Planner (Demand and Supply) - #1102707

Demand and Supply Planner

Job Role Summary

• Conduct monthly pre-S&OP at SKU level across few business - Singapore, Malaysia, Agency, International (business group to be re-assigned based on progress/workload).

• Diligent on demand analytics and analytics with common sense and ability to influence sales & marketing base on analytics.

• Ensure supply sufficiency, right inventory at right quantity, time and cost.

• Inventory management – aging, slow moving, obsolete, new launch, promotion.

Area of Responsibility

• Conduct historical analysis to provide insights into future forecast.

• Able to remain focused and work under pressure, prioritize competing demands and deadlines whilst multitasking.

• Collaborate with sales & marketing team to gather quantitative and qualitative forecast, new product launches, promotional plan.

• Manage and maintain the effectiveness of the statistical forecast by adjusting/cleansing historical demand and determining appropriate levels of aggregation for calculating the statistical forecast.

• Report and analyse forecast performance metrics to measure forecast accuracy, assess forecast bias, and identify the root cause analysis to forecast variance.

• Drive and plan replenishment with local production planners to ensure supply meets demand. Ensure supply sufficiency at SKU level.

• Validate demand requirements, perform risk assessments, and monitor performance against demand plans.

• Analyse sales trends based on business activity to improve in accuracy, inventory, and service levels.

• Monitor and report slowing moving products and obsolete inventories and planning/executing strategies and interventions to mitigate the risks.

• Work collaboratively across business functions including production planner, logistics, finance, sales & marketing, etc.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Business Administrative or related field.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Supply and Demand planning, forecasting or analysis. 

Aptitude and Skills

• Strong supply and demand planning, good experience in conduct Pre-S&OP at SKU by country/biz group level.

• Strong interpersonal skill, presentation, dynamic, well planning and result-oriented.

• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, accountability, organization, and attention to details.

• An effective communicator and team player to work cross-functionally – lateral and horizontal.

• Posses good planning logic and contribute the what-how.

• Ability to adopt changes easily and contribute progressive planning process improvement plan.