You will also support the full Country Cluster business scope and report to the EA Demand Planner Manager. Your responsibilities will include improving demand forecast accuracy, maintain the demand planning process, supporting to improve Customer satisfaction in term of forecast quality (top references that related with Customer Services delivery), Forecast Value Added (FVA), influencing supply situations to improve inventory turnover, and ensuring high levels of customer service still consistent manner .

Essential Duties and Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Animate the regional monthly collaborative sales forecast process (CSF) for Country Selected full transactional business scope (HD, PP, DE, IA). Require building the consensus with key business owners with each BU/Product line in charge about future demand outlook, with consideration all related factors such as historical sales, phase in/phase out, cannibalization, causal factor, market trends, seasonality, promotion, inventory level, price changes, lead time & generate statistical following Kinaxis Tools.

• Lead the monthly SIOP with participation of Country President, Business Units VPs, Country CFO, GSC Logistics head, CS&Q Director, and other related function. Articulate the key demand, inventory and operation challenge in respective BU/Zone or country and facilitate the consensus discussion for solution and decision.

• Supporting Distribution Requirement Planning Process (DRP) with country Supply planner & LoB planner to ensure all the basic parameters like forecast, unhealthy stock, excess, obsolescence Inventory Management must be maintained correctly inside Kinaxis & SAP system.

• Lead & Work together with Logistic Analyst by Weekly related revenue risk with the support from Ops Interlock Process (Backlog analysis & Forecast Analysis)

• Weekly meeting with Commercial team and key customer to have the visibility & support needed/Co-Planning if directed.

• Support the inventory planning, stocking policy & safety stock management.in term of forecasting perspective & do Co-Planning with key customer.

• Make recommended adjustments to forecast to influence the inventory targets (input: forecast accuracy, forecast value add-ed, unhealthy stock level, customer OTDC, stocking policy, safety stock management) based on changes in demand and market trends, target to manage inventory level, inventory health and minimize the provision rate.

• Monthly review CSF Flags, forecast item configuration, choose the feasible forecast model for each forecast item group.

• Training & coordinate with Offer Marketing to improve the efficiency of the forecast planning process.

• Complete relevant reports (weekly & monthly) as and when directed.

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Qualifications

• Strong background in Demand Supply planning & Forecasting. Working knowledge of IBF (Integrated Business Forecasting), SIOPs (Sales & Operations Planning)
• Experience using SAP (Kinaxis/Similar tools, DRP, MM module) &/or Kinaxis (sales forecast and DRP module), or other ERP statistical software packages
• Strong analytical abilities /High level of data analytics skills - forecast modeling
• Good Business communication and Team player
• IT Skill (Create Tableau, database, Power Query, Advanced excel, Office) is preferrable.
• Ability to lead cross-functionally with strong collaborative skills in getting consensus among teams in mitigating demand gaps.
• Mature, confident, and collaborative. Capable to directly engage senior executives at VP or SVP level.
• Customer Collaborative planning experience is preferred.
• Marketing, sales, and customer interface experience is preferred.
• 5-10+ years related experience
• Tertiary qualifications in a commercial or logistics (Business, engineering, or related field)

Schedule: Full-time
Req: 0096JU