Company Description
CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.
Job Description
Demand Planning at Mattel is responsible for managing demand estimates in consensus with the commercial teams, ensuring that business needs are reflected in a timely manner, as well as tracking product availability and seeking to maintain healthy inventories. The main challenges of the area is to ensure proper alignment and communication with the commercial teams, with the replenishment team and establish the S&OP process of the company.
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- Support the Manager for the demand plan process for Dolls, Games and MEGA categories in México and Latin America Export Markets; this includes a) follow actual logic of generation demand baseline b) ensure Demand submission through Anaplan system as a tool, c) Follow-up of demand KPI's such as Forecast Variance, Forecast Bias and Value Add, raising warnings with Manager, d) adjust Demand Plan aligned by Management with commercial teams driven by strategy.
- Desirable: Support for the Manager team in consensus meetings with commercial teams, providing visibility into demand estimates for critical issues and priorities, identifying and raising risks and opportunities to get the right product at the right time.
- Desirable: Willingness to automate and standardize demand planning processes.
Qualifications
- Advanced Excel Skills (big data bases, pivot tables)
- Data analysis and ability to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
- Intermediate English
- Desirable basic knowledge in Tableau or Power BI and Forecasting Tools as Anaplan, Forecast Pro, SAP-APO.
Additional Information
Who We Are
Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offers include film and television content, gaming, music and live events. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Visit us at https //jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.
Mattel is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, military spouses, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.