Supply & Demand Planning, Senior/ Executive

DFI Retail Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail organization in Singapore is seeking a professional to assist in managing inventory and coordinating with multiple stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a degree in Supply Chain Management and at least 2 years of relevant experience, excelling in analytical skills and tools like Microsoft Excel and Power BI. This role involves ensuring timely delivery, optimizing stock levels, and driving continuous improvement in inventory management processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of work experience in a similar capacity.
• Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, and inventory planning.
• Strong analytical capability and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end inventory operations and coordinate with suppliers.
• Ensure timely delivery of goods and maintain inventory levels.
• Utilize data-driven insights to improve replenishment processes.

Skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Planning Skills

Education

Degree in Supply Chain Management or Logistics

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Power Query

Job description

About the role:

The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyse, organise, evaluates for the allocation process.

What will you be doing?

• Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.

• Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.

• Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.

• Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system

• Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.

• Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.

• Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.

• Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.

• Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.

• Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance

• Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis

• Management of key upscale indent vendors.

• Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.

About You

• Preferably a Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.

• Minimum 2 years of work experience in similar capacity.

• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Tools.

• Proficiency in Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.

• Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.

• Knowledge in SAP and/or DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage (but not a must).

• Strong analytical capability, negotiation, and planning skills.