.```htmlCHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our.Job DescriptionThis person will be working closely with the Pallecon (First Mile Solutions/ FMS) commercial and asset productivity teams and primarily be responsible for developing forecasts and scenarios for customer demand, in terms of issues and sales revenue, and returns (collections) for all products within the Pallecon EU portfolio. The Demand Planning Manager will play a central role in the Integrated Business Planning process, ensuring the team have the right information and analysis to make clear, fast, and data-driven decisions. The Demand Planning Manager will be sole point of contact for all issues and questions relating to demand for Pallecon Europe.Your mission:Collaborate with commercial, marketing, customer solutions, finance, asset productivity, customer service and planning & execution teams to understand demand drivers in our customer base and markets.Evaluate and incorporate multiple data sources and analytical tools, including market and competitor intelligence, customer insight, historical sales data, strategic plans and market/segment analyses, serial data, received customer orders, customer-derived forecasts, customer and end receiver production and sales data.Support and challenge sales teams in translating pipeline into forecasted customer wins and losses, help identify opportunities to improve commercial plans; develop processes to reduce workload around forecasting for sales teams.Generate demand and collection forecasts for both S&OE (0-3 months execution) and Integrated Business planning (4-35 months planning horizon), meeting agreed requirements and operating guidelines for these processes.Ensure the assumptions behind the forecast are understood and well-documented and timely communications of the forecast and changes to the forecast on an ongoing basis to stakeholders in sales, asset productivity, finance, and supply chain.Develop scenarios for alternative courses of action for decision-making purposes, in support of strategic objectives and to challenge business plans
