Roles:

• Lead and conduct Monthly S&OP with management, drives S&OP maturity improvement and financial alignment.
• Provides guidance and leadership on pre-S&OP at SKU level across few businesses - Singapore, Malaysia, Agency, International.
• Posses know-how in supply and demand planning, demand analytics, inventory management, planning processes, and technology adoption.
• Responsible to achieve consensus demand with sales & marketing, supply sufficiency with the right balance of inventory with production planner/replenishment, high customer order fulfilment.
• Points of escalation on overall Supply and Demand serviceability to the commercial team, and lead work-around with SC team / MFG to resolve issues.
• Spearheading issues / problem-solving cross-functionally to remove obstacles to improve serviceability.
• Accountable to Inventory management – aging, slow-moving, obsolete, new launch, promotion.
• Deliver both Cost and SC operational KPIs jointly – Service Level Agreements (SLAs), inventory.
• An effective manager, communicator and team player to work cross-functionally – lateral and horizontal.
• Subject Matter Expert in Planning. Ability to lead and implement planning process/technology change and adopt changes easily.
• Responsible for the forecasting and demand planning for the relevant markets on a monthly basis.
• Develop effective forecast models based on sales trends and demand patterns and effectively communicate forecast and inventory estimations to management and relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare and update accuracy files with previous month’s sales and analyse root causes of forecast errors to mitigate stock-out or over-stocking situations.
• Discussion and align with sales and marketing on forecast errors and adjustments to demand forecast.
• Incorporate production plans from different factories into replenishment plan; timely update and monitoring of production schedules and current inventory to ensure supply meets demand.
• Identify and report the defined excess and slow-moving stocks; evaluate the risk of stocks could become obsolete.
• Gather relevant data at PK group level across all markets, incorporated with financial data for each SKU for commercial assessment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s in supply chain management, business or any related degree.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain analytics .
• Subject Matter Expert in S&OP / IBP, demand forecasting, demand & supply balancing.
• Knowledge in integrated system from forecasting to supply chain, excel & power point.
• Good understanding of forecast models and methods, supply chain processes & practices.
• Preferably relevant consumer product industry experience especially in FMCG.
• Experience in leading S&OP and demand forecasting.
• Demonstrates passion for continuous improvement, strong analytical skills, resourceful, cross-functional team oriented, adaptable to business changes.

To apply, please visit www.gmprecruit.com and search for Job Reference: 21485
To learn more about this opportunity, please contact Jackie at  jackie.ng@gmprecruit.com.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

GMP Recruitment Services (S) Pte Ltd   |   EA Licence: 09C3051   |   EA Personnel: Jackie Ng   |   Registration No: R22109024