HRSI is looking for "Planning Executive - Finance" for one its leading client.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding and analysis of the market and competitors. Provide insights to anticipate competitor strategies, enabling proactive decision-making and planning.
- Facilitate and drive the monthly planning cycle (S&OP), ensuring efficiency, accurate understanding, and effective planning to mitigate any potential opportunity losses or costs for the company.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the Business to ensure optimal planning for industry trends, volume, market share, and contribute high-quality input into key Business milestones.
- Coordinate the development of integrated long-term macroeconomic forecasts for the total tobacco market, short-term forecasts, and competitive business scenarios to inform corporate and marketing plans.
- Identify and propose opportunities for process improvement to enhance the effectiveness of market and industry insights generation.
- Continuously enhance current tools and methodologies to improve the analysis of information.
- Provide support for above-market reporting as needed.
- Support the cadence of reporting, planning, and forecasting strategy with timely and actionable insights.RequirementsESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in the tobacco industry or a similar FMCG category.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Statistics, Business Analytics, Marketing, or a related field.
- Effective communication skills, including strong negotiation and influencing abilities.
- Demonstrated project management skills, including the ability to lead and execute projects effectively.
- Excellent presentation skills, with the capacity to convey complex information in a clear and compelling manner.
- Proficiency in forecasting techniques and competitor analysis.
Familiarity with marketing planning processes and the ability to conduct both quantitative and qualitative analysis
Skills:
Planning Executive Finance, Microsoft Excel, Communication Skills,
