Demand and Supply Specialist
دوام كامل
في Fairview International School
في
Malaysia
نُشرت يوم December 20, 2024
تفاصيل الوظيفة
- Demand and supply planning - Establish monthly demand plan using qualitative and statistical methods with close collaboration with the Sales team and key customers. Review forecast accuracy with the aim of continuous improvement. Propose supply plan with highlight on demand and supply exceptions especially on inventory shortages/excesses, market anticipations as well as action plan required for optimized demand and supply plan. Review and adjust the total demand forecast to ensure an up-to-date forecast in the weekly process for the release to supply planning.
- Monitoring, analysing data and suggesting improvements - Monitor and analyse data (e.g., customer forecast and demand trend, past purchase history, factory and outsourced supplier’s lead time, performance records) to forecast supply & demand, and identify improvement opportunities in entire supply chain operations, especially in terms of delivery performance, inventory management, operation and cost effectiveness. Continuous effort to adopt new supply chain techniques and technologies to add value to company’s supply chain management & digitalization. Integrate innovations into the demand plan based on the monthly S&OP Marketing meeting. Weekly follow up on actuals versus forecast after launch to update forecast with latest expectations.
- Inventory management - Monitor and review inventory replenishment strategies based on stocking plan, anticipated demand, and supplier’s lead time variability with continuous efforts to drive robust inventory levels to meet targeted inventory turns.
- Reporting - Develop a variety of past, present & future reports regarding inventory, sales, and other KPIs. Prepare regular production reports and monitor variances in the production volumes and forecasts. Maintain product and production data master lists to support production planning and manufacturing.
- Cross-functional collaboration - Must be able to collaborate with associates from various functions within the company – operations, sales, marketing, services, finance etc., and external stakeholders including corporates, distributors, outsourced suppliers, customers etc. in order to address problems, negotiate better deals, and build relationships. Ensure the notification of customers regarding potential issues or delays and provide a recovery plan in a timely manner. Align the demand forecast assumptions to different functions including Sales, Marketing, Finance.
- Any other duties as and when required.
- Professional Certificate, Diploma, Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma, Professional Degree, preferably in Business, Supply Chain, or any relevant fields.
- At least 3 years of relevant working experience is required for this position.
- Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good time management and flexibility.
- Able to work independently and effectively in a team environment.
- Good command of spoken and written English and Bahasa Malaysia.
- Candidates with relevant production control/planning experience will have an advantage.
- Hands-on experience in production planning with strong knowledge in ERP systems will be an added advantage.
- Other experiences and knowledge on Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Inventory Management & Principles and Business Improvement Analysis would be helpful.
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