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Summary

Demand planners play an essential role in the supply chain of a company. They use the analytical, marketing, and sales data of a company to effectively estimate future product demands. Their duties include planning inventory flow, analysing statistical data, and generating forecasting solutions.

You will assist in all demand planning duties including estimating future product demand, analysing inventory flow, and developing forecast models.

To succeed in this role, you should be professional, highly analytical, and possess excellent communication skills. The successful candidate should also have an in-depth knowledge of advanced mathematical and forecasting policies.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in demand planning and supply chain activities of company products.
• Develop demand forecasts based on demand patterns and business trends.
• Support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.
• Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
• Successfully communicating forecast and inventory estimations to management.
• Monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets and business strategies.
• Conduct monthly forecast maintenance and address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Make forecast adjustments based on seasonal products, promotions and discounts.
• Determine demand forecasts to support budgeting and inventory management.
• Provide guidance to demand planning team as needed.
• Assist in developing and executing demand plans to achieve company goals.
• Perform market analysis and determine customer demands.
• Maintain demand planning systems to improve forecast accuracy.
• Perform root cause analysis of demand issues and provide permanent resolutions.
• Escalate complex demand issues to management for immediate resolutions.
• Determine customer response foe new products and price revision and communicate the same to management
• Work with the inventory team to monitor inventory levels and replenish appropriate products.
• Provide forecast updates to management, inventory and appropriate teams on regular basis.
• Schedule monthly forecast meetings with all customers as required.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain or other relevant fields.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a demand planning/forecasting role.
• Solid understanding of inventory management practices and procedures.
• Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge.
• Capability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, Macros and VLOOKUP) for data analysis;
• Good ERP knowledge (Oracle NetSuite preferred); 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Bilingual in English and Mandarin to liaise with mandarin speaking suppliers.
• Good communication skills – fluent in English, BM & Mandarin, written and spoken