IBP 09 - Demand Planning

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize local-market demand planning and forecasting capabilities in the PepsiCo IBP tool.
• Participate in fit-gap sessions and document evolving future-state processes for local markets.
• Work with Data Science to validate hypotheses, tune forecast-engine configurations, identify channel demand drivers, and optimize forecast levels.
• Define functional designs and specifications with planning, data science, and consulting partners.
• Help Data and Analytics teams define, document, refine, and validate data objects, including demand drivers.
• Identify business and user requirements that improve planning processes, system architecture, and digital capabilities.
• Manage the local product roadmap and prioritize enhancements with global IBP product managers and the Center of Excellence.
• Manage dependencies with Supply Planning and IBP Forums teams and ensure high-quality, continuously improving product delivery.

Qualifications and experience

• At least 7 years deploying or continuously developing demand planning and forecasting digital tools and capabilities.
• Experience with SAP and o9 is required; industrial standards such as o9 are noted as preferable in the deployment qualification.
• At least 7 years of digital product management experience refining strategic roadmaps and working cross-functionally in a matrixed environment is preferred.
• Experience managing evolving technical and functional design, incorporating user feedback and performance data, and maintaining functional specifications.
• Experience leading and delivering through external partners.
• Experience with analytics and forecasting models, including time-series or driver-based machine learning, and iterating models after deployment is a plus.
• Experience refining digital products throughout their lifecycle and using Agile and DevOps practices.
• A bachelor’s degree is required; a quantitative or engineering-related degree is preferred.

Skills and capabilities

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, with a focus on finding improvement opportunities and making incremental changes.
• Adaptability and flexibility in a dynamic environment.
• Leadership, organization, interpersonal skills, and ability to manage trade-offs.
• Able to work across matrixed organizational relationships, collaborate for speed and innovation, and move between strategic and hands-on work.
• Understands both the engineering and business aspects of digital products and centers user needs in decisions.