Title:  Assistant Manager Demand Planning

Job Summary

Create statistical forecasts using established tools and processes

General Responsibilities

• Support superior in managing day-to-day operating expenditures against operating budgets to ensure efficient usage of resources
• Adhere to forecasting strategies, guidelines and processes in performing daily tasks
• Assemble and analyze all data pertinent to creating the demand forecast (e.g. historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, etc.)
• Analyze and generate forecast accuracy reports by product
• Create purchase orders on SAP and maintain all transactions in SAP
• Gather, analyze and validate data for demand planning reporting
• Perform analysis and make recommendations on inventory levels, costs, forecasts
• Suggest any possible improvements or process enhancement within the area of responsibility
• Follow-up on delivery schedules from suppliers
• Work closely with internal teams (e.g. sales, accounting, marketing etc.) on demand planning

Functional Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrate working knowledge on SAP - MRP systems
• Demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative skills
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken

Education

Diploma/certificate in business, supply chain, logistics or related field