Assistant Regional Planning Manager

Job Summary

This position drives effectively the monthly demand and operational planning processes, inventory optimization, monitors and collaborates with global supply to ensure business plans implemented in Asia Pacific successfully. Provide accurate and timely data reporting, analysis of usage and trend to help develop overall strategies and plans. Also, monitoring the performance and training needs of the team and fulfilling the team aspiration and on job training requirement.

Job Responsibilities

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Responsible for Asia Pacific consensus forecast/ S&OP including Commercial/ Marketing/ Finance/ Operations/ Regulatory tied to revenue/ LBE
• Act as a major contributor in the regional supply chain forecasting and planning process
• Lead monthly S&OP review meetings with country planners and challenge the assumptions and numbers provided by an analysis in order to solicit functional knowledge to improve forecast accuracy
• Attend S&OP meeting with Global demand planners for consolidating regional forecast

Supply Planning

• Responsible for inventory optimization in Asia Pacific by initiating inventory redeployment and returns of short UBD and excess stock
• Act as SNP super user for project initiates and attend monthly meeting
• Centralize to setup SNP parameters in ERP system
• Follow up critical supply request and shipments with global for countries
• Escalate supply issues with global planner, distribution centers and global supply chain teams

Inventory Control

• Coordinate inventory allocation and/or transfer during times of supply constrain or in excess
• Communicate implementation plans (and relevant changes) to countries consistent with regional marketing & integrated business plans
• Review safely stock and inventory level and drive follow up action with countries
• Monitor DOH and drive follow up action with countries
• Monitor Line Fill Rate and drive follow up action with countries
• Work closely with Regional Demand Planning on Supply Chain initiatives
• Contribute to phase-in/phase-out. Communicate implementation plans (and relevant changes) to geographies consistent with Regional Marketing & integrated business plans
• Responsible for product rationalization recommendation and execution
• Ownership of Inventory as a result of S&OP and consensus plans
• Planning of the inventory levels (DIOH)
• Planning of scrap targets and slow moving inventory usage recommendation (high level).
• Planning of inventory UBD pipeline and replenishment strategy for consignment
• Responsible to support the reposition of inventory within region or global and its impact on total demand

Reporting

• Create KPI reports on sales/demand forecast accuracy, run-rate, inventory and supply including inventory level, DOH, short UBD and expiries
• Maintain forecasts and planning factors in demand planning system

Continuous Improvement

• Execute continuous improvement of forecasting process while maintaining costs and scrap rate at appropriate level
• DOH, UBD and expires improvement
• Provide trainings to team members to enhance quality of work

Requirements: Education and Experience

• Bachelor degree in business/operations management/supply chain/equivalent
• 5 to 7 years relevant demand/supply forecasting/planning experience
• Ability to work effectively within a team in a fast-paced changing environment
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Proven success in improving work processes, leading change and role models positive behaviors as well as change agent skills in a complex and fast paced environment
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model preferred
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization, including English communication skills
• Multi-tasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner
• Strong organizational, planning, and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable
• Strong conflict resolution skills to achieve results through cross-functional groups