Senior Automotive Product Planning Leader

AL Rostamani Group LLC.

Dubai

On-site

AED 420,000 - 640,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Al Rostamani Group of Companies LLC in Dubai seeks a Senior Product Planning Manager to lead enterprise-scale planning across 25+ suppliers, optimizing inventory, cost and service levels. You will establish governance for 20+ product lines and drive SAP-based replenishment and advanced planning.

You will build a planning analytics suite in Power BI, lead supplier negotiations, and mentor a team of four planners to achieve high performance while aligning with HSSE standards and cross-functional

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Procurement, Business, Engineering (or related).
Master’s degree (MBA/Supply Chain/Operations) preferred.
Professional certifications such as PMP (project management); Lean/Six Sigma advantageous for process optimization and HSSE compliance.

Responsibilities

Build the multi-year product planning strategy aligned to revenue, margin, cascade annual/quarterly operating plans and policy parameters.
Define & lead the cross-functional Sales & Operations Planning cycle through integrating Demand, Supply, Commercial, and Finance.
Establish product lifecycle governance across 20+ product lines and channels.
Deliver statistically grounded forecasts augmented by market and promotion inputs; improve forecast accuracy and bias by segment.
Translate demand into supply and replenishment plans using advanced planning in SAP; optimize reorder points and deployment logic across warehouses.
Own category strategies for tyres, lubricants, batteries, parts, accessories, and workshop equipment; define role of each line.
Lead supplier selection, performance reviews, and long-term agreements; negotiate price, terms, service levels.
Partner with Finance to track cost-to-serve and landed cost; deliver material cost reductions and mix improvements.
Set channel-specific stock availability SLAs; drive fill-rate/OTIF while meeting inventory-turn targets.
Oversee HSSE and quality standards in planning and warehouse flows.
Build a planning analytics suite in Power BI with drill-downs by line/channel/supplier; automate dashboards.
Drive process digitalization and Lean/Six Sigma deployment to remove waste and variability.
Lead and coach a planning team (4 direct reports) to a high-performance standard.