• Demand planning forecast accuracy
o Provide demand baseline to respective regional Commercial Leads for further enrichment
o Partner with Demand Planning & Sales Analytics Lead and global S&OP to design and drive implementation of best-practices, consistent tools, and templates across Pet BU in demand planning
o Analyze historical sales trends, research demand drivers, compile forecast data, create statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast outcomes
o Identify and implement initiatives to further improve demand forecast accuracy for the respective market(s) (e.g., SKUs / segments to be improved with business intel, new launches trend)
• Cross-team Collaboration
o Collaborate with commercial teams to share and align on final consolidated unconstrained demand forecast by region and product, including for planned new launches
o Collaborate with global S&OP to address potential issues that may result in demand not being fully met, including facilitating alignment across regional Commercial Leads on prioritization of customer orders
o Be an active member of the extended market teams to drive both short- and long-term performance (incl. demand planning accuracy)