**Job Description :** **Job Title** **- Senior Manager - Central Demand Planner** **About the Function:** **Our Supply Chain and Manufacturing team are problem-solvers, sourcing, producing, and delivering our much-loved brands to delight customers around the globe. Over half of Diageo’s 30,000+ people work in Supply Chain and Manufacturing. It’s an intricate and sophisticated operation that’s the product of logistical, manufacturing, and technical collaborations.** **Our teams in 100 sites in over 30 countries cover production facilities, supplier relationships, customer collaborations and third-party agreements. We’re committed to realising our ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’ goals, to protect the environment and support our farmers and suppliers. Whatever your skills and experience, we’ll help you to thrive in our inclusive culture.** **Role Responsibilities:** **1 Demand Planning** **Statistical Forecasting** **• Ensure a correct and efficient Demand planning of FG basis past data at various levels on the customer & product hierarchy by generating baseline statistical forecast** **Demand Planning** **• Prepare bottom-up forecasts by region using baseline, cluster & regional sales review & activation inputs in order to get consensus on the forecasts** **Replenishment Planning** **• Ensure high Service levels and minimization of OOS at Customer point through the use of the replenishment tool and making changes to norms** **Service Level Performance** **• Drive initiatives to enhance responsiveness of supply chain in the weekly E2 execution meetings.** **Consensus Meeting** **• Coordinate the demand across the regions/CSD/BII/BIO to provide an all-India picture of demand by region/category/brand** **2N1, T4, T5 Execution** **• Responsible for end-to-end execution of N1 (month SLT meeting), T4, KPI Performance meetings. Assist Head of S&OP in anchoring meetings with well prepped agenda/insights** **• Ensure adherence of F1- F5 by regions as per defined SOPs & constantly improvise existing processes to drive efficiency (effort & timely insights)** **3Data Analytics & Insight Generation** **• Identify and analyze trends in various planning KPIs for management decision making (across demand, replenishment, production and materials planning)** **• Liaison with regions/central teams to effectively convert performance gaps to improvement opportunities** **4Forcast Sensing / Special Project Management** **• Drive adoption of O9 tool in demand planning** **• Drive next level of demand planning maturity - explore forecasting sensing algorithms** **• Scenario planning for planned &unplanned disruptions** **• SPOC for Statistical forecasting - drive forecast improvement initiatives with regions for accurate integrated business planning** **• Drive tech enabled projects like IBP (o9), Pulse, Anaplan etc. to ensure, implementation, adoption & successful transition** **Flexible Working Statement:** **Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.** **Diversity statement:** **Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.** **We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.** **Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.** **Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.** **_If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application._** **Worker Type :** Regular **Primary Location:** Bangalore HO **Additional Locations :** **Job Posting Start Date :** 2025-03-21 With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world. Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of. With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential. **DRINKiQ** What's your DRINKiQ? Take our quiz to understand how alcohol is made and explore the effects of drinking. 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