Demand Planner

Donaldson Filtration Solutions; Selangor; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading filtration solutions company in Selangor is seeking a Demand Planner to shape forecasts, drive S&OP excellence, and ensure product availability. Responsibilities include executing demand planning processes, leading S&OP meetings, and reporting on Supply Chain Performance. The ideal candidate will hold a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, bring 1-3 years of experience, and have strong analytical and collaborative skills. This position offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in demand planning.
• Experience using Demand Planning software is preferred.
• Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes.

Responsibilities

• Execute daily, weekly, and monthly demand planning processes.
• Lead Monthly Forecast Consensus S&OP meeting.
• Collect data from internal and external sources affecting demand.
• Develop demand forecasts at multiple levels for different time horizons.
• Provide reporting and analysis on Supply Chain Performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Data interpretation

Proactive approach

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Join our dynamic Supply Chain team as a Demand Planner, where you’ll play a vital role in shaping accurate forecasts, driving S&OP excellence, and ensuring product availability for our customers. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys turning data into insights, collaborating across functions, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that directly influence key business outcomes. If you’re analytical, proactive, and eager to make an impact in a fast-paced environment, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Description

Responsible for executing demand planning processes, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders, leading S&OP meetings, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that impact KPIs (primary: forecast accuracy; secondary: on-time delivery/stock availability and inventory management/DIO).

Key Accountabilities

• Execute the daily, weekly and monthly demand planning processes (i.e. demand outlier adjustments, new parts, etc.) to fine tune the forecast to achieve forecast accuracy and customer delivery targets.
• Lead the Monthly Forecast Consensus S&OP meeting to reach a consensus with business partners on the sales demand forecast by facilitating a collaborative planning process.
• Collect data from internal and external sources such as customers forecast and data/market intelligence that are known to impact demand.
• Obtaining information and details on occurrences that could impact demand like promotions, new customers/parts.
• Developing demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons (rolling forecast).
• Coordinating and seeking cross-functional enquiries activities to reconcile forecasts variances (outliers-items).
• Refining systems, process, and methods to improve demand forecasts to better anticipate customer needs and forecast accuracy.
• Provide reporting and analysis on the full breadth of Supply Chain Performance, including Backorders, Backlog, DIO, OTD, Forecast Accuracy KPI and forecast bias.

Education Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, or a related field or equivalent
• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in demand planning.

Technical Competence & Skills

• Experience using a Demand Planning software and ERP systems (Oracle) is preferred.
• Solid understand of common industry-wide supply chain planning processes is preferred.
• Self-starter, able to work under minimum supervision.
• Self-motivated and result orientated.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and qualitative skills, with the ability to interpret and translate data into actionable strategies.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, adapting to changing priorities.

Others (% of travel, language, etc.)

• We are seeking a candidate with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Other languages like Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin is preferred but not required.
• We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply.