"Caring for People's Health as a Trusted Partner" - This purpose motivates us at STADA every day to improve the health of people worldwide. With our wide range of generics, consumer health products and specialty pharmaceuticals, we offer patients, doctors and pharmacists a wide range of therapeutic options. 

Around 11,700 employees live our values of Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Agility and One STADA. Together we are on an exciting growth journey and want to successfully shape the future of STADA. 

Do you want to become part of a dynamic, international team and grow with us? Then apply now as:   

Manager Demand Planning OTC Generics Germany (f/m/d)   

Bad Vilbel | Germany (DE) | Full-time | Fix-term | Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics | Professionals 

As Demand Planning Manager, you are part of our local Supply Chain team and play a key role in translating market insights into an accurate demand forecast. Together with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain you ensure reliable planning, support the delivery of the business targets and contribute to excellent customer service. You also coordinate day‑to‑day supply chain activities together with the Supply Chain Planners, with a strong focus on meeting service level and inventory targets.

What you can expect

• You will create and update the monthly demand forecast for your product portfolio.
• You will collect, challenge and align input from Sales and Marketing on promotions, launches, seasonality and competitive activities.
• You will maintain the statistical base forecast in SAP IBP and continuously work on improving forecast accuracy.
• You will lead the local S&OP meeting, preparing the deck, reviewing KPIs, highlighting gaps to plan, risks and opportunities, and tracking actions.
• You will support the achievement of service level and inventory targets by providing transparent demand signals and scenario analyses.
• You will coordinate day‑to‑day supply chain activities together with the Supply Chain Planner to ensure high product availability.
• You will support inventory planning for new products, existing items and product phase‑outs, providing input to global and regional supply planning teams.

Who we are looking for

• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, ideally in Business, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• You bring at least 5 years of Supply Chain experience, preferably in demand and/or supply planning.
• You are fluent in German and English.
• You have strong analytical skills and are confident working with numbers and KPIs such as forecast accuracy, service level and inventory.
• You are flexible and agile, able to transfer your skills and knowledge quickly between different areas of expertise, and you bring a growth mindset that consistently focuses on creating business value.
• You have experience with planning tools (ideally SAP IBP) and solid knowledge of SAP ERP/BW as well as MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

What we offer

• An open corporate culture with fast decision-making processes and a lot of potential for your personal development
• Individual development and training opportunities
• Flexible working hours and mobile working up to 2 days per week (depending on the job profile)
• Job ticket for the RMV region and Job Bike
• Childcare allowance
• Health-promoting offers such as Wellpass or the STADA Gym (free of charge)
• Numerous additional benefits such as group accident insurance or supplementary pension scheme
• Subsidized cafeteria

We look forward to receiving your application via our career portal. At jobs.stada.com you will also find numerous other job opportunities, as we are always looking for motivated talents who can strengthen our team with their expertise and personality. Do you have further questions? Then please reach out to recruiting@stada.de. We will consider requests to work part-time on an individual basis. Please contact us in advance by e-mail (recruiting@stada.de) and let us know how many hours per week you would like to work.

STADA Group promotes its diverse culture, regardless of gender, age, social or ethnic origin, disabilities, religion, ideology or sexual orientation. We use the strength of this diversity to develop creative ideas, expand our experience and increase innovative strength. Our focus is on equal opportunities, respectful cooperation and the promotion of an inclusive working environment.