Demand Planner
Company: Nexion India
Job Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description (JD) for Demand Planning
1. Role Overview
The Demand Planning Personnel is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving demand forecasts to support business planning, inventory optimization, and supply chain efficiency. The role integrates sales, marketing, historical data, and market intelligence to generate accurate, actionable forecasts.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Demand Forecasting & Planning
Develop short-, medium-, and long-term demand forecasts using statistical models and business inputs
Analyze historical sales data, seasonality, trends, and promotional impacts
Maintain forecast accuracy and bias metrics (e.g., STD.Dev, MAPE, MAD, Bias)
Continuously refine forecasting methodologies
Closely coordinate with the sales team for project orders.
B. Inventory Management & Optimization
Support inventory optimization and reduction of stockouts/excess stock by SKUs
Work with sales and customer service team to balance demand vs. supply
C. Cross-functional Collaboration
Closely coordinate with Internal customers i.e., customer service team, sales team, marketing team & production team for various activities i.e., new orders, non-available material, any delayed of production schedule etc.
Support new product launches and phase-out planning
4. Required Qualifications
Education
B-COM/BBA
MBA / Master's degree preferred
Experience
Demand planning and supply chain.
Experience in building materials or manufacturing
5. Technical Skills
Advanced Excel (forecasting models, pivot tables, data analysis)
Statistical forecasting knowledge (time series, seasonality)
Understanding of inventory management principles .