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, identify root causes and drive appropriate corrective actions.
• Lead cross-functional forecast alignment with Sales, Marketing and Finance as part of the IBP process.
• Translate commercial assumptions and Building Blocks into measurable demand impacts and challenge assumptions where appropriate.
• Identify and communicate key demand risks and opportunities.
• Manage demand planning for promotions, new product introductions, relaunches and product discontinuations.
• Partner with Supply Planning to identify and mitigate supply-demand imbalances and support service and inventory objectives.
• Support SLOB prevention through effective demand and lifecycle planning.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardization and exception-based ways of working in Demand Planning.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Economics, Data Analytics or a related field.
• Experience: Relevant experience in Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Commercial Planning, Finance or a comparable analytical role.
• Analytical ability: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business insights into quantitative demand assumptions.
• Knowledge: Good understanding of forecasting and demand planning principles.
• Tools: Strong Excel skills; experience with SAP and advanced planning systems is an advantage.
• Communication: Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to constructively challenge assumptions.
• Working style: Structured, pragmatic and solution-oriented with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Languages: Fluent English; German language skills strongly preferred.

Skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills to convert business insights into quantitative demand assumptions.
• Strong Excel skills; experience with SAP and advanced planning systems is an advantage.
• Communication and stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge assumptions.

Work arrangement

• Role participates in the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process.
• Close cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain is required.

Company context

Kenvue expects the Demand Planner to provide transparency on risks and opportunities and to support service, inventory and business performance through analytical and business-judgement input to the IBP process.