Demand & Supply Planning Manager

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Fully responsible for the demand and supply planning in the country
• Provide leadership and partner with key stake holders within the supply chain teams to drive process improvement and meet business demands in some or all of the following functions: new product launches, product line transfers, end of life (EOL) product life cycle planning, purchasing, and inventory management
• Redefines systems, processes and organizational structures in order to maximize forecast accuracy and financial savings
• Develop strategies for improving operation efficiencies while improving service levels and optimizing inventory levels as well as operation costs
• Cooperate with local management for all initiatives implementation in the country
• Collaborate with other functions such as sales/marketing, finance, RA/QA and IT to intergrade business process and develop solutions
• Prepare inventory, scrap, operations cost forecasts and budget recommendations for management
• Establish key performance metrics and benchmarks relating to demand forecasting, inventory processes/operations; measure actual performance against goals on regular basis and present results to senior management
• Develop employee in relations to training, performance management, career development and employee relations;
• Provide leadership by assigning goals which align to entity annual plans and department needs then manage team to execute goals through coaching and mentoring
• Achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Create and maintains departmental reports and track Key KPI as required
• Ensure compliance with established procedures and maintain effective internal control over customer service processes
• Develop and implement customer service policies, procedures/SOPs and ensure 100% compliance
• Apply continuous improvement tools to identify and eliminate the root causes of issues that may arise within the warehouse including managing corrective action
• Participate in teams, committees, events and training which improves the organization