Market Demand Planner

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The Tires group sector has 24 production and development locations worldwide. Continental is one of the leading tire manufacturers with 57,000 employees and posted sales of €14 billion in 2022 in this group sector. Continental ranks among the technology leaders in tire production and offers a broad product range for passenger cars, commercial and special purpose vehicles as well as two-wheelers. Through continuous investment in research and development, Continental makes a major contribution to safe, cost effective and ecologically efficient mobility. The portfolio of the tire business includes services for the tire trade and fleet applications, as well as digital management systems for tires.

• Actively participate in continuous process projects and initiatives, considering Road Map Strategies
• Balance inventory between Mexico Warehouse 
• Manage Consignment Stock for Strategic Customer 
• Ensure availability of products based on Demand FC and Historical Sales and considering a healthy inventory structure for Imported Products. SKUs Supply and Inventory status follow up, changes and actions.
• Open Orders Follow up. Backorder Analysis
• PIPO process, New Articles and Launches analysis and follow up.
• Production Follow up.
• Sop Meeting, review new articles to be produce in SLP, tracking production week and launch volume of these articles.
• Review order by plants & Article level and validate the automatic replenishment process status. Include escalation process with Central Team.
• Elaborate and analyze KPIs and business performance reports (FC Accuracy, Fill Rate, Additional Inventory, PSI). Includes, root cause analysis and action plans for improvement with Market, BU and plants.
• Elaborate the demand forecast based on Statistical and FC Collaboration, including top Continental's customers and critical sales channels and items. Upload FC APO. Send input for Sales Fc to MI
• Replenishment settings (SST) maintenance in MADA teaming up with Demand Central Team. 
  
  MADA- developed to have connected information with the different EPR's.
• Review supply feasibility for special orders, requirements, and projects from internal customer.
• Communicate to market and stakeholders (Service Center, Sales, Operations, Log, Product Management, BI) product availability: quantities, dates, and supply restrictions. Include Transparency File
• Reports and special request based on necessities at the moment.

• Bachelors Degree: Industrial Engineering, International Business or related.
• English advanced.
• ERP or MES specific module process (SAP SD).
• Project Management (desirable). 
• Professional Experience: Demand, Logistic, Supply Chain.
• Data Analytics.
• Inventory management.
• SCM Business knowledge.
• Process mapping.
• Customer Centricity.
• Statistical Modeling Knowledge.
• Product Life Cycle Management.
• Data IT tools.

At Continental we are committed to building an inclusive and discrimination-free ecosystem in Mexico, these principles are rooted in our corporate philosophy and culture. Therefore, it is totally forbidden to request a pregnancy or HIV test as part of our selection processes.

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