IBP Lead at Stanley Black & Decker

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, ToolsIndustries

Requirements

End to end business comprehension
Good knowledge, management and coordination of IBP/S&OP process
Excellent analytical, organizational and decision-making skills
Good business commercial acumen and financial knowledge
Strong influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in IBP conversations
Exceptional communication skills
Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes: IBP/S&OP, DRP, MPS, inventory optimization, logistics and customer service
Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Previous experience working with Planning ERPs
+5 years in Supply Chain planning experience (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning), including significant experience managing IBP/S&OP process
Prior experience leading and embedding IBP/S&OP best practice ways of working
High degree of quantitative and analytical skills

Responsibilities

Leading and driving a collaborative and efficient IBP monthly process to align a consensus forecast with Sales, Marketing and Finance
Managing any overlays to the baseline volume driven by new product introductions, promotions, price increases and any other commercial activity that may affect demand
Managing the end-to-end cross-functional business planning to ensure that commercial and operational strategies are aligned to support the successful execution of SBD business objectives
Managing and leading teams focused on portfolio optimization
Accountable with the market for the forecast accuracy and bias performance to achieve agreed upon targets
Facilitating IBP meetings (process steps) with cross functional leaders
Setting targeted, high impact agenda, and compiling inputs from stakeholders across the business
Ensuring Activity Grid (building blocks) delivery and follow up with Commercial Teams to the Demand Planning process to guarantee quality plans are received
Facilitating Sales & Operations Execution (S&OE) process bi-weekly meetings for quicker decision making in the short term
Ensuring that all relevant financial elements of the demand plan (GS, NSV, SGM) are properly identified, discussed and agreed, guaranteeing a single volume-value conversation
Challenging activity plans, volume assumptions based on historical trends, robust analytics and business market knowledge where necessary to drive an unbiased forecast
Documenting forecast main assumptions for volume/value construction in Demand Review Meeting
Generating demand walk variances compared to last month’s S&OP (ideally by SBU and Channel)
Leading demand and supply integration
Conducting root cause analysis along with commercial teams to identify drivers of forecast error and work to take the necessary corrective action to drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and bias performance
Ensuring scenario planning for significant events in the market (customer activities, economic conditions, etc.)