This position holder is responsible for
1. Demand Planning
- Analyze sales trends, portfolio optimization, market insight, demand planning strategy
- Lead demand forecast meetings, verify historical data accuracy, and actively challenge forecast assumptions and methodologies to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the forecasting process
- Lead weekly demand meeting with Commercial teams
- Own Demand Forecast Accuracy (DFA) performance, define root cause impacting forecast accuracy and propose initiatives for improvement
- Prepare meeting materials and support arrangements for the S&OP meeting
- Build and maintain reports relating to demand planning scope
- Manage database, documentation, and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to facilitate effective demand planning and communication.
2. Supply Planning
- Lead supply strategy including supply network, product classification, MTS/MTO list, safety stock, and order strategy
- Provide supply visibility to stakeholders, it includes PO plan, shipment status, inventory status, production plan
- Collaborate with stakeholders to solve supply issues/risks
- Own internal transportation plan between factories and platforms/warehouses
- Own stock replenishment plan to Cambodia's internal customer
- Reconcile inventory accuracy between system and manual reports
- Lead weekly supply meetings with Factories
- Measure/report supply chain KPIs including SLOBs, OTIF, DIFOT, and Supply Conformance to Plan
- Prepare meeting materials and support arrangements for S&OP meeting
- Conduct regular business and performance reviews with Plant Managers, Fulfillment Planners at the plants, and Customer Service Team
- Continuous improvement and reports- Monitoring/reporting on deviations in actual vs. planned inventory levels
- Manage database, documentation, and standard operating procedures for supply planning processes and systems.
3. Inventory management
- Highlight inventory risks to stakeholders including OOS risk, aging risk, near-expired stock risk, and follow-up for actions.
- Identify and manage potential inventory obsolescence to minimize write-offs (finished goods and raw materials).
- Highlight to Logistics Team for peak seasons, stockpile
- Train key users with good practices and spread the method to all Vietnam Sites.
4. Other tasks
- Improvement Projects related to planning functions
- Jobs assigned by direct manager
