Customer Demand Manager for Nordics

AkzoNobel supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including International, Interpon, Nordsjö and Sikkens – are trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering paints company that’s committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.


Having gained extensive experience in demand management & broader supply chain, you are ready for this unique opportunity to develop your career in a business that is a world expert in paints & coatings. We are now recruiting a Customer Demand Manager for Nordics to lead the IBP process and act as a key interface between our commercial and supply chain teams and head demand planning activities.
Why should you work at AkzoNobel?
With us at AkzoNobel you are met by a warm and welcoming atmosphere, where we work together with a focus on innovation and sustainability, to achieve the goal of being a world leader in the colour industry. Diversity enriches our workplaces, and we work actively together with our employees to make them feel comfortable and develop. We work strategically to become a better employer. This result, among other things, in that we are appointed to one of Sweden's Career Companies and have received Top Employer certification 2023. We offer you an international working environment where you get to take on rewarding and challenging tasks that broaden your horizons and develop you in your role. You will work with competent and like-minded colleagues who share your attitude and enthusiasm. Welcome to us!
What you will do?
As Customer Demand Manager Nordics you will oversee and inspire a team of demand planners (you will have one team member). You will have a strong alignment with MSU management team and sales and marketing, and to collaborate with supply planning, logistics and customer service colleagues to ensure undisrupted supply to customers.


Your main responsibilities are further:
• Lead the monthly Demand Review with Nordic
• Ensure a robust long-term demand forecast for Nordics following IBP principles.
• Identify gaps between target and unconstrained demand plan and make gap closing proposal
• Lead the process to manage phase-outs and manage stocks around this
• Be the local driver of our ambitious program to further improve our IBP processes and systems
You have great opportunities to contribute and influence your work, and there is much in-house to offer in AkzoNobel. We are advocates of a healthy work life balance and mental wellbeing. We offer a hybrid workplace.
This is a permanent position starting as soon as possible and you will be placed at our site just outside Malmö, Sweden. You will report directly to Director Demand Planning EMEA who is placed at our HQ in Amsterdam.


Who you are?
As a person you have a strong solid interpersonal and influencing ability with a sense of empathy towards your team members and customers. You are a natural leader and a team player with an open mindset and optimism as you are a good communicator and influencer. You are highly analytical and confident with excellent communication skills at all levels. You have a strong business acumen, you understand requirements from internal and external customer and acts upon these. You are able to manage multiple stakeholders in various functions and levels of the organization, and you have great coordination skills, you prioritize and coordinate different requirements to ensure customer satisfaction and solid end to end delivery.
You enjoy a collaborative working environment where supporting colleagues is key. You enjoy a high pace international environment and have an easy time adapting to new situations that arise. You are good at resolving problems and prioritising activities. In addition, you enjoy taking the initiative and performing with high quality.
To be successful in this position it is preferable that you have:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Administration or Science
• Preferably you are APICS certified
• Extensive experience in Demand Planning or Demand Management
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of IBP concepts and processes
• Familiar with planning and ERP systems (Advanced planning system)
• Proficient in MS Office
• Fluent in both Swedish and English, verbal and written.
Your application
At AkzoNobel we are very committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best selves. We strive to embrace diversity, tolerance and respect. Our recruitment process plays a major role in this journey as it lays the foundation for a diverse work environment. In our organization, all qualified applicants are treated from an equal perspective regardless of ethic origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Since the manager is English speaking please write your application in English, others will be rejected. We do not accept applications via email or phone. We will review the applications in august due to summer vacation.
For further information about the role and recruitment process, please contact TalentResourcing.SE@akzonobel.com