Demand Planner

About the Position

Join our Demand Planning team in Budapest, Hungary, to drive forecasting accuracy and efficiency in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Ownership, and coordination for all Demand Planning (Forecasting) activities for the assigned OEMs.
• Accountable for delivering a monthly rolling 24-month consensus forecast, working together with a cross-functional team of Customer Business Unit, Program Managers, and other key members.
• Support monthly financial closing and ensure on-time delivery of data including account review and variance analysis.
• Coordination of 5Y/10YP (five years/ ten years plan) activities together with the Sales excellence team.
• Ensure 100% adherence to the Global Consensus Demand Planning Process using Integrated Business Planning (IBP) tool.
• Maintain and use key input data elements like system program architecture, car production volume, customer forecasts, etc. in preparation of the forecasts.
• Drive forecast excellence with high forecast accuracy levels.
• Support in preparation for Senior Leadership meetings when needed.
• Prepare KPI-s, reports as well as ad-hoc analysis to drive progress.
• Support process improvement activities, projects.
• Any other tasks as required by the business.

Requirements

• Associates degree or equivalent in a related field.
• At least 3+ years in Sales & Operations Planning.
• Knowledge of/experience in ERP systems: SAP, IBP, BW preferred.
• Strong Analytical skills with the ability to manage big data sets.
• Flexible independent worker with an ability to lead and problem solve.
• Fluent English

Nice to Have

• Strong preference for a background in Global Automotive environment.
• Experience with QlikSense analytics or similar Business Intelligence tool.
• Experience with Business warehouse.

We Offer

• Flexible work environment with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG etc.).
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• Work on best-in-class emerging technologies and an atmosphere that motivates you to give your best.

About the Company

HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.

Salary

Ft 9,270,000 - Ft 13,596,000

The above represents the annual gross base salary range for this role.