• Responsible from Beverage Traditional Trade Demand Planning process via Prolink VMI . Managing demand forecast based on Sell-out for VMI customers (Distributors DC) in short horizon (up to 6 weeks)
• Responsible for accurate and timely demand forecast for his/her portfolio, including responsibility for the end-to-end forecasting process in Prolink (JDA)
• Evolving and maintaining documentation and standard operating procedures for DP processes and
• Demand Consensus which builds to a one-number plan and the integration of the DP process into the entire organization
• Responsible for developing and ensuring the accuracy of the PepsiCo Beverage Turkey short term demand, including delivery of the overall forecast accuracy,
• Complete “root cause” analysis to ensure ongoing Demand Planning improvements, including the review and analyses of statistical data, graphs and charts,
• Follow-up performance indicators to meet forecast accuracy and customer service objectives
• Responsible for the appropriate tracking, monitoring and cleansing of forecast, including reporting at various levels of detail, analyse and cleanse, if required; all data pertinent to creating the sales forecast (historical sales, market trends, seasonality) in different hierarchy levels in Demand Module
• Facilitate weekly planning forecast calls & meetings and update forecast as necessary to gather market intelligence relative to customer activities for assigned portfolio (Promotions & Calendar events & New Products)

The Assistant Brand Manager works under the supervision of the Brand Manager who has certain key responsibilities to perform that help the brand manager as well as the organization. They help to define and to execute the brand’s launch plans both new product development and reframe/refresh projects, flawless communication plans (ATL / BTL), packaging, trade merchandising and promotion strategies and allocate the budget accordingly. An assistant is required to analyze data, present projections to the brand manager and develop suggestions on how the visibility of company’s products can be improved within the ideology and financial budget of the company.
Supports defining the brand’s packaging, advertising and promotion strategies and allocate the budget accordingly,
Accountable for projects that help deliver the brand’s profit, volume and market share objectives,
Coordinates product management projects with internal and external resources to achieve results (advertising agencies, market research, product development, production planning, trade activities, sales and consultants),
Analyzes market data and compares results to established objectives to assure the effectiveness of marketing programs,
Prepare business updates and define insights/actions to support BM’s for the regular meetings (PMR, 16 Week, Stage&Gate presentations, Monthly Brand Reviews, etc),
Close tracking of NPD’s with commercialization team to ensure flawless launc process.

4 years university degree

Minimum 3 years of experiences in category development and sales experience is a plus

Experience in pharmacy, OTC, or dermocosmetic industry is an asset

Knowledge of skin care or personal care is a plus

Excellent communication skills in English

Strong analytical problem solving skills

Ambitious, confident and able to take initiative

Advanced level of MS Office Applications

B class driving license