Assistant Product Planner ($4k/5 days/Tai Seng)

Our client is a well-established local company headquartered at TAI SENG area. They are a leading supplier of printing and packaging solutions to multinational clients worldwide. Due to their expansion, they are currently looking for an ASSISTANT PRODUCT PLANNER

Work days: 5 days week, Mondays - Fridays 8.30am - 5.45pm

Purpose

To support the Program Manager in strengthening existing customer relationships and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, which include New Product Introduction (NPI), Order Administration, BOM Management and Planning.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strong relationship with customers by identifying and assessing customers’ current and future needs
• Timely fulfilment of customers’ orders or communication of schedule revision
• Liaise with internal departments to ensure orders will be fulfilled on time
• Respond to all customers’ inquiries promptly
• Prepare and provide reports and proposals to customers as required
• Support customers’ audits and visits when necessary

• Acknowledge and process sales orders, coordinate with various departments and related parties to fulfil order
• Prepares samples, price estimates and quotations within customer’s expectations and timeframe
• Creates work orders for production and replacement work orders if necessary
• Ensure prompt billing of invoices and assist in overdue payment collection
• Manage customer’s product content effectively

• Plan and make purchase requisition for necessary materials to ensure materials availability in meeting production needs while minimizing inventory holding/costs
• Manages inventory level for raw materials, work-in-progress and finished goods
• Analyse order trends and prepare forecast schedule to material planner

• Ensure partners and vendors fulfill their service promptly with the correct price
• Evaluates vendor’s performance develop good relationships with reliable vendors

• Identify potential improvement initiatives
• Implement feasible improvement initiatives to enhance effectiveness, efficiency and/or economy
• People Management & Administration
• Prepares and updates key functional metrics regularly

• Diploma/Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or other relevant fields
• 1 – 2 years of experience in operations/supply chain environment (PA)
• Good command of English; able to speak and write confidently
• Able to communicate fluently in Mandarin to effectively communicate with Mandarin-speaking clients.
• Strong interpersonal skills with good presentation and communication abilities
• Independent and proactive, with strong customer service orientation.
• Experience in printing and packaging industry will be an added advantage
• Knowledge in MRP and SAP systems will be added advantage

EA Licence No.: 05C5278

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