Title:  Specialist Inventory Management

Job Summary

Supervise the day-to-day operations of inventory management to ensure inventory is planned at optimal level to meet target turns, working capital performance and revenue growth

General Responsibilities

Demand Planning

- Demand planning for Food and Nonfood Suppliers. 

- Working closely with the Commercial, Marketing teams on forecast for all products.

- Understanding and documenting forecast dynamics (e.g. seasonality, Promotion scheme...)

- Challenge Sale Forecast where appropriate with Account Managers.

- Make demand Planning by generate SSO.

- Analysis and generate Forecast Accuracy Report by SKU.

Purchasing 

- Create PO and get all Signatures then send to Supplier.

- Working closely with all Suppliers on purchasing of product.

- Control PO: order quantity, SKU, Price, Delivery lead lime, Payment term.

- Follow up Delivery term to make sure PO will be received on time. - Manage communications and relationships with all suppliers.

- Create PO on SAP and maintain all Transaction in SAP. 

- Coordinate with Logistics, FA team to post goods receipt to SAP system.

- Create Vendor for new suppliers.

Inventory Management 

- Follow up delivery schedule from Supplier.

- Control inventory by delay or advance shipment to make sure stock healthy

- Manage inventory levels to maximize customer service and inventory turns. 

- Perform analysis and make recommendations on inventory levels, costs, forecasts.

- Expedite orders as required per the forecast or actual sales changes to balance inventory levels in support of targeted inventory levels.

- Resolve product quality, quantity, and damage issues reported by receiving, warehousing, and quality control.

- Control inventory cost as agreed with suppliers and avoid OOS situation.

BTA (Branch Transfer Advise) 

- Handling BTA planning from VSIP to HN, DN based on below criteria: last 3 months sale historical, request from Regional Sale and Account team.

- Working closely with Regional Sale team and Account team to finalize quantity need to be replenish.

- Hand over BTA planning to Logistics team to pick, pack and arrange transportation.

- Solve any issue related BTA and ad hoc request.

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Understanding of inventory planning methodologies and systems
• Demonstrate basic understanding of distribution centers, distribution and transport
• Experience in inventory management , procurement systems and logistics operations
• SAP knowledge is preferral
• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken

Education

Diploma/certificate in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field

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