Planning and Inventory Control Manager

1. Demand Planning
• Develop and execute comprehensive demand forecasting models to accurately predict customer demand patterns.
• Collaborate closely with sales, marketing, and other relevant departments to gather market insights and enhance demand forecasting accuracy.
• Monitor and analyze key demand drivers, adjusting forecasts as needed to align with business goals.
• Make Long-term and short-term plan based on Sales Forecast for Demand planning. Update sales forecast to SAP - MRP system.
2. Supply Planning
• Develop and implement supply plans that align with demand forecasts, optimize stock levels and minimize excess inventory.
• Raise purchase requisition to order materials per requirements, including trading item.
• Collaborate with procurement to manage supplier relationships, lead times, and overall supply chain efficiency.
3. Production Planning
• Develop and implement production plans that balance capacity, resources, and demand requirements.
• Collaborate with the production team to monitor progress, identify potential bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions to meet production targets.
• Analyze historical data and market trends to make informed decisions regarding production schedules and capacity planning.
• Coordinate with Sales Department and Production Department on minimum stock and production lot size to avoid over stock holding.
4. Inventory Monitoring
• Implement and maintain inventory control policies and procedures to optimize stock levels and minimize carrying costs.
• Conduct regular assessments of inventory levels, implementing corrective measures to address discrepancies or excess inventory.
• Utilize inventory management systems to track and analyze stock movements, ensuring accuracy and alignment with demand forecasts.
• Coordinate with sales and marketing teams to align promotions and product launches with production and inventory capabilities, as well as define the solution for high aged inventory.
• Maintains required quantity of materials to optimize production and ensure adequate FGs stock for sales demand.
Coordinate with R&D, SCM and Production Department to improve inventory levels especially high aged/expired stock.
5. Develop-self and others.
• Develop team culture in collaboration and result orientation.
• Actively develop good understanding of the business requirements and ensure all challenges and obstacles are addressed.
• Improve productivity of planning team
• Coach and provide support for staff development
6. Reporting and Compliance
• Prepare and submit reports on time for KPIs report, Root cause Analysis and correct action.
• Lead S&OP meeting.
• Prepare annual budget based on Group's direction and development of the year.
• Key user role: support SC to deploy and apply the upgrade and change request, train /share in term of system knowledge and issue to business partners.
• Take part in projects and other assignments if any.
• Maintain a safe and healthy working environment by following the EHS policy and requirements and report any unsafe conditions and behavior, including near miss and incident to HSE department and SCM