UAE National Demand Planner — Automotive Inventory & Forecasts

Robinson & Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Al Futtaim Automotive, Global Aftersales, Dubai, is seeking a Demand Planner to manage inventory costs while maintaining service levels. You will forecast at national and branch levels using Syncron and ensure stock availability for customers.

This role requires stakeholder alignment, fiduciary responsibility for about 100 million USD inventory, and collaboration with the Ordering and Inventory Team to improve forecast accuracy, monitor back orders, recalls, and branch stock health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
• Approximately 5 years of experience in supply chain management, preferably in the automotive sector.
• Extensive knowledge of inventory management systems and SAP ERP.
• Experience developing management reporting packs and presenting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review and process Back-to-Back orders with suppliers and ensure timely dispatch.
• Monitor back orders and provide ETD/ETA to customers.
• Risk assessment and mitigation for bulk orders.
• Communicate with vendors about delays in supply.
• Ensure same-day processing of orders and maintain back order ETA tracker.
• Process and monitor recall and redistribution orders.
• Monitor auto replenishment orders and ensure branch stock availability.
• Follow up on service level with branch representatives.
• Analyze branch stock health reports to maintain service index.
• Collect market information and incorporate it into forecasting models.
• Measure forecast variances and propose corrective actions.
• Analyze sales trends for key customers and branches to adjust demand plans.
• Review Syncron alerts for branches.
• Gather and analyze inquiry information to identify parts that could increase revenue.
• Collect lost sales information and take action to improve availability.
• Analyze root causes of stocked and non-stocked items and coordinate actions.
• Proactively work with the sales team to prevent last sales or local purchases.
• Maintain and update parts master data as per guidelines using SAP MDM.
• Track and report on service level, branch stock health, forecast accuracy, back order aging, local purchase value, and lost sales for all brands.

Skills

MS Office suite

Problem solving

Continuous improvement

Agile methodologies

Business development

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in SCM/Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Al Futtaim Automotive, Global Aftersales, Dubai, is seeking a Demand Planner to manage inventory costs while maintaining service levels. You will forecast at national and branch levels using Syncron and ensure stock availability for customers.

This role requires stakeholder alignment, fiduciary responsibility for about 100 million USD inventory, and collaboration with the Ordering and Inventory Team to improve forecast accuracy, monitor back orders, recalls, and branch stock health.