Planning Manager

• Drive cost reduction through strategic sourcing activities in Vietnam with corporate supplier strategies / direction
• Analyse department budget requests to identify areas in which reduction can be made and allocate operating budget
• Ensure smooth operation and communicate key activities to Production Planning, Materials Planning, Purchasing / Sourcing, Warehouse and Logistic
• Assure sourcing, supply chain management, inventory plans are in place to ensure continuity in supply and minimal excess / obsolescence
• Ensure site accomplishes good inventory turns and return on capital
• Assure strategic supplier relationships are pro-actively established
• Price and Contract Negotiations
• Manage the accuracy and reliability of the demand plan and responsible of driving demand forecast in collaboration across sales to achieve organization's supply chain functions
• Supervise purchasing, warehouse and logistics functions of the organization. Minimize inventory and logistics cost.
• Lead planning team to extend all production activities to support the sales forecast and customer orders and managing finished goods inventory. Responsibilities include generating Master Production Schedules and Material Requirement Planning (MRP).
• Plan and organize stock take, make decisions on stock adjustment and establish stock policy
• Work on cost reduction scheme for operational efficiency of the supply chain functions and overseas shipments
• Source, negotiate and evaluate performance of local transport companies and forwarding agents
• Timely and cost-effective operations of supply chain team
• Ensure inventory accuracy and timely delivery of goods on import and export basis
• Generating and tabulating of reports for Business Units
• Setting up KPIs for team and provide analysis for team
• Ensure excellent customer service standard and efficiency in the supply chain team