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Clement May Limited
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Southampton, Hampshire
Demand Planning Manager / Global FTSE100 Organisation / Southampton
Overview
Demand Planning Manager / Global FTSE100 Organisation / Southampton A leading FMCG Organisation is currently looking for a Demand Planning Manager to join their team in Southampton Operational/Professional/Business Sustain a forecast of the resource requirements from across R&D in a cycle appropriate to the needs of the business. Works with the leaders of the technical resource in order to establish a central capacity picture across the technical resources Provides information that identify consequences and risks related to R&D portfolio decisions Works with senior managers, project managers and PMO in order to improve the quality of the signal Design and implement performance metrics package for all central R&D resources for presentation at portfolio review and R&D Ops LT meetings. Management Sustain a forecast of the resource requirements from across R&D in a cycle appropriate to the needs of the business. Works with the leaders of the technical resource in order to establish a central capacity picture across the technical resources Provides information that identify consequences and risks related to R&D portfolio decisions Works with senior managers, project managers and PMO in order to improve the quality of the signal Design and implement performance metrics package for all central R&D resources for presentation at portfolio review and R&D Ops LT meetings. Leadership Champions the R&D Planning process and associated systems across functions, driving best practice and ensuring full compliance. Drive and Support collaboration within and across teams and functions within R&D Achieve a high performing virtual team by motivating people, identifying training & development needs, supporting day-today issues and supporting strengths and visibly supporting team decisions Recruit and develop the right people with the right skills to build professional planning function. Relationship Initiator and lead representative in interactions with R&D project teams and cross-functional teams in order to prepare R&D Demand forecast Supports the PMO team in management of operational risk and preparation of mitigation plans Builds and maintains strong working relationships with R&D project teams and resources and provides advice and support to these teams both on an ad-hoc basis and as part of regular engagement activities Builds and maintains strong working relationships with external supplier to ensure smooth provision of routine analytical testing Builds network across the organisation's planning community in order to build best practice. Innovation Drive continuous improvement in the performance of the R&D Planning Cycle process via engagement of project & resource leads Ensure planning issues from demand reviews are identified, shared with relevant stakeholders, improvement plans developed with clear ownership and are implemented.