Demand Planning Manager Alpine; m​/w​/d

Demand Planning Manager Alpine

With a unique heritage in dermatology and decades of cutting-edge innovation, Galderma is the leading provider in the pure dermatology category, present in approximately 90 countries. We offer an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that cover the entire field of the rapidly growing dermatology market, through aesthetic injections, dermocosmetic skincare, and therapeutic dermatology. Since our founding in 1981, we have dedicated our attention and passion to the largest organ of the human body - the skin - fulfilling individual consumer and patient needs with superior results in collaboration with healthcare professionals.

Because we understand that the skin we live on shapes our lives, we drive dermatology for every skin story. We are looking for people who focus on results, embrace learning, and bring positive energy. They must combine initiative with a sense of teamwork and collaboration. Above all, they must be passionately interested in doing something meaningful for consumers, patients, and the healthcare professionals we serve every day.

Our goal is to empower each employee and foster their personal growth, while ensuring that business requirements are met now and in the future. In our company, we live diversity and respect the dignity, privacy, and personal rights of each employee. At Galderma, we actively give our teams reasons to believe in our bold goal of becoming the leading company in dermatology worldwide.

With us, you have the ultimate opportunity to gain new and challenging work experiences and make an unprecedented direct impact.

To support the supply chain organization, we are looking for a Demand Planner Alpine (m/w/d) who will be responsible for demand planning for the Austrian market and actively shape the development of forecasting, reporting, and planning processes within the Alpine Cluster (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

The role combines forecasting, portfolio management, product launches, and data-driven decision-making. As a central interface between sales, marketing, finance, supply planning, and logistics, the demand planner ensures high product availability, transparent planning processes, and sustainable inventory management. In addition, the position drives the standardization of the reporting landscape and the use of Power BI within the DACH organization.

Your responsibilities

• Responsibility for creating and maintaining the demand forecast for the Austrian market
• Control of monthly forecast and S&OP processes in close coordination with sales, marketing, and finance
• Analysis of forecast accuracy, service levels, and inventories, and derivation of appropriate measures to optimize planning
• Creation, development, and standardization of demand planning reports and KPIs for the DACH organization
• Harmonization of reporting, forecasting, and planning processes within the Alpine Cluster (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
• Active portfolio management including monitoring of product life cycles, phase-in/phase-out processes, and bad goods management
• Ensuring data quality and maintaining relevant master data in planning systems
• Close cooperation with supply planning, logistics, customer service, and other internal and external stakeholders
• Responsibility for planning, coordinating, and successfully implementing product launches (NPI) from a supply chain perspective
• Participation in regional and global supply chain projects and support in product launches

Your profile

• Completed studies in the field of supply chain management, business administration, logistics, industrial engineering, or a comparable field
• Several years of professional experience in demand planning, supply chain planning, sales & operations planning (S&OP), or commercial operations
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate complex data into concrete action recommendations
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel as well as experience with ERP and planning systems (e.g. SAP, Anaplan or comparable tools)
• Experience with reporting and BI solutions, ideally Power BI
• High initiative and a structured and solution-oriented way of working
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills as well as a liking for cross-functional collaboration
• Very good German and English skills in writing and speaking

What we offer

You will work for a company that stands for diversity and inclusion and believes that we achieve better results when we reflect the perspectives of our diverse customer base.

Galderma Laboratories GmbH offers an open, mutually respectful culture. Our new employees can look forward to, among other things:

• Flexible working models with generous home office arrangements
• Employer-funded occupational pension scheme
• Weekly fresh fruit, water, tea, and coffee available for the office staff
• Lunch vouchers for the office staff, usable in many shops in the vicinity
• Opportunity to participate in international projects
• Employee recognition program