Assistant Demand Planning Manager, MYSG

Job Description

Role Purpose: To manage, advise, and challenge the business to create a by-line forecast so that one agreed number is used by all to plan the company’s future direction and base key decisions on.

Key Accountabilities

1. Forecast Management:

   Responsible for leading discussions with a team (SCM, Marketing & Sales) to produce a scientifically based operational forecast and annual business plan, in order to advise and challenge senior management when agreeing the overall business forecast.

   Manage the process of integrated sales forecasting and S&OP where planners analyze and produce forecasts for planning by coordinating regular reviews and gap analysis (Forecast Calibration/ Consensus Meeting/ S&OP) with Generating Demand stakeholders to achieve consensus and coordinated actions in future plans.

   Review Promotions / New Products Forecasting – Challenge and raise concerns on promotion and NPD forecast provided by MKT/SCM/Sales and discuss cannibalization with base items.

   Improve Forecast Accuracy by analyzing the root cause of forecast error and defining an action plan with MKT/SCM/Sales.

   To discuss and develop an action plan for clearance stocks – balance promo, old PVs, PIPO, and excess stocks.

   Ensure roll-over of the demand plan on a monthly basis to enable accurate replenishment planning.

2. Inventory Management:

   Work closely with Supply Planning for the synchronization of demand & supply and for the alignment of the inventory target.

   Work with Supply Planning to find opportunities to reduce order undelivered related to OOS to improve customer service level.

3. Reporting:

   To generate an 18-month rolling forecast and analyze gaps between sales forecast, demand forecast, and in-market sales target to enable discussion of business gap plan closure.

   To assist Supply Planning to generate/trigger on OOS, high inventory, and aging list to minimize write-offs.

   To provide FCA and FB analysis by Nart and brand level.

   To generate sales projection and supply outlook for monthly S&OP.

4. System and Process:

   To identify action improvements in the current Demand Planning Process.

   To support regional or global introduction of new planning systems or processes, which must be adopted to the new process, if necessary.

   Be part of annual business planning to generate IMS and Shipment sales by line items.

Requirements

1. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

   Strong background in demand planning of the FMCG industry.

   A Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent plus a minimum of 8 years of related forecasting/supply planning experience; S&OP experience is preferable.

   Strong analytical skill and leadership skills.

   Good oral and written communication skills.

   Good command of the English language.

   PC Proficiency in Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SAP.

   Outstanding relationship building skills with internal & external business partners.

   Collaborate with key stakeholders internal and external to identify opportunities for integration of the planning process.