Our client is a recognized Healthcare business, currently on an active look out for a suitable candidate as a Strategic Demand Planning Manager.
About Our Client Our client is a leading Healthcare business, expert in the development and innovative production of a variety of products & services globally. The company has a significant presence worldwide in terms of its niche market position in its continuous improvement in discovering and developing innovative diagnostics solutions and critical care treatment products, and takes pride in ensuring optimized end-to-end supply chain planning and demand forecast best practices to achieve maximized customer satisfaction at the regional level. They are an established Medical Equipment manufacturer and provider, commanding a significant market share in the Life Science industry by means of integrating state-of-the-art technology with systematic operational processes to ensure an efficient distribution network for effective service levels in the industry.
Main Duties & Responsibilities They are currently on an active look out for a suitable candidate as a Strategic Demand Planning Manager, who can essentially take ownership for the establishment of an effective demand forecast strategy to maintain optimum balance between demand and supply allocation to enable enhanced supply chain collaboration both internally and externally. You will also be responsible for developing new demand plans for assigned franchises, working with regional commercial, finance stakeholders as required.
Key responsibilities of this Individual Contributor Role, reporting to the Regional Director, Supply Chain Management include:
- Lead S&Op review meetings for the region, including ANZ, China etc, to optimally drive reliable forecast process and accuracy
- Define mid to long term action plans for the inventory management and stock safety levels by working closely with in-country demand planners
- Drive continuous improvement projects and ad-hoc scenarios e.g. unexpected seasonal spikes in the volume of finished goods forecast management
- Guide and mentor sub-region demand planners and managers to enable a streamlined demand planning processes in the region
- Ensure proper target setting initiatives to enable smooth daily demand and inventory planning operations for the assigned countries in APAC, in line with global demand and supply planning processes
Candidate Profile
Singapore • Permanent
- Bachelor’s Degree with at least 5 - 7 years of relevant experience in either or both Commercial Finance Operations / Demand Forecasting or an end-to-end Supply Chain Planning role in a fast-moving and regulated environment
- Proven track record and experience in regional and commercial Demand & Supply Planning
- Excellent influencing & negotiation skills to drive process improvements to enhance & streamline SIOP process maturity
- Very good understanding of utilizing hybrid set of different planning systems and manual Microsoft Excel forecast planning to establish processes in regional Demand Forecast Accuracy
Application Details Please provide your CV to Choo Hui Ting at , preferably in Microsoft Word document format, or call at +65 6593 8342 for a confidential discussion.
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