Job Title: Demand S&OP Planner
Coty Job Category: Planner
Reports To: Demand S&OP Planning Manager
Location: Barcelona
Function: Supply Chain

ABOUT COTY

We are Coty, one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care. Coty is the global leader in fragrance and number three in color cosmetics. Coty’s products are sold in over 150 countries around the world. Coty and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
Within the Supply Chain function sit our Planning teams. With a population of over three hundred people these teams are a competitor leading, purpose built Global Hub, covering a multitude of Planning areas where we share best practice in a centralized and standard way to deliver industry leading service at best cost and the right level of inventory.
Our Global Demand Planning Team are responsible for ensuring good prediction of Sales across the world. This signal drives the full End to End Supply Chain from logistics through production and onto supplier orders. The team collaborates with the markets to get the best Business Intelligence to input to the Machine Learning Models to create the best forecast. The team also ensure all New Product launches are reflected correctly within the forecast.

THE ROLE
The Demand S&OP Planner executes daily operational activities across the global cross-divisional S&OP process.

Key Success Measures

• Forecast accuracy (MAPE90) – measures the accuracy of the weighted absolute percentage error over a 90-day period.
• % cut driven by under forecast – calculates the percentage of inventory cuts driven by under forecasting, indicating instances where demand exceeds forecasted quantities.
• SPP3 – evaluates the bias in the 3-month forecast by measuring the deviation from the actual demand over a 3-month period.
• SPP1 – evaluates the bias in the 1-month forecast by measuring the deviation from actual demand over a 1-month period.

Core Responsibilities

• Conduct Global and BU S&OP submission accuracy analysis by meticulously analyzing data in the S&OP system and cross-referencing with local BU submissions.
• Analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), data and information related to S&OP processes proactively to identify trends, insights, and areas for improvement, escalating and action planning as appropriate.
• Communicate effectively to any S&OP related questions or issues for the portfolio of brands.
• Maintain BU S&OP support files by organizing and maintaining files and documents related to Business Unit (BU) S&OP activities, ensuring easy access and retrieval of information as needed.
• Create, develop, and maintain Global S&OP updating files and documentation, creating templates and documentation as necessary ensuring all relevant materials are current, consistent, accurate and readily available to stakeholders.
• Execute the loading of data from the financial system into the S&OP system, including actuals, financial targets, and final forecasts (FF), ensuring timely and accurate data transfer.
• Generate and compile reports for S&OP audits, ensuring compliance with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with auditors as needed to provide necessary documentation and support throughout the audit process.
• Manage and update distribution lists for the Global S&OP community, ensuring all relevant stakeholders receive the right communications in a timely manner.
• Attend and contribute to the S&OP monthly meetings with the local markets.

Continuous Improvement

• Use the processes, systems, and tools available to ensure all tasks are value add.
• Identify improvement opportunities for the area of responsibility, raising these as appropriate and implementing successfully (where possible).

KEY INTERFACES

• Planning Managers and Senior Managers
• Demand Planners
• Global Commercial Finance teams
• Demand BPx team

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Degree (or equivalent work experience) in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related Supply Chain field.
• Strong analytical skills
• Attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills.
• Working to deadlines.