CENTRAL DEMAND PLANNER
- Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Take ownership of the monthly demand planning execution drumbeat which includes the enhancement of statistical forecast and facilitate monthly demand review calls with marketing team for project-driven demand.
- Adjust and validate the forecasts based on the collaborative information from key stakeholders and hold a handshake meeting with commercial office to ensure market and finance alignment.
- Review final output with supply planning prior to forecast upload in preparation of any ramp-up and ramp-down activities to enhance supply readiness and inventory management.
- Be up to date with NPI (New Product Introduction) offers and activities in order to align market expectations and timeline with forecast in the system.
- Coordinate product life cycle changes such as obsolescence, replacements, new offers, projects, or promotions of the business across both commercial and supply chain team.
- Measure and analyse forecast accuracy at multi-levels (material, product line, business) and work with the necessary stakeholders to drive improvement.
- Participate in S&OP activities to monitor demand planning performance and highlight critical product lines or projects that will need support from supply chain team.
- Act as the mediator between supply chain and commercial office on pushing forecast realization, as well as, ensuring supply availability for critical orders/projects.
- Take ownership of the demand planning function and drive actions that are aligned with business goals and KPIs
- Degree /Diploma in Business, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
- SAP (or other ERP software) - 1-2 years
- SAP Integrated Business Planning software (or other demand planning software) - 1-2 years
- Understanding of MRP - 1-2 years
- Planning and experience in Demand Forecasting - 1-2 years
- Understanding of S&OP - 1-2 years
- Experience with data management, reporting, and analysis using tools at least using Excel VLOOKUP, Pivot, IF, and mathematical functions
- Experience with SAP Integrated Business Planning Demand software
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail. Needs to be detail-oriented with given importance to accuracy
- Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and confidently with cross-functional global teams and stakeholders
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities and following drumbeats and deadlines effectively
- Able and willing to work necessary hours to meet all project deadlines, travel when necessary.
- Able to modify working hours to accommodate global time zones.
- Develop mutually beneficial, respectful, and effective relationships with peers to ensure seamless coordination between departments, maximize synergy, and maintain a shared vision, strategy, and focus.
- Ensuring that proper inventories are maintained. Seeking the highest value tradeoff between cost and quality.
- Choosing the suppliers of the products, negotiating the lowest price, and awarding contracts based on established guidelines and procedures.
- Keeping abreast of changes in the market affecting both the supply of and demand for needed products.
- Studying sales records and inventory levels of current stock; seeking new, alternative foreign and domestic suppliers.