Demand Planner Manager
- Pasir Gudang, Johor
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Partner with sales team of each region/category, to ensure the demand plan is well executed (mid and long term); ensure gaps and overlaps are addressed, scenarios are completed and issues appropriately resolved or escalated to meet business objectives.
- Drive sales success by proactively identifying demand-supply bottlenecks, closing gaps through agile collaboration with supply teams, and enabling faster responses to evolving market dynamics.
- Create and maintain demand forecast models comprise of statistical forecasts baseline, sales opportunities pipeline captured through Salesforce, and vulnerabilities assessment.
- Champion flexible planning forums to quickly capture short-term demand spike, new launches, or strategic products, minimizing lost sales and enhancing service levels.
- Act as a key contributor to the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process by facilitating monthly consensus meetings, scenario modeling, and cross-functional alignment on mid- to long-term horizons.
- Actively shape data transformation in sales team by providing centralized sales database, PPT & dashboards-driving data-led discussions and continuous performance improvement.
- Bachelor degree or above in Business, economic, finance, statistics or management, etc.
- Knowledge of SAP, Salesforce, data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau or other software related to demand planning is preferred.
- Experience in statistical forecasting using forecasting models, trend analysis is a plus.