Planning AnalystVerified as a real position
- Posted
- Employment type
- Full-time
Who we’re looking for
- Degree in Finance (Master’s degree preferred)
- English language – working proficiency
- Minimum 3 years of experience in finance or planning-related roles
- Strong data analytics skills
- Strong presentation skills using PowerPoint
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and experience with Power BI and other reporting tools
- Good understanding of planning processes
- Experience in Demand & Supply Planning is an advantage
- Willing to learn and continuously develop
- Open and transparent communicator
- Analytical and detail‑oriented
- Collaborative and reliable team player
What you’ll do
- Support planning governance meetings and alignment with multiple stakeholders, ensuring processes are consistent, efficient, and fit for purpose
- Prepare and deliver recurring reports and presentations related to planning cycles, ensuring clarity, consistency, and high-quality outputs
- Ensure all planning data is fully aligned with agreed primary data sources and validated prior to distribution
- Analyze demand forecasts, supply constraints, and performance deviations to support S&OP and operational decisions
- Perform root-cause analysis of forecast errors and supply/demand imbalances
- Maintain consistency across planning reports and presentations using standard definitions, structures, and data logic
- Assist in consolidating data from multiple inputs into structured and presentation-ready formats.
- Monitor timelines and ensure planning deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule
- Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify data requirements and resolve discrepancies
- Perform basic data checks and validations to ensure data quality and reliability
- Provide ad hoc reporting, analysis, and operational support as needed
- Contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes, templates, and workflows to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort
About the position
At Zentiva, we are a team of 5.400 unique talents bonded together by our common mission. We believe our diversity is a source of great energy and strength, and we create a work culture and ethics where everyone feels appreciated, can be their true selves, and contribute to the best of their ability. Seeking a balanced team across the company we welcome applications from all qualified candidates with various educational and industry experiences, cultural or ethical backgrounds, and different life experiences or abilities, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs or whomever they choose to love. We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Planning Analyst to support key financial and operational planning processes, including Budget, Latest Estimate, and Long-Range Planning. The role plays a critical part in demand and supply analytics, supporting S&OP and operational decision-making through accurate, consistent, and data-driven insights. This position contributes to the integration of financial, demand, and supply planning data into a single, transparent planning view, improving planning effectiveness, data quality, and decision-making across the organization.
Benefits
- An opportunity to work for a successful international pharmaceutical company.
- An opportunity to learn newest approaches in managing creative and highly adaptive business organizations.
- Pleasant and dynamic working environment.
- Continuous personal development.
- An attractive compensation & benefits package.
- Above standard social and benefit program.