Demand Planner

CSR Limited is a leading Australian Manufacturing business with a rich history and an exciting future. We are recognised for our innovative approach to developing sustainable and high performing building products and systems for the residential and commercial segments across Australia and New Zealand. 

Our purpose is ‘Building solutions for a better future'. We have a forward momentum and we're on our way to bigger, better and aspirational outcomes for our employees, customers and communities in which we operate.

Part of the CSR family, our Transformation, Technology and Digital Business Unit has been establishedto embrace the changing customer and market expectations in a new digital economy. We are currently embarking upon one of the biggest business transformations in the organisations history, with a readiness for automation, digitisation and a world class digital strategy for our current and future business objectives.

About the role: 

The Demand Planner is a full-time position, based at North Ryde.

Reporting to Group Demand Planning Manager this role is responsible for creating the best estimate of future volume projection over the 1-24 months horizon in collaboration with sales, customer solutions and marketing groups, through statistical forecasting, market share and intelligence, pipeline and major project inputs.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Analyse and review sales trends on an operational and strategic horizon
• Use a segmented forecast approach across different channels using statistical forecasting and pipeline management.
• Coordinate demand plan inputs from state sales, major projects, marketing, NPD and market strategy.
• Review and sense check baseline forecasts to identify anomalies or exceptions.
• Reviews customer and product segmentation rules and ABC analysis.
• Identify major risks in the demand plan based on market insight and historical forecast accuracy.
• Develop consensus forecast in 1-24 months horizon, with inputs from states.
• Identify and model impacts of alternative demand scenarios to test business unit demand sensitivities.
• Manage demand inputs into monthly cycle and action outputs.
• Facilitate forecast meetings, agree actions and content for the senior leadership team.
• Drive improvements in forecast accuracy and forecast bias
• Review actual performance to plans to identify abnormal demand.  Work with market sales managers and major project managers to mitigate customer impacts of demand or supply events.
• Validate demand plans including volume at product family and SKU level and risk and manage adjustments by exception.
• Review and manage sales history cleansing to improve baseline forecasting.
• Comply with WHSE authorities in accordance with the responsibility's matrix.

About You: 

• Three years professional experience within demand and forecast management.
• Strong understanding of Commercial drivers to a business demand plan.
• Numerate and systems literate with the ability to manage large amounts of data analysis.
• Good planning, organising and influencing skills, combined with strong attention to detail.
• A team player, able to effectively influence and communicate cross functionally to a senior level.
• Able to meet deadlines with quality output.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Innovative thinking and problem solving.
• Analytical thinking and information seeking.
• Exposure to S&OP / IBP environment would be highly regarded.

What we can offer in return:

• Be a part of an environment that sparks creativity and fosters collaboration. 
• Embrace a hybrid working environment that offers flexibility professionally and personally.
• Be at the forefront of a competitive remuneration package, where success is celebrated.

Culture: 

• CSR is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace for our employees.
• Live, Work & Grow with CSR - with access to discounts, exclusive offers, career opportunities, family care and Health & wellbeing.

How to Apply:  

If this role sounds like you and you're ready for you next career move, APPLY TODAY! 

To find out more about us, visit www.csr.com.au