Demand Planning Specialist

## Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

## What you’ll do

Role purpose:

This is an SCM role, with activities that includes SCM Target Settings, KPI’s Governance, Operational process improvement, Quality assurance and Reporting Governance.

He/she will be responsible for Supply Chain Targets settings, budget analysis, cost components analysis, Operational Process performance, driving global standardisation, delivering continuous improvement, addressing and promoting user experience and maintaining the local SCM governance infrastructure. Also to manage the relationship with key Vodafone stakeholders and Group system owners in the Vodafone Procurement Company.

He/She is a part of the Design to Cost Team responsible for building structured cost breakdown which is a key enabler for Procurement team for efficient negotiations with Vendors

He/She plays a key role in setting the Budget assumptions to be considered while building the Budget in addition to tracking the Actuals versus Plans across the year

Role is active member of the local Supply Chain Team & the Regional Operations Community taking on and driving Key Global and Local strategic projects from concept to deployment, integrating business requirements and associated processes. Always ensuring standardisation, alignment & consistence

## Who you are

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

Demand Planning Network & IT:

• Supply Chain owner to verify and plan the unit cost used to build the Network, IT and Enterprise budget and to make sure that the inflation factors and any other industry factors are taken into consideration.
• Bottom-up budget planning to identify the Savings opportunities and the CMS, Terms of payment and any other SCM KPI’s
• Verify the group top-down targets and assess its applicability compared to the last year performance and the bottom-up target settings
• Develop the SCM Targets per each category manager in the team and performance governance for each team member across the fiscal year
• Setting the key strategic projects in the domain and develop a project plan to ensure that the project is running on time
• Governance for the KPI’s progress across the year by setting the governance strategy for the local management and the Group management
• Work closely with the finance and business teams to achieve the finance targets, and saving targets

• Facilitate continuous process improvement by conducting process health checks, Global benchmarks, identify opportunities, support quality reviews, and validate change requests
• Able to deconstruct and analyse processes, producing effective outcomes via the creation of and use of visual representation of captured data.
• Able to communicate and present insights and efficiently using statistics and/or graphical representation.
• Make recommendations and enable decisions that can be directly linked to SCM and the wider business objectives.
• Accountable for process efficiency through recommendations as (Robots, systems, radical simplification of process)
• To act as the SCM business owner for SCM content ensuring it is maintained, kept up to date and developed in line with changes to the way Supply Chain and the wider business operates

## Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

## What's in it for you

• Core competencies, knowledge, and experience

• Relevant University degree
• Strong stakeholders Management skills
• Very Good Analytical & presentation skills
• Good understanding of Supply Chain processes (supplier management, procure to pay)
• High level of communication and negotiation skills
• Experience working with virtual teams (Shared services and other group functions)
• Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• High Analytical skills
• High Presentation Skills
• Experience in Budget planning and Project Management
• Experience in using AI tools
• Excel & Powerpoint skills is a must
• Power BI , SQL & automation knowledge & hands on is a plus
• Decision support experience is a plus

## Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.