Demand Planner

Givanas Cosmetics Nigeria Limited, a manufacturing company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Demand Planner

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• The Demand Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining accurate demand forecasts that drive inventory, procurement, and production decisions.
• This role owns the rolling forecast process, analyzes historical sales data, market trends, and cross-functional input to build forecast models, and works closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to align on expected demand.

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical sales trends, seasonality, and market data to identify patterns affecting demand.
• Prepare and distribute regular demand planning reports and dashboards (Forecast vs Actual, accuracy trends, risk items) to management and stakeholders.
• Own and maintain the rolling forecast (the single source of truth for demand planning), including enforcing the 2-week change request window ahead of each monthly cycle.
• Identify and escalate significant forecast variances or sudden demand spikes/supply constraints to the Supply Chain Manager, GM, Finance, and Logistics as risk to inventory availability or excess warrants.
• Forecast and track NPDs and EPDs as separate SKU lines, keeping them out of existing portfolio numbers until formally absorbed.
• Apply the brand tiering framework to procurement buffers: Tier 1 (3-month PM buffer), Tier 2 (1-month PM buffer), Tier 3 (order as forecast requires, no buffer), scaling the PM lock horizon to each category's procurement lead time.
• Lead the monthly demand review meeting, reconciling forecast input from Sales, Marketing, and Finance, and securing GM sign-off on forecast updates.
• Maintain and administer the rolling forecast Sheet and any ERP forecast modules, ensuring data integrity and version control.
• Translate demand forecasts into operational data for Master Production Schedulers and procurement teams.
• Incorporate demand drivers — promotions, new product launches, and product phase-outs — into forecast models.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement to translate demand forecasts into inventory and replenishment plans.
• Support the S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process with forecast data and analysis.
• Develop and maintain statistical demand forecasts at SKU, category, and aggregate levels across multiple time horizons, distinguishing consensus (quarterly) and operational (monthly rolling) forecast layers.
• Track forecast accuracy and bias (e.g. MAPE), identifying structural causes of stockouts or overproduction and driving continuous improvement in forecasting methods.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work cross-functionally.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and statistical/forecasting functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ERP and demand planning systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, or similar) and advanced spreadsheet-based forecasting tools.
• 4+ years of experience in demand planning, forecasting, or S&OP.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Statistics, or a related field.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their updated CV to: [email protected] using "Demand Planner" as the subject of the email.

Application Deadline: 27th November, 2026.