Demand Planner
- Employer
- Aldena Associates Ltd
- Location
- Chertsey, Surrey
- Salary
- 30000 - 35000
- Closing date
- 8 Jun 2019
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- Specialist Area
- Demand Planner
- Sector
- Accountancy, Advertising & Creative, Automotive, Aviation, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Charities & Not For Profit, Construction, Consultancy, Customer Service, Defence, Distribution, Education, Electronics, Energy & Utilities, Engineering, Event Management, FMCG, Food Services, Healthcare, Housing, Human Resources, Information Technology, Internet, Insurance, Legal, Leisure, Management & Executive, Manufacturing, Marketing, Media, Military, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Private sector, Production & Operations, Professional Services, Public Relations, Public Sector, Recruitment, Retail, Sales, Scientific, Secretarial & Administration, Social Services, Telecommunications, Training, Transport & Distribution, Travel & Hospitality, Utilities
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Why join our team?
IM for SEUK is an exciting growth of opportunity for an experienced demand planner who is up for a challenging time with a world class dynamic portfolio to demand plan.
What will this role achieve?
Building and maintaining the top-level Sell-in and Sell-out forecasts for IM products in the category. This will require co-working with various teams (Product Management/Market Intelligence/Marketing/Finance etc) and carrying out in depth analysis to updating the system with the details of the forecasts.
Coordinate closely with HQ, Factory and 3rd party logistics service providers to manage inbound supply, highlighting any shortage issues and providing recommendations. The individual also expect to contribute to the ongoing improvement initiatives around the current supply chain process, on hand aging inventory and production PO proposal processes.
Working in collaboration with relevant stakeholders (Commercial planning team, Product team, Finance function and Global Operation Centre (GOC) / Export team at HQ as well as factories). You will build robust forecasts, planning, execute plan, and ensure that supply plans adequately support this. Complete assignment in timely manner and manage any outstanding work.
What will be your key deliverables?
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Responsible for short/long-term (12 weeks) Demand sell-in/sell-out Forecasting.
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Responsible for demand planning, purchasing and optimal inventory management / WOS to
support overview of IM demand plan.
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Monitoring and analysing actual performance versus planning identify issues and translate it
out to business with recommendation, including KPIs and data simulation for management
decision making.
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Leading and/or initiating in Supply Chain and Cross-functional processes / projects.
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Understanding of Samsung specific systems with depth of matrix and proactive / independent
approach to problem solving.
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Handling day to day ad-hoc requests to support the business from a Supply Chain perspective.
What do we need for this role?
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Advanced MS Office knowledge (specifically Excel) to produce accurate reports
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Data Analysis to understand and present the findings to the stake holders
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Understanding of business sensitivity and able to execute tasks with strong attention to detail.
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Comfortable presenting to wider audience, including senior management.
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Strong organizational and communication manner / skills.
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Leading where necessary, challenging different ideas with analysis and logic.
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Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
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Attention to detail
What does success look like?
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Education to a degree level or equivalent; degree in Math, Economics, Supply Chain advantaged.
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Experience in Supply Chain analyst background with in-depth understanding and working knowledge of Demand Planning and Supply Operations.
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Present great communication and influencing skills to relevant teams.
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Ability to set priorities and multi-task in order to meet tight deadlines through and able to
operate in a flexible way using your initiative at work.
The Interview Process
2 stages
With 1st stage with a practical excel test
Competent based questions around planning and problem solving .
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