Demand Planner

Description

At Grupo Cacaolat, our purpose is to fill the everyday lives of our families with fun and happiness by offering them what they love most while also caring for their nutrition. Because our brands have the magic to awaken those unique moments and create joyful experiences with the people we cherish most. And there’s something truly unique, truly ours, that embodies this happiness and fun… and it’s that when something tastes so good, it leaves a mustache. **What makes us simply irresistible?** **Our DNA**: * We carry Good Vibes as our banner. * Being irresistible means being invincible. * Our authenticity drives our growth. * Being unimitable makes us exceptional. **Join Our Team as a Demand Planner!** You will be an analytical, proactive, and business-minded professional capable of transforming data into decisions and leading the demand planning process to ensure a robust, consensus-based, and growth-oriented forecast. You will become part of a dynamic and collaborative environment, working closely with Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance teams to ensure optimal planning for our products. **Your responsibilities:** You will manage and model demand across all SKUs, ensuring data quality and reliability. You will develop the baseline forecast using statistical models and analysis of historical sales data. You will integrate all relevant inputs from Commercial and Marketing teams into the forecast—including promotions, product launches, market trends, and business opportunities. You will provide support and methodology to the Commercial team to estimate the impact of promotions and other commercial initiatives. You will review forecasts with the necessary frequency and lead time to enable efficient supply planning and achieve service and cost objectives. You will deliver medium- and long-term aggregated forecasts to support production capacity, warehousing, and transportation planning. You will lead *Demand Review* and *Consensus Forecast* processes, aligning various teams around a single, agreed-upon forecast. You will drive and develop the S\&OP (*Sales \& Operations Planning*) process, fostering cross-functional collaboration across business areas. You will analyze forecast deviations and biases, identify root causes, and propose corrective actions to support continuous improvement. You will participate in scenario planning exercises to anticipate risks and identify business opportunities. **What do you need to join the team?** Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management, Supply Chain, Economics, Finance, or a related field. 3–5 years of experience in Demand Planning, Forecasting, or Supply Chain Planning roles. Prior experience in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies, especially in dynamic, high-turnover environments, is highly valued. Experience working with SAP and advanced planning and analytics tools is a strong plus. Excellent analytical capabilities, data-driven orientation, and the ability to translate complex information into sound business decisions. Strong influencing, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. **What do we offer?** A dynamic, innovation-focused environment. Opportunities for professional development. Competitive salary and attractive benefits. At Grupo Cacaolat, we work every day to build a diverse, inclusive company committed to Equal Opportunity. For this reason, we guarantee fair, non-discriminatory evaluation of all applications—regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnic origin, nationality, or age. We are proud to have a united, motivated team driven by the passion to keep painting smiles with milk and cocoa. We are looking for someone who lives our values with the same passion we do—a genuine, unimitable, irresistible person who carries Good Vibes in their DNA. **If you enjoy turning data into decisions, building consensus, and generating business impact, this challenge is for you. Join Grupo Cacaolat!**