Area Europe Demand Planning Analyst

Location: Alba

About the Role  For our newly established Area Europe Demand Planning Hub, we are currently looking for a Demand Planning Analyst, based in Alba (Italy), who will report to the Area Europe Demand Planning HUB Manager. The Area Demand Planning Hub organization will be crucial for the company’s success; a robust demand planning process will enhance the effectiveness of the overall supply chain, improving customer satisfaction and reducing operating costs.
As a Demand Planning Hub Analyst, you will represent the center of statistical forecast expertise in the Europe Area, equipping the key stakeholders with the capabilities required to deploy the Group Blueprint ensuring understanding of Regions’ context and business environment. The Group Blueprint adherence is in accordance with the standards set by Global Demand Planning Centre of Excellence and in alignment with the Operational Excellence initiatives.

Equally important, you will be responsible for monitoring Demand Planning Performance and Model Adoption within the Europe Area and execute Demand Planning activities in close collaboration with the Markets.
Main Responsibilities   Covering this role, you will support the generation of forecast baseline for the Regions, using statistical tools and drive the adoption in each Region of the Europe Area, ensuring consistent deployment of Global Templates, in alignment with the Operational Excellence initiatives.
Equally important, you will represent the center of statistical forecast expertise for the Europe Area, equipping the key stakeholders with the capabilities required to deploy the Group Templates as well as develop process standards manuals ensuring understanding of Europe Area context and business environment.
Furthermore, you will be developing expertise on key drivers and variables impacting the model development by category and type of customer unit, sharing best practices across Regions/Countries.
Moreover, you will monitor performance and KPIs, ensuring they align smoothly with the Global Centre of Excellence. This role supports cascading related KPIs to the regions and serves as the primary contact for monitoring, controlling, and root causing Forecast accuracy results at the Europe Area level.
You will also collaborate and influence the markets to ensure understanding of the baseline and enable uplift definition as well as demand consolidation and communication with Area outlining main drivers and trend explanations.
About You  You will bring your Master’s Degree in any Industrial Engineering/Supply Chain/Statistics/Economics Data Scientist related field, strong Analytical skills and ability to use data to drive decision making process. As our Demand Planning Hub continues to grow, we are looking for talent at different career stages, from recent graduates to experienced Demand Planning professionals. Your capability to interact using an advanced level of English and any other languages will enable you to perform your daily activities, combined with your strong communication and negotiation skills.

If you are interested to work in a dynamic cross cultural environment with various European markets, actively contribute to Group Demand Planning Strategy definition, then this might be the right role for you!
What we offer  The role is classified at Level 1° under the National Collective Agreement for the Food Industry (CCNL Industria Alimentare). The guaranteed minimum base annual gross salary established by the CCNL for the applicable level is €43.249. The compensation package also includes an annual variable component with a target of up to 5% of base salary. The overall compensation will be determined based on the experience, skills, and qualifications of the selected candidate.
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About Ferrero  Ferrero began its journey in the small town of Alba in Piedmont, Italy, in 1946. Today, it is one of the world’s largest sweet-packaged food companies, with many iconic brands sold in countries all over the world. Find out more about Ferrero at
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