Description:
- Position Purpose:
Develop and maintain a reliable demand forecast and translate it into a feasible supply plan by integrating statistical analysis, structured cross-functional collaboration, and coordination of inventory transfers between manufacturing plants, distribution centers, countries, and approved supply sources.

This role transforms customer, market, promotional, and inventory information into a consensus demand plan and an actionable supply plan, ensuring product availability, service level performance, and a single source of truth across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Operations, and Finance, without engaging in direct commercial negotiations with suppliers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Forecast Generation and Maintenance:
- Develop short-, medium-, and long-term forecasts by SKU, customer, channel, product family, or category.
- Analyze historical sales, customer orders, trends, seasonality, promotions, events, and customer purchasing behavior.
- Manage new product introductions, product substitutions, phase-in/phase-out activities,



intermittent demand, and low-volume items.
- Document forecast assumptions, changes, owners, and demand drivers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration with Commercial Teams:
- Coordinate regular demand review meetings with Sales, Key Account Managers, Marketing, and Commercial Leadership.
- Gather and validate information related to promotions, new business opportunities, customer additions and discontinuations, pricing changes, product launches, and exceptional orders.
- Challenge forecast increases or reductions that lack supporting data, customer commitment, SKU detail, timing, or defined probability.
- Translate qualitative commercial inputs into measurable forecast adjustments and track agreed-upon action items.

Supply Planning and Balance:
- Develop short-, medium-, and long-term supply plans based on the demand forecast, customer orders, available and in-transit inventory, open purchase orders

📌 Buyer Planner (Tlalnepantla de Baz)
🏢 WAI GLOBAL
📍 Tlalnepantla de Baz