Demand Planning Supervisor - FMCG

The position of Demand Planning Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and executing best practice Demand planning as part of the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) across the Pernod Ricard Vietnam with a focus on forecast accuracy and bias & place orders based on the FC & safety stock level & follow up all the purchased order with suppliers.

Reporting to the Logistics Manager, this role will help the team to develop strong relationships and work closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance & all suppliers, to oversee the monthly demand planning cycle that is running one set of agreed and signed off demand volumes & place the order on time.

The ideal candidate has an eye for continuous improvement, demonstrated ability to reduce non-value add items within demand and supply systems and processes is a must, along with a strong analytical background, within the FMCG industry or ideally the beverage industry is essential.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Implement demand planning process and to drive for efficiency, aim to have high quality outcomes to meet both businesses long/short term expectation and supply chain efficiency.

• Drive participation in the monthly S&OP (DRM; Pre-S&OP) & forecast process, responsible for building and aligning 18 months forecast by brand/product group based on sales and marketing plan input and preparation of insightful meetings and close follow-up of this meeting.

• Managing forecasting assumptions and alignment with commercial teams.

• Provide insights and analyses for the short-term/long term forecast vs. actual performance, by brand, SKU and major customers.

• Managing the forecasting process with the commercial teams by accurately validating the customers' sales plans & setting up new product master data in coordinating with sales and marketing market arrival times and launch dates.

• Anaplan leading, the new Demand Planning platform, within the business and integrating the tool as the planning platform.

• Driving insights through data and continuous improvement.

• Cross-functional collaboration with Sales Organization, internal Finance teams and personnel to ensure business plans and forecasts are accurate.

• Generating new insight into sales and marketing based on the insight from market data.

• Manage new launches from a demand planning perspective and give proactive feedback to the Brand and Sales team as well.

• Leading and facilitating cross-functional teams to tackle stock risks and stock outages to mitigate customer service impact.

• Develop projects to improve the Demand Planning/Market Data organization and efficiency.

• Extendedly support the Cambodia market in consolidating, validating & uploading NR & SOH.

• Other tasks assigned by the Line manager such as ad-hoc requirements to complement the day-to-day operational side of the business needs.

Education & Experience

• Degree in Business Administration with a minimum of 5 to 6 years Post Graduate experience in a similar role

• Knowledge of Anaplan and other demand planning tools

• Minimum of 4 to 5 years of solid Demand Planning experience in a corporate multinational environment

• More than 3 years of proven track record of Demand Planning within the FMCG industry, ideally within beverages or food sector.

• Proven experience in Demand Review Meetings and Sales & Operations meetings

• Experience in DDMRP (demand-driven material requirements planning)

• Strong project management capabilities, paired with sound (English) communication skills in the day-to-day environment.

• Experience in forecast accuracy (FA) improvement, especially in the dynamic markets

Functional & Leadership Competencies

• Ability to bring management structure and improve sustainably internal processes.

• Outstanding analytical skillset & excellent Excel skills

• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact & provide recommendations to senior stakeholders including strong presentation skills that outline a clear message.

• Excellent analytical and organizational skills as well as the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing numerous work streams simultaneously to tight timelines.

• Fluent in both English and Vietnamese.

• Teamwork, proactive Drive, Initiative, Planning & Organizing, Innovativeness

• Have a systematic approach and be able to clearly document the proposed changes.

• Self-starter, able to manage complete priorities under pressure.

• Excellent attention to detail

• Ability to organize and structure information

• Willingness for high working pressure during pre-peak season & peak season