Planning Manager- M1

Designation: Planning Manager 

Core Areas: Experience in Demand forecasting models like Exponential Smoothing, Holtz Winter. Practical knowledge in understanding trends & seasonality in data

Qualification: Post Graduate (Supply chain Background); 1-3 years of relevant experience in Demand planning with forecasting exposure; Advanced MS Excel Skills.

Your Role - Strategy and planning: The candidate will lead the demand planning process for our cloud stores. Help business team in translating business goals to execution plan by forecasting number of orders predicted at each store level.

Analysis and Reporting: Candidates will do analysis on Key demand planning KPIs like MAPE, Demand Attainment, Error %. Also candidate will provide insights and solutions to improve the forecasting process further.

Innovation: Exploring different forecasting models to fit grocery requirement forecasting at day level & hourly level. And capable to suggest the best fit.

Out of the Box Thinking: Capable to collaborate with cross functions to gather and incorporate new promotions to ensure forecasting error is at minimum level.

Implementation: Improve the systems & processes, to gather data faster towards achieving relevant business metrics. 

People management: Responsible for effectively coordinating with Cross functional teams to gather insights and calculate relevant KPIs

What We’re Looking For - People with endless curiosity and hunger to learn - Owners who will think of Zepto as their own venture - Operators obsessed with customer experience - People good at Planning & Organizing, Systems & Process Orientation and Result Orientation.

People having strong communication and convincing skills and the ability to meet daily, weekly, and long- term requirements and goals. - Those who are able to work under tight deadlines.

Owners with the ability to scale processes from 0 to 1. - People with an Innovative mindset - People with working knowledge of VBA, SQL (Good to know)