Bachelor\'s Degree in Supply chain / Business Administration or related field
At least 5 years of relevant experience in Supply and Demand Planning, forecasting, or analysis
Strong supply and demand planning, good experience in conduct Pre-S&OP at SKU by country/biz group level
Responsibilities:
Conduct monthly pre-S&OP at SKU level across a few businesses - Singapore, Malaysia, Agency, International
Diligent on-demand analytics and analytics with common sense and the ability to influence sales & marketing based on analytics
Ensure supply sufficiency, right inventory at the right quantity, time, and cost.
Inventory management - aging, slow-moving, obsolete, new launch, promotion
Posses good planning logic and contributes the what-how
Ability to adopt changes easily and contribute to progressive planning process improvement plan
Conduct historical analysis to provide insights into the future forecast
Collaborate with the sales & marketing team to gather quantitative and qualitative forecasts, new product launches, and 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 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
Monitoring 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 and etc
Able to communicate effectively to influence across functions with stakeholders, collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive demand plan effectiveness, achieve on service level and lean inventory