Senior Executive, Demand Planner (FMCG)

Malayan Flour Mills; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Malaysia is seeking a Demand Forecaster to develop forecasts and collaborate with sales teams. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 4-6 years of experience in marketing and sales. Join a reputable organization that values teamwork and process improvement.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of working experience in marketing and sales.
• Strong analytical skills for demand forecasting.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with sales and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Prepare demand forecast to meet sales requirements and plant capacity.
• Collaborate with sales team to close gaps between forecast and actual orders.
• Monitor aging stocks and propose interventions to minimize losses.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor degree of any business discipline

Job description

We are Malayan Flour Mills Berhad, an established billions ringgit public listed food manufacturing company. We aspire to be a leading food manufacturing enterprise in the region and have also diversified its business from flour milling to the sale of raw materials and integrated poultry business. Its integrated poultry business includes the breeding and sale of day-old chicks, broiler and breeder farming, processing and sale of poultry products and feeds milling. With over 50 years of experience and workforce of over 2600 in Malaysia and Vietnam, as part of our expansion plans we are seeking the right talents to be part of our winning team.

Job Description

Prepare demand forecast to meet the sales requirements & plant capacity by reviewing weekly requirement.

Monitor potential risks and opportunities based on analysis of demand forecast trends by customers, products and segment level. Incorporate forecasted incremental sales due to Promotional or Marketing activities.

Collaborate with Sales Team to close up any anticipated gaps between demand forecast against actual sales orders. Monitor the progress of actual production against actual sales orders and feed back to sales team.

Work with Sales team to forecast customer needs, follow up on orders to ensure timely and complete delivery and prioritize customer orders fulfilment.

Perform variance analysis between sales forecast against budget and measure accuracy of forecast. Communicate the desirable level of forecast accuracy to Sales team in order to improve forecast accuracy from bottom-up approach

Participate and contribute in cross functional supply chain projects and initiatives for process improvements.

Prioritize and manage allocation of stocks across regions, customers and products.

Plans initial stocking quantities for new products and participate in Sales and Marketing activity planning.

Manage information dissemination and coordination between Sales, Sales Support, Trade Marketing, Marketing, Plant, Logistics and Warehouse team

Develop, prepare and update monthly demand forecasting information to support the Sales team.

Monitor aging stocks or slow-moving products to report to respective stakeholders and propose the potential feasible interventions to minimize potential losses.

Perform any other tasks and assignments as directed by the management from time to time.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree of any business discipline

Experience:

• 4 – 6 years of working experiences in marketing and sales

Additional Information

MFM is honored to receive the following awards:

• 2022
• HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2022 (Malaysia Edition)
• 2021
• HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2021 (Malaysia Edition)
• 2020
• HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2020 (Malaysia Edition)
• 2019
• Human Resources Asia Recruitment Awards 2019, Best Onboarding Experience (Bronze)
• HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2019 (Malaysia Edition)
• 2018
• HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2018 (Malaysia Edition)