Senior Customer Demand Forecast Planner

Company DescriptionDo you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology - with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe. Welcome to Bosch. Job DescriptionThe ideal candidate will perform the following:You provide a demand forecast up to 24th month on a rolling base for all automotive products of Bosch that are delivered to your customer including SOP/EOP planning, successor planning and reference planning.To do so, youverify the mid- and long-term demand forecast provided by the assigned automotive customer.collect, match, and analyze further data beyond customer forecasts such as automotive market prognosis, sales planning, additional volume requests, cars' bill of material etc.prepare data based on analysis by either adding information, exclusion of data or correction of data.  reflect demand forecast in SAP-APO-DP.keep a very close contact to customer and sales.have the know-how on your specific customer and its products.You regularly explain and report demand development of your customer to various internal stakeholders.You track KPIs to continuously monitor your forecasting performance, identify / realize levers of improvement and finally outperform the expectations of your stakeholders.You support projects and initiatives related to customer demand planning such as MOFA or Cars' bill of material (= Car BOM).Role will report to the Senior Manager Regional Demand Planning: Mobility SectorQualificationsRequired:Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration/Industrial Engineering, Business Information Technology, or related field.4 years of professional experience2 years of operational experience of demand forecasting & material requirements planning2 years of experience working with SAP Demand PlanningAdvanced in MS Excel and Power BIPreferred:Knowledge of IPN planning, and machine learningAdvanced knowledge of both statistical & judgmental forecastingAdvanced knowledge of automotive customer order planning and good knowledge of production planning and material requirements planningAdditional InformationBy choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)Initiatives    FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)    AWIM (A World In Motion)Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only.  Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable.