Demand Manager

Demand Manager

Are you passionate about driving business growth, optimizing demand processes, managing inventory performance, and making tactical decisions that shape a company’s success? Do you want to play a key role in the success of a dynamic company at the forefront of the furniture industry? We are looking for a Demand Manager to join our team, where you will play a key role in managing demand forecasting, aligning resources, and ensuring that our operations run smoothly and efficiently to meet customer needs.

"I'm excited to find a candidate with a passion for demand planning who is driven to optimize our demand forecasting and replenishment processes. This role offers the opportunity to work with highly skilled colleagues analyze sales and develop strategies that ensure the right products are available at the right time. You will collaborate closely with sales, warehousing, and purchasing teams to identify deviations and supply gaps, forecast demand, monitor inventories and translate these insights into actionable plans that drive business success. As a key player in our Demand Management team, you will have the chance to refine our demand strategies while growing professionally in a fast paced and dynamic environment." Mathias Mark, Head of Demand Management and Analytics

The Job

As Demand Manager you will have the management responsibility of our demand management team which is responsible for forecasting and replenishment for our warehouse. You will be responsible for forecasting customer demand for our warehouse assortment, ensuring that the right amount of stock is available to meet market needs while minimizing costs. You will manage inventory levels, oversee replenishment to ensure timely restocking, and collaborate closely with sales to enable warehouse sales. In addition, you will work with our procurement team to ensure suppliers meet replenishment needs and partner with the warehouse to maintain stock availability at optimal levels.

Key Responsibilities

Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE)

• Regularly update demand forecasts, review sales orders, and resolve discrepancies with sales teams to ensure alignment with inventory levels.
• Monitor stock levels to maintain high service levels and optimize costs, while coordinating replenishment and managing vendor portfolios.
• Prioritize and manage purchasing orders to minimize excess stock, ensuring timely deliveries and efficient inventory management.
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) for S&OE, and collaborate with sales, procurement, and warehouse teams to resolve operational issues swiftly.
• Collaborate closely with multiple stakeholders to ensure alignment and to quickly and effectively resolve issues. Assure that we proactively manage our supply chain and demand.

Lead the Demand Management team

• Oversee the operational efficiency and development of the Demand Management team, setting best practices on S&OE tasks.
• Ensure the replenishment system supports S&OE processes, driving continuous improvement in system usage and performance.
• Foster the growth and development of team members, providing coaching and support to enhance skills and performance.

Contribute to the S&OP surrounding stock sales

• Contribute to S&OP by providing inputs on service levels, stock classification, inventory management, replenishment performance and overall stock sales forecasts.
• Facilitate scenario-based decision-making for critical replenishment and inventory topics,
• Serve as the objective link between sales, procurement, and warehousing to drive decisions on replenishment, inventory, and stock sales, while clearly communicating replenishment performance.

Who Are You?

You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field, coupled with some practical experience in supply chain and demand management. Alternatively, you have significant experience in supply chain and demand management, ideally within an organization with a similar operating model. You are a proactive problem-solver with the ability to look holistically at decisions and processes.

You are a self-starter and self-motivator with a strong drive. At Actona Group we work as a team and celebrate successes together and it is therefore important to be a team player.

We imagine that this will describe you as:

• Detail-oriented: It is important to be thorough in the S&OE process and be able to spot small discrepancies in demand and supply.
• Problem solver: you are a person who thrives and get motivated by solving problems and adapting our operations to the fluctuations and challenges that may occur.
• Collaborative and communicative: You are able to collaborate and communicate clearly with stakeholders and team members.
• Decision-taker: You must be comfortable with making important decisions.
• Organized and resilient: Structured and organized to cope with a broad array of shifting tasks and priorities.
• Management: You can lead, motivate, and inspire teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment to achieve organizational goals.

What You Can Expect

• Dynamic Work Environment: Be a key player in multiple workgroups across the organization.
• Career Growth: Opportunities for personal and professional development.

• Supportive Team: Work with a dedicated and skilled team that provides continuous support and fosters professional growth through knowledge sharing and feedback.

• Flexibility: An informal and flexible work environment where achievements are recognized and successes are celebrated together.

• Impact: Take ownership of key demand management processes, driving initiatives that have a direct impact on business success and growth. Be critical towards our current setup and improve our processes and operations for the better.
• A great workplace: A company that takes care of its employees with appreciative care and benefits.

Interested? Then don't hesitate to send us an application.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Work location: Holstebro

Start: As soon as possible

You can also read more about what it is like to be employed at Actona Group here.

https://actonagroup.dk/karriere/moed-et-medlem-af-vores-actona-team

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Actona Group

Actona Group A/S has a clear vision: We want to be the most value-adding global furniture partner. For the past 40 years, Actona Group has specialized in supplying modern furniture to the world’s leading furniture stores, and our furniture is sold in 90 markets worldwide.

Actona Group is on a sustainable journey. We want to create an even bigger, stronger, and more sustainable company. We will create continued growth and value-adding services for the benefit of our customers and partners. With a sustainable focus, we also want to minimize our environmental impact.

Facts about Actona Group:

• 2800 employees worldwide and revenue of app. DKK 2,8 billion.
• Headquarters, showroom and European distribution centre in Tvis, Denmark.
• Furniture productions and local administrations in China, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine.
• Trading company in China.
• Part of Lars Larsen Group

We accept CVs and applications in both Danish and English. The interviews and most of the daily work will be in Danish.