Demand Planning Specialist – Georgia & Armenia

About the role

The Demand Planning Specialist will own the short‑term demand forecasting process for the Georgia and Armenia markets. Working closely with commercial, sales, marketing and finance teams, you will ensure accurate, consensus‑driven forecasts that support supply planning and overall business objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts at multiple aggregation levels for short‑term horizons (up to 16 weeks).
• Execute the full forecasting cycle: history upload, data cleaning, external variable upload, baseline generation, enrichment, review, publishing and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to build rolling forecasts and align promotional and new‑product launch volumes.
• Lead weekly demand review meetings, reconcile unconstrained forecasts with supply capacity, and drive fast decision‑making using pre‑agreed rules.
• Participate in monthly Demand Management Review and other Integrated Business Planning (IBP) forums, providing inputs for strategic horizon planning.
• Maintain master data and ensure the JDA Prolink demand planning tool is correctly configured and operational.
• Identify gaps between forecast and plan, propose corrective actions, and document decisions, actions and escalations.

Required profile

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and market signals.
• Excellent collaboration skills to work with sales, marketing, finance and supply chain partners.
• Experience in demand planning or forecasting processes, preferably in a multi‑country environment.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines and communicate findings clearly.

Required skills

• Proficiency with JDA Prolink demand planning software.