Demand Planning Analyst (20-Months Contract)

Demand Planning Analyst

Workplace: CHANEL – Toronto, Ontario

Reporting to : Planning and Forecasting Manager

Contract : Temporary Contract from May 2023 to mid-February 2025, Full-Time

Your role @ CHANEL :

As a Demand Planning Analyst, you will be responsible for maintaining and executing forecasting and decision models, using a strong combination of statistics, business, and market trend analysis in Fragrances & Beauty.

The impact you can create at CHANEL:

• You will maintain the ABC demand strategy – in units and value;
• You will contribute to consensus meetings to align demand forecast visions and budgets;
• You will participate in monthly consensus meetings with the Global forecasting team;
• You will maintain and analyze performance indicators to meet business objectives and make necessary improvements;
• You will develop and guide the demand forecasting function to support and drive forecasting department goals;
• You will maintain campaign balances that will serve as a reference for future events;
• You will collaborate with sales and marketing teams to ensure accurate demand expression (range and launch);
• You will participate in weekly follow-up meetings with sales and operations teams;
• You will assist in planning product lifecycle management;
• You will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and will participate in the implementation of a new forecasting solution.
• You will lead monthly forecast meetings with the marketing team to measure SKUS performance and correct forecast trends;
• You will maintain product reference frameworks and adjust forecasts according to product life cycles;
• You will conduct data analysis to identify gaps/trends;
• You will lead post-launch meetings to measure new product performance and correct forecasting trends;
• You will develop, review and maintain demand forecasting software – local and global;

What you will bring to the role:

• Experience in supply chain processes;
• Experience in sales and operations demand planning and forecasting execution (KPIs, inventory and demand planning);
• Experience in demand or production planning in an MRP/MPS environment;
• Analytical skills and mastery of statistics for forecasting;
• Bilingualism to communication with our colleagues across Canada (French and English, both oral and written).
• Excellent planning and organizational skills;
• Ability to manage potentially conflicting demands;
• Excellent analytical, planning and decision-making skills;
• Experience in statistical analysis;
• Good communication skills – interaction and collaboration with suppliers and other departments;
• Ability to understand a situation as a whole, but also in detail;
• Ability to work individually, as well as in a team;
• Relevant experience of more than five (5) years;
• Ability to make informed decisions based on data;

You are stimulated by:

• Demand forecasting strategy;
• Forecasting and Demand;
• Data analysis to identify gaps and trends.

What you will gain from this experience:

• An understanding of what makes the House work to such high standards;
• An opportunity to be involved in planning and forecasting for our Fragrance & Beauty division.

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.