Assistant Manager, Demand & Supply Planning

Nestlé; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company in Singapore is seeking a Demand and Supply Planner to manage product demand and supply networks. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience or 2-3 years for degree holders, with strong analytical skills and proficiency in SAP. This role offers opportunities for impact at a local and global level, supporting key business processes and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience for Diploma holders or 2-3 years’ planning experience for Degree holders.
• Proficient in MS Office and experienced in SAP and APO.
• Strong analytical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a Demand Plan for product portfolios.
• Manage the Supply Network to meet customer service objectives.
• Analyze and prepare supply and deployment plans.

Skills

Demand Planning

Supply Planning

Strong analytical skills

Proficient in MS Office

Experience in SAP and APO

Education

Diploma or Degree in relevant field

Tools

SAP

APO

Job description

Overview

Location: Singapore

Company: Nestle Singapore

Type of contract: Permanent

Joining Nestlé means you are joining the largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. At our very core, we are a human environment – passionate people driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. A Nestle career empowers you to make an impact locally and globally, as you are provided with the opportunity to make a mark and stand out, as long as you seek it. With Nestle, you are enabled and encouraged to grow not only as professionals, but also as people.

Primary Responsibilities

Demand Planning

• Develop, maintain and improve a Demand Plan for a portfolio of products and customers, which also includes the full ownership of generating and maintaining Promotion Uplift Volume.
• Ensure the alignment of this Demand Plan with internal and external partners through the Monthly Business Planning and Collaborative Planning processes
• Identify and manage exceptions, and monitor performance in order to continually improve the quality and reliability of the Demand Plan and the Company’s ability to sense and respond to changing circumstances.
• Drives alignment of business assumptions across functions and uses them as an input to build robust plans. Uses analytics to provides visibility on future situation and alternate scenarios to support effective business decisions.

Supply Planning

• To manage the Supply Network of the assigned area of the business by replenishing each dispatch point to meet customer service objectives whilst maintaining optimal stock cover that also takes into account the distribution costs.
• Analyze net dispatch requirements and prepare/maintain a coordinated set of supply and deployment plans of finished (or semi-finished) goods in order to meet customer demand within min/max stock corridors, whilst minimizing the total delivered costs (production, distribution and inventory costs), taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints.

Key Outputs

1. Customer Order Fulfillment
2. Demand Plan Accuracy
3. Stock Inventory Levels
4. Freshness of Stock & Bad Goods management
5. Support monthly business planning process
6. Support Event Management activities
7. Support Copacking activities
8. Collaborate with DSP manager to ensure Demand Planning best practises are implemented and adhered to.
9. Participate in supply chain efficiency projects
10. Timely preparation of all reports to facilitate meeting and action plan

Key Experiences

• Min 5 years experience for Diploma Holder or Min 2-3 years planning experience for Degree holder
• Proficient in the use of MS office preferably with experience in SAP and APO
• Experience of SAP/OMP planning systems preferable
• Strong analytical skills