Logitech is the Sweet Spot for people who want their actions to have a positive global impact while having the flexibility to do it in their own way.

Location: Cork

Working Model: hybrid (2-3 days a week in the office)

The Role:

The Demand Planning Specialist role is ideal for someone who wants to be part of change, who thrives to become better personally and professionally every day. We are bringing demand planning closer to our internal and external customers while gathering and analyzing demand trends and signals, driving collaborations with multiple business partners and taking on a key role in driving business decisions. This position will be leading a product category and you will be responsible for managing the demand forecast at both Sell In and Sell Thru level, drive the S&OP processes and the category success from a supply chain perspective. You will work very closely with the Regional Demand planning Lead, regional category marketing, category finance and supply chain teams. You are in charge!

Your Contribution:

Be Yourself. Be Open. Stay Hungry and Humble. Collaborate. Challenge. Decide and just Do. These are the behaviors you’ll need for success at Logitech. In this role you will:

Define supply chain strategy end to end for your product category
Build and develop engaging relationship with key stakeholders
Acquire, understand, and incorporate demand signals, channel data, replenishment triggers in the development of the product level demand plan, up to 18 months
Prepare and present demand plans, via different scenario planning, actual performances, inventory status and call out any risks and opportunity with the appropriate solution during monthly S&OP meetings with senior executives.
Establish and maintain SKU-level demand plan for assigned product category using analytical and statistical tools, intelligence gathering and collaboration.
Monitor inventory levels, take corrective and preventive actions with related functions to avoid supply shortages and excess/aging stocks.
Govern WW allocation of your product category to promote and protect the best interests from revenue-cost-margin perspective
Provide regular and ad-hoc performance summaries with fact-based root cause analysis, propose & carry out corrective and preventive actions.
Manage all aspects related to weekly, monthly, and quarterly demand planning activities.
Manage product life cycle transitions from (NPI) New Product Introduction phase to (EOL) End of Life to ensure supply availability and targeted inventory level.
Drive development and implementation of processes and tools related to demand planning, forecasting, and supply allocation.
Support the continuous improvement initiatives to refine existing processes and tools and to develop the next generation of activities.

Key Qualifications:

For consideration, you must bring the following minimum skills and behaviors to our team:

Bachelor's Degree (Masters Degree preferred) in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Data Science or related subject area.
Analytical and outstanding capabilities with demonstrated ability to understand use of advanced analytics, optimization techniques especially AI applications
Experience in consumer electronics and FMCG or CPG companies is at advantage
Experienced participation in S&OP processes.
Ability to analyze trade-offs between inventory, air freight, capacity, etc. and make informed decisions/ recommendations.
Demonstrated decision-making ability in face of uncertain or incomplete information.
Preference is given to global experience and demonstrated applied knowledge of customer, market, and channel business.
Excellent communication, influencing and facilitation skills.
Demonstrated leadership abilities and strong sense of ownership
Self-motivated and goal oriented, with a positive proactive attitude and a high degree of initiative.
Strong teamwork spirit

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Across Logitech we empower collaboration and foster play. We help teams collaborate/learn from anywhere, without compromising on productivity or continuity so it should be no surprise that most of our jobs are open to work from home from most locations. Our hybrid work model allows some employees to work remotely while others work on-premises. Within this structure, you may have teams or departments split between working remotely and working in-house.

Logitech is an amazing place to work because it is full of authentic people who are inclusive by nature as well as by design. Being a global company, we value our diversity and celebrate all our differences. Don’t meet every single requirement? Not a problem. If you feel you are the right candidate for the opportunity, we strongly recommend that you apply. We want to meet you!

We offer comprehensive and competitive benefits packages and working environments that are designed to be flexible and help you to care for yourself and your loved ones, now and in the future. We believe that good health means more than getting medical care when you need it. Logitech supports a culture that encourages individuals to achieve good physical, financial, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing so we all can create, achieve and enjoy more and support our families. We can’t wait to tell you more about them being that there are too many to list here and they vary based on location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

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Demand Planning Specialist

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