The Supply and Demand Assistant Manager as part of the SCM team will develop and execute demand and inventory plans that will enable to meet sales and service objectives. This role requires strong analytical and critical thinking skills, monitoring and evaluating sales and marketing data to effectively estimate product demands and production capabilities.
Duties include:
- Planning supply and demand in conjunction with Production Planning to achieve maximum plant utilization/optimization and meet the budget.
- Analyzing statistical data and generating forecasting solutions from commercials for production to maintain a healthy inventory flow, reduce liabilities, and maintain a healthy net working capital to support the SCPL global organization’s operations.
- Management and analysis to maximize production and storage capability.
- Lead the Production Planning Inventory Control (PPIC) team to formulate rolling production plans and forecasts.
- Identify and formulate cost-effectiveness of using different raw and intermediate materials for production to generate the desired finished goods.
Job Responsibilities:
- Leadership capabilities to lead a PPIC team consisting of personnel from Production, Logistics,
- Shipping and Operations, Procurement and Purchasing to discuss, identify, and formulate production and plant utilization/maximization.
- Set up and maintained the PPIC procedures of Supply and Demand Planning for SCPL and its subsidiaries.
- Identify issues and implement action plans to align with the corporate goals on demand of the raw and intermediate materials to meet production plans.
- Implement 3 months rolling forecasts and monitor accuracy as per sales and production plan.
- Conduct and lead daily, and weekly meetings with counterparts in Singapore, Indonesia and Europe to access the supply and demand of finished products to meet sales-marketing Objectives.
Job Requirements:
- A Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management specializing in Supply and Demand Planning.
- Minimum of 4 years of working experience as a SCM Planner in a Chemical or Oleochemical environment Supply and Demand experience, knowledge of shipping, and warehousing in a chemical production environment is an advantage.
- Able to lead a PPIC team consisting of production, logistics, and shipping personnel.
- Possess strong leadership.
- Time management capabilities.
- Required to travel to Indonesia plant frequently.
