DEMAND PLANNER

Jobs Descriptions:

• Coordinating monthly forward sales forecast reports, based on robust and sound sales plans by trade channel and by region to support and justify monthly demand planning.
• In-depth analysis and review of past 6 months average monthly sales (historical sales, market trends & seasonality) to cross-check sales forecast plans and quarterly marketing plans to establish sales trend and to validate monthly sales outlook, as the basis to challenge and influence final demand numbers.
• Continuously improving demand planning techniques, control, evaluation, measurement and best practices to increase sales forecast accuracy and consistently maintaining optimal stock holding level with proactively balancing and influencing of key enablers, key stakeholders and key factors, including planned ETD/ETA vs actual ETD/ETA of stock movement / rotation.
• Maintaining complete documentation/ records and standard operating procedures for demand planning process with proactive initiatives to improve and to simplify the overall process.
• Make recommended adjustments, improvements and solutions to demand forecast and inventory targets based on changes in sales dynamics and market trends, including advance or deferment of stocks ETD/ETA, when necessary.
• Manage inventory targets (including safety stock levels) to meet stock holding target in days according to target and to avoid OOS or sales loss with timely and quality submission of demand planning reports (meeting monthly deadline with minimal errors or omissions).
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholder to reconcile significant variances and maintain deviations within the acceptable and reasonable range, based on just-in-time production policy

Requirements:

• Possess at least Diploma / Degree in any discipline and able to work independently
• A good team player with at least 5 years of demand planning experience in FMCG environment
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) with all levels of Management and Staff
• Good coordination, analytic, negotiation and influencing capability with high attention to details and accuracy.
• Team player
• Good attitude and respect each other