Demand and Supply Planner (Fresh Produce) - #1132996

About the role:

The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyze, organize, evaluates for the allocation process.

What will you be doing?

• Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for Grocery inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.

• Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.

• Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.

• Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system

• Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.

• Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.

• Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.

• Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.

• Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.

• Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance

• Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis

• Management of key upscale indent vendors.

• Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.

About You

• Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent

• Minimum 1 year of work experience in similar capacity.

• Experienced in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.

• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.

• Knowledge of SAP and DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage.

• Dynamic, self-motivated, and able to work under pressure.

• Strong analytical capability, negotiation, communication (spoken & written) and planning skills.