Strategic Demand Planning Leader

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 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.