Senior Demand Planner

LUXASIA; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LUXASIA is a leading beauty omnichannel brand-builder in Asia Pacific. We are seeking a Demand Planner to drive forecasting and ordering, balancing service levels, stock, and costs in a fast-paced environment.

With 4+ years in supply chain and strong SAP/Advanced Planning System skills, you will partner with the local team to implement robust planning processes and build capabilities across the planning community. This role offers opportunities for growth within a dynamic OneTeam culture.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a Supply Chain environment within demand management and digitalization.

Responsibilities

• Build Sales forecasts for regions assigned, integrating commercial targets (financial planning, store openings), launch plans, events, seasonality, trends, and products lifecycle.
• Closely work with local Demand Planning Manager to ensure local knowledge is incorporated into the forecasting model.
• Actively participates in S&OP process to align all services on sales forecasts, financial plan, launch and animation plans
• Actively communicates situation on slow moving products / discontinued products to the S&M team to determine inventory reduction plans (markdown operations, returns to vendor etc.) and to ensure minimal ageing stock.
• Conducts regular reviews with key brands to share the OSA, supplier fill rate and stock situation, and brainstorm on improvement plans.
• Participate in building a strong foundation and process for Demand sensing & prediction including business intelligence & insight, by working with different scenarios and take different business aspects into consideration.
• Defines action plans to improve processes, methods, and tools, and monitor their implementation.
• Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks
• Responsible for the development and delivery of Demand Planning related trainings to Demand Planning community
• Delivering training and coaching across the planning related functions and at key interfaces
• Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data modeling

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Team player

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, mathematics and/or statistics or engineering

Tools

SAP

Advanced Planning Systems

Access

Excel

Power BI

VBA

Job description

LUXASIA is the leading and largest beauty omnichannel brand-builder of Asia Pacific. Since 1986, it has successfully enabled market entry and brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands, the likes of Albion, Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Creed, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Montblanc, Rabanne, Ferragamo, and SK-II. LUXASIA has established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Revlon (for Elizabeth Arden), Puig, Shiseido, and Orveon (for Laura Mercier). The Group's integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing & analytics, and supply chain management. LUXASIA is powered by a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2700 talents across a growing footprint of 15 markets.

Why Join Us?

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent – that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific, and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you the autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn’t that beautiful?

Position Overview

We are seeking Demand Planners, who would like to join our journey of reaching ‘Planning Excellence’ and become the Planning Centre of Excellence. The Demand Planner is responsible for all demand planning activities (forecasting and ordering), maintaining the optimum balance between service levels (stock availability), cash (stock levels) and replenishment costs.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Sales forecasts for regions assigned, integrating commercial targets (financial planning, store openings), launch plans, events, seasonality, trends, and products lifecycle.
• Closely work with local Demand Planning Manager to ensure local knowledge is incorporated into the forecasting model.
• Actively participates in S&OP process to align all services on sales forecasts, financial plan, launch and animation plans
• Actively communicates situation on slow moving products / discontinued products to the S&M team to determine inventory reduction plans (markdown operations, returns to vendor etc.) and to ensure minimal ageing stock.
• Conducts regular reviews with key brands to share the OSA, supplier fill rate and stock situation, and brainstorm on improvement plans.
• Participate in building a strong foundation and process for Demand sensing & prediction including business intelligence & insight, by working with different scenarios and take different business aspects into consideration.
• Defines action plans to improve processes, methods, and tools, and monitor their implementation.
• Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks
• Responsible for the development and delivery of Demand Planning related trainings to Demand Planning community
• Delivering training and coaching across the planning related functions and at key interfaces
• Co-ordination of best practice implementation and adherence through process health-checks

Key Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a preference in supply chain management, mathematics and/or statistics or engineering.
• Demonstrated ability with 4+ years of experience in a Supply Chain environment within demand management and digitalization will be appreciated.
• In depth knowledge and experience of SAP, Advanced Planning Systems, and data analytic tools with a passion for digital innovation
• Advanced proficiency with Access and Excel - creating queries and performing complex quantitative analysis to detect correlation and patterns in the data. Knowledge in VBA, Query or Power BI is a plus.
• Critical thinking to understand the big picture and connect the dots with all organizational layers and ongoing projects/improvements.
• High level of interpersonal/relationship skills with the ability to communicate optimally with colleagues and management.
• Analytical capability and data modeling skills; the capability to work with large datasets and develop diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics models.
• Team player, proactive, and committed to providing high-quality work to support everyone's needs.
• Open to new ideas, driving continuous improvement and challenging status quo.

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let’s grow together.

Championing Diversity, equity and inclusion

LUXASIA aspires to build a One Team of talents that reflects the diversity of the communities in our operating markets. LUXASIA is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, marital status, or any other characteristics as provided by law.

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