Strategic Demand Planner: Forecasting & S&OE Expert

Sanofi; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanofi in Malaysia is seeking a Demand Planner to drive accurate demand signals and align Business Units with Manufacturing and Supply through Kinaxis.

You will translate product life cycles, sales patterns, and what-if analyses into actionable planning data while collaborating with Commercial, Regulatory, Finance, and local Supply Chain teams. This role emphasizes continuous improvement to improve forecast accuracy and OTIF, with opportunities to influence supply plans and market strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• 2–3 years of experience in demand planning.
• Fluent English communication and writing skills.
• Fluent in Japanese communication is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Gather past and future demand factors from BUs and forecast/model their impacts in planning tools.
• Integrate statistical forecasting with local market knowledge to enrich demand planning, accounting for deviations from statistical models.
• Ensure a strong focus on accurate master data in planning and ERP tools and proper use of demand planning parameters.
• Analyze and question assumptions, consolidate sales forecasts from various markets, and ensure the coherence of the final plan.
• Capture active and inactive opportunities in planning tools to enable scenario planning, including supply constraints.
• Review significant deviations from forecast, budget, market trends, ensuring global data consistency.
• Participate in S&OP by delivering root cause analysis of demand plan changes in the short-term horizon.
• Work towards continuously improving forecast accuracy to maximize OTIF to the client.
• Analyze and track products at risk of destruction due to short shelf-life or lack of demand, and engage stakeholders to act.
• Conduct a Monthly Root Cause Analysis review of forecast deviations and stock at risk.

Skills

Fluent English

Japanese

Demand planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP

Kinaxis

Job description

Sanofi in Malaysia is seeking a Demand Planner to drive accurate demand signals and align Business Units with Manufacturing and Supply through Kinaxis.

You will translate product life cycles, sales patterns, and what-if analyses into actionable planning data while collaborating with Commercial, Regulatory, Finance, and local Supply Chain teams. This role emphasizes continuous improvement to improve forecast accuracy and OTIF, with opportunities to influence supply plans and market strategies.