Sr Specialist Demand Planning (Brand)

Department:                                     Finance

Direct Reporting Line:                    Sr. Manager Demand Planning Brands

Indirect/Second Reporting Line:

Subsidiary/Country:                       LAM

Location:                                           Panama

GSMS Grade:                                    P1

Personnel managed:                      No

Budget managed:                           

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Adidas Sr. Specialists are key to support the execution of the Strategy. The Sr. Specialist Demand Planning supports the Demand Planning Brand Team on using and implementing different type of dashboards, tools and decks to enable Biz Performance conversations with the Business Units (BUs), giving visibility and driving good level of discussions to the stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement improvements on the reporting packs and decks (eg: database systematic and biz analytics tools).
• Co-Create IBP/SBP guides for our categories.
• Run the Error checking milestone on our Rolling Demand Plan (RDP), keeping close communication with our LAM Pricing team.              
• Drive Business On Hand analysis (BOH) for our Categories in order to identify possible risk and opps in our top and bottom line. + DTC RDP
• Own the Global IBP upload into SYSPHERA tool for regional purposes and SAC tool for global reporting, including communication to stakeholders.
• Drive discussion trough the DP Team using facts base to challenge the BUs and Biz Segments numbers (NS, SM, NQ, RDP) for mid- and long-term planning.
• Influence others using hard data to drive the best decision making.
• Facilitate business collaboration with regional BUs through a monthly operational rhythm to track business progress.
• Support on projects.                                      
• Own the demand planning brand reports preparation for global and regional MBR
• Implement the FTW franchise report across LAM categories
• Engage in the seasonal forecasting process by enabling the databases and creating team synergies to align on the process and dates

Key Relationships:

• Demand Planning LAM.
• Brand/ LAM Category Business Units
• MOPS LAM
• Pricing LAM

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Experienced in data analysis, data results analysis, data base and dashboards implementation.
• Advanced knowledge of MS office applications; proficiency in Excel including creating spreadsheets, complex formulas, pivot tables, power query, power BI, power point. Experience with planning software/tools is preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English advanced).
• Detail oriented.
• Growth mindset.
• Ability to adapt and learn.
• Ability to manage cross functional stakeholders at a regional a country level

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 Years experience
• Textile and Sports industry experience is a plus.
• Background on economy, engineering, logistic, data science or similar is a plus.