Senior Demand & Supply Planning Executive
Full-time
Senior Executive
5 months ago
MAIN PURPOSE
The role of a Demand & Supply Planning Senior Executive is to support the overall business, financial & supply chain management p..
MAIN PURPOSE
The role of a Demand & Supply Planning Senior Executive is to support the overall business, financial & supply chain management process by rigorous management of the demand signals for the various brands, product types and customer channels. They will play a key role in the Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (S&OP) process by working with the multi-functional teams (namely Sales, Marketing and Finance) to assure tight alignment in the forecast (which will drive the supply, inventory & production plans) and financial plans.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
DEMAND PLANNING
- Drive monthly S&OP and forecast meetings with cross-functional stakeholders
- Ensure robust process is in place to facilitate the 18mths forecast development of by SKU & aggregate forecast based on the brands intelligence from the multifunctional teams (eg incorporating latest promotion plans, in-market performance of the new launches, competitive activities, macro market trends, customers’ plans, trade inventory etc)
- Lead forecast building block for New products & build baseline for Regular product range.
- Maintain & update New products Finished Goods & Point of Sale Materials (POSM) forecast tracker
- Reconcile supply plan to demand plan to mitigate shortfalls and excess stocks situations for new launches, production related shortages or un-forecasted demand spikes
- Analyse and highlight business risk and opportunity to stakeholders and jointly propose appropriate mitigation plans
- Develop and prepare monthly forecasting files, S&OP and KPI reports
- Maintain demand planning system and software
- Maintain the Demand Planning Attributes & Master data
- Monitor trends in forecast error & missed sales
- Local Kits creation & tracking to ensure stocks are ready for sell-in
SUPPLY PLANNING
- Plan rolling 15 months supply needs and execute procurement of finished goods from global suppliers
- Manage Supply Issues including creating Inter-company purchase order (PO), advance ship notice (ASN), TP/FOB purchase prices
- Facilitate local outbound documentations for Intra-regional transfers
- Manage inventory to meet service/fill rate level in a cost-effective manner
- Follow up on shipments for product launches and promos, expedite IVAS for urgent needs
- Partner with key stakeholders regularly and communicate any updates
- Provide & communicate Inventory analysis reports, Vendors’ & Customers’ fill rates, stock shortage risks with Brands’ stakeholders
- Consolidate monthly purchase of Finished Goods & Point of Sale Materials (POSM) for approval
- Partnering with Sales & Marketing on prevention & management of Slow and Obsolete Inventory (SLOBs), identify aged & damaged or unconsumed inventory for clearance & write off approval
- Support GKPI & maintain Forecast Tracker
Other Tasks
- Free cos portal maintenance
- Generation of reports
REQUIREMENTS
- Degree/Diploma holder in supply-chain or other relevant disciplines.
- Ideal to possess more than 3 years' experience in demand and supply planning.
- Strong analytical skills, sound judgement and drive for excellence.
- High level of commitment and initiative, ability to work independently.
- Advance proficiency in MS Excel.
- Prior experience with SAP, IBP or other statistical forecasting tools is advantageous.
- Ideally from a multi-brand fragrance & beauty environment.
- Adaptable to undertake activities or new brands portfolio assigned.
- Participate in demand & supply planning projects.
PLEASE NOTE
Interested applicants, please apply directly via Shiseido's career page using the link right below for faster processing of your application. Thank you.
URL: https://careers.shiseido.com/job/Singapore-Singapore-Senior-Demand-&-Supply-Planning-Executive-01/1085229301/
Official account of Jobstore.