Jurong West - Planner (Demand and Supply)

Demand and Supply Planner

• Conduct monthly pre-S&OP at SKU level across few business - Singapore, Malaysia, Agency, International (business group to be re-assigned based on progress/workload).
• Diligent on demand analytics and analytics with common sense and ability to influence sales & marketing base on analytics.
• Ensure supply sufficiency, right inventory at right quantity, time and cost.
• Inventory management – aging, slow moving, obsolete, new launch, promotion.

• Conduct historical analysis to provide insights into future forecast.
• Able to remain focused and work under pressure, prioritize competing demands and deadlines whilst multitasking.
• Collaborate with sales & marketing team to gather quantitative and qualitative forecast, new product launches, 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 local 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.
• Monitor 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, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Business Administrative or related field.
• Minimum 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.
• Strong interpersonal skill, presentation, dynamic, well planning and result-oriented.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, accountability, organization, and attention to details.
• An effective communicator and team player to work cross-functionally – lateral and horizontal.
• Posses good planning logic and contribute the what-how.
• Ability to adopt changes easily and contribute progressive planning process improvement plan.