Supply & Demand Planning, Senior/ Executive

About the role:

The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyse, organise, evaluates for the allocation process.

• Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.
• Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.
• Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.
• Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system
• Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.
• Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.
• Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.
• Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.
• Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.
• Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance
• Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis
• Management of key upscale indent vendors.
• Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.

• Preferably a Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in similar capacity.
• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Tools.
• Proficiency in Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.
• Knowledge in SAP and/or DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage (but not a must).
• Strong analytical capability, negotiation, and planning skills.