Hybrid Assistant Demand Planning Manager

at LUXASIA

• Job title: Assistant Demand Planning Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Taguig, Philippines

About the role

• Assistant Demand Planning Manager at LUXASIA managing demand forecasting and supply planning for luxury beauty brands. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective supply chain processes.

Responsibilities

• Develops and own the rolling baseline forecast on a per brand and SKU level review and analyzes historical trends, and demand drivers to evaluate forecast results. Reviews total item level forecasts to ensure alignment with business plans and consistency with market trends
• Facilitates the Demand Planning/Forecast Review Meeting with Brand to generate bottom-up forecast on a monthly basis
• Provides focus and integration of data from Marketing, Sales, Customer Marketing, and Finance to develop accurate consensus total forecast by incorporating commercial plans to baseline forecast
• Ensures that all agreements from monthly forecast meetings are incorporated into the final forecasts
• Communicates forecast deviations and challenges assumptions; Provides visibility on risks and opportunities in forecast vs financial budget/estimates during the monthly cycle
• Identify and resolve exceptional changes in the forecasts and ensures supply availability
• Validates the S&OP Forecast versus financial budget and latest estimates for assigned brand as well as for direct reports
• Calculates the monthly orders / purchases based on S&OP Forecast, lead time, and pre-determined parameters based on KPI, company standard, and contractual budget
• Manages inventory within supply planning parameters (days cover, safety stocks, lead-time, etc.) ordering of stocks while balancing inventory KPIs and contractual purchase obligation with Principal
• Provide visibility on the arriving new launches to be registered in FDA
• Works with cross-functional departments in improving KPIs such as Stockholding, Forecast Accuracy, Service Level, and Inventory Mix, SLOB and E&O
• Monitors, flags and follow through on SLOB move-out plans
• Works with Customer Service Specialist to plan the distribution of stocks across channels
• Liaises with Supply Logistics, Import, Warehouse, Principals, and Regional HQ for shipment and stocks related concerns.
• Perform ad hoc tasks as required, in support of contingency planning
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning processes
• Perform KPI setting na review with direct reports and ensure development plans are discussed and implemented
• Demonstrate leadership in engaging and working with internal and external resources and actively engage with peers to improve processes and methodologies

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in the area of Supply Chain, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, or other quantitative business discipline
• 4-5 years’ experience in Supply Chain specializing in Demand Planning and Supply Planning
• Experience with SAP (SD and MAP modules); Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Detailed oriented; excellent math and critical thinking skills required, as well as the ability to communicate at the appropriate level of detail or summarization, given the audience and objective
• Collaborative and able to work with cross functional team members
• Proven results running meetings where cross-functional decisions are needed and reached using analysis and facilitation skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)