Assistant Regional Inventory Planning Manager, APAC & ME

TUMI; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 480,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

TUMI in Hong Kong is seeking a Demand Planner to forecast wholesale demand using historical sales data, market intelligence, and customer insights, collaborating with partners to align forecasts and orders.

The role entails owning monthly forecasts, managing inventory reserves, monitoring forecast accuracy, and delivering executive-ready reports to inform merchandising and supply chain decisions, while refining processes for speed and accuracy.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory allocation, or supply chain within the retail or wholesale business.
• Proficiency in SAP and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across functions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with wholesale team to develop accurate demand forecasts using historical sales data, market intelligence and customer insights.
• Propose monthly order placement and forecast for individual wholesale partners.
• Maintain and regularly adjust wholesale inventory reserves to optimize order fulfilment rates
• Monitor forecast performance, track accuracy metrics and implement corrective actions to build model reliability.
• Continuously refine forecasting workflows, models and system to increase operational efficiency, data accuracy and responsiveness to market shifts.
• Monitor order fulfilment for wholesale customers to ensure on-time delivery and proactively flag major shipment delays.
• Create, manage, and maintain accurate sales orders and forecasts within systems, ensuring data integrity and alignment with commercial targets.
• Identify risks and opportunities through data analysis and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Deliver clear, executive-ready reporting to support decision-making across wholesale and supply chain functions.
• Collaborate with wholesale team twice a year on seasonal buy to maximize sell-in opportunities.
• Balance launch order investments with strategic stock buffers to sustain inventory availability throughout the selling season.
• Develop and maintain regular performance reports covering sales, inventory levels, forecast accuracy, stock-outs, and low-in-stock alerts.
• Analyze supply chain and sales data to identify potential inventory risks and commercial opportunities.
• Deliver clear, executive-ready insights and updates to support cross-functional decision-making across wholesale, merchandising, and supply chain functions.
• Support cross-functional initiatives and special projects as required, contributing demand planning expertise and operational insights as needed

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field

Tools

SAP

Advanced Excel

Job description

• Collaborate with wholesale team to develop accurate demand forecasts using historical sales data, market intelligence and customer insights.
• Propose monthly order placement and forecast for individual wholesale partners.
• Maintain and regularly adjust wholesale inventory reserves to optimize order fulfilment rates
• Monitor forecast performance, track accuracy metrics and implement corrective actions to build model reliability.
• Continuously refine forecasting workflows, models and system to increase operational efficiency, data accuracy and responsiveness to market shifts.

Order management

• Monitor order fulfilment for wholesale customers to ensure on-time delivery and proactively flag major shipment delays.
• Create, manage, and maintain accurate sales orders and forecasts within systems, ensuring data integrity and alignment with commercial targets.
• Identify risks and opportunities through data analysis and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
• Deliver clear, executive ‑ ready reporting to support decision ‑ making across wholesale and supply chain functions.

Seasonal Buy

• Collaborate with wholesale team twice a year on seasonal buy to maximize sell‑in opportunities.
• Balance launch order investments with strategic stock buffers to sustain inventory availability throughout the selling season.

Reporting

• Develop and maintain regular performance reports covering sales, inventory levels, forecast accuracy, stock‑outs, and low‑in‑stock alerts.
• Analyze supply chain and sales data to identify potential inventory risks and commercial opportunities.
• Deliver clear, executive‑ready insights and updates to support cross‑functional decision‑making across wholesale, merchandising, and supply chain functions.

Cross Functional Support and Ad hoc projects

• Support cross‑functional initiatives and special projects as required, contributing demand planning expertise and operational insights as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory allocation, or supply chain within the retail or wholesale business.
• Proficiency in SAP and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and problem ‑ solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, capable of influencing stakeholders across functions.
• Detail ‑ oriented with a high level of accuracy in managing forecasts, reports, and inventory data.
• Competent in fast ‑ paced environments, able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.