Demand & Supply Planning Coordinator

Reporting to Demand & Supply Planning Manager, as the Demand & Supply Planning Coordinator, you will be responsible for supporting the creation and maintenance the consensus demand plan for Finished Goods as well as supply execution. You will support the department to ensures alignment with company’s financial and sales plans.

You analyze historical sales data, trends, base growth, distribution, and market share to create and analyze a statistical forecast. You determine the operations demand plan to align with the sales demand plan. You collaborate with Sales and the demand planner to understand past sales performance, conduct root cause analysis to identify errors in previous periods, and highlight inconsistencies. You support the achievement and reporting of forecasting targets, focusing on forecast accuracy.

You support the Demand & Supply Planning Manager by providing input and insights to the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process and meetings for Finished Goods products and event items. You also provide a rolling forecast for 3PLs on inbound and outbound volumes.

You are tasked with balancing demand and supply, managing inventory levels as per business strategies and quality standards, and communicating potential risks to your managers. You must also collaborate with logistics to guarantee product availability, maintain accurate material data, provide 3PLs with forecasts, and keep stakeholders informed through precise reporting of KPIs.

• 2+ experience in areas of demand & supply planning, logistics, sales forecasting, finance, business intelligence, stock allocation / management in Chemical / Medial / Automotive / Retail / FMCG industry (Food industry is the best)
• Some level of knowledge of retail account operations, forecasting technology, systems, and supply chain management
• Self-motivated team member who can drive resolution to issues with strong problem-solving skills
• Preferably some knowledge and experience in SAP, ERP and demand statistical tool
• Experience managing the shelf-life product is huge plus
• MS Office skills, Excel advanced skill is plus - Pivot table, VLOOKUP is required
• Business level English and Japanese are required
• 0-10

Demand & Supply Planning Coordinator