Business Economist for Supply Chain / Demand Planning (all genders)

Want your story to be part of our story? When children take charming schleich figures and playsets into their hands, they embark on adventures into wonderful fantasy worlds. Every dinosaur, every elephant, and every fairy is the beginning of an exciting new story. Our vision: Shaping storytellers for life. And your story starts right here.

Let's be inspired together by the joy of storytelling, while also continuing to tell the story of Schleich - and its journey from traditional toy manufacturer to a globally loved brand. Be part of our amazing transformation story.

We will support you, give you ownership, and the opportunity to work internationally and digitally in a dynamic environment. Let's take on and master all the challenges that lie in store for us. Take the opportunity to grow with us and achieve something tangible.

The following adventures await you at Schleich:

• Responsible for collecting, analysing and maintaining 18-month-rolling forecast of an assigned Sales Region
• Playing a key role in S&OP Process: fascilitating and leading monthly Demand Review meetings together for the management sign-off
• Improving the planning accuracy for your products, franchises and sales regions along the whole product lifecycle
• Consolidating sales, marketing inputs and consumer insights to allow data-driven decision making
• Improving availability for our customers & consumers in close collaboration with Supply Planning, Order Management and Sales Analytics
• Driving a "what-if" planning and decision-making culture throughout our planning processes and meetings
• Aggregated long-term planning for a more optimized purchasing process
• Continuously optimize our Demand Planning process, reporting and tools

The chapters of your story so far:

• You have a university degree with a focus on Business Administration, Supply Chain, Economics or equivalent education
• You have gained several years of relevant professional experience in S&OP and Forecasting in an international environment, ideally from a CPG/FMCG area
• You have excellent communication skills and strength in leading processes and projects
• You are a natural and authentic team player (all genders) across departments and capable of collaborative planning
• You have a strong "out-of-the-box" thinking mindset, conceptual skills and a passion for continuous improvements
• You have gained very good knowledge of MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and forecasting software; experience with SAP and Power BI are an advantage
• Working knowledge of Python (pandas, matPlotLib, NumPy) is an advantage
• Working knowledge of SAP IBP Planning software is an advantage
• You are fluent in English and ideally you have good German language skills spoken and written

No kingdoms nor mountains of gold, but many other rewards:

• No two days are the same in this career like no other. Work in a dynamic, diverse environment that offers individual career and development opportunities. All our employees also have access to numerous online courses via our training platform.
• Let's write the Schleich story together. Be part of a motivated team of people who support and inspire each other and celebrate success together.
• We aim to please. We offer an attractive, fair salary with additional benefits that are regularly reviewed and updated.
• Appetizing! We offer a meal allowance of 82.60 CKR per working day.
• Every hero must retire one day. That's why we offer a subsidised pension scheme.
• You can also enjoy great discounts on our schleich products - a great bonus for kids and adults alike.
• And what about your adventures outside of Schleich? You can count on 30 days of paid leave per year and a hybrid working model with no core working hours.