MGR I DEMAND MANAGEMENT

Job Overview

Description

The Regional Demand Manager is responsible to implement, run and facilitate every month the end to end process of demand planning process. 
This includes demand plans, production strategy optimization, capacity planning, integration of new businesses, new product launches, end of life and management business reviews in short term
Must have the ability to work in very complex environment where decisions have to be based on data.
The Regional Demand Manager has the ability to work across silos with people from different areas to communicate common goals, solicit information, and gain consensus and buy-in. The person in this role engages all levels of the organization and guides each functional area in understanding how it impacts the Demand planning process and making sure execution happens according to plan.
 
Responsibilities and Qualifications
 
-    Educate the teams on Demand planning process, support the initial roll out in the different functions and get strongly involved in each process steps standard operating cadence
-    Participate in the development of statistical models to forecast base business
-    Communicating with CSR to determine their needs to balance plant production strategy 
-    Work with Product managers and Sales teams to understand how new opportunities, product launch, end of life and pricing will influence demand for short period 
-    Lead the meetings where demand consensus is reached and capture the demand assumptions 
-    Review and analyze the forecast demand versus actual demand, understanding changes and trends and communicate to the key stake holders with data analysis
-    Assist in the resolution of key supply-demand/service-cost issues and establish plan to remove bottlenecks
-    Coordinate the regional supply review based on the inputs from the local sites and run simulations when appropriate
-    Prepare the Management Business review and align the Senior Leadership team of the organization for decision making on sourcing / capex plan 
-    Implement the control process to guarantee execution of the local plants according to plan and drive implementation of mitigation plans in case of deviation
- Establish APAC MRP/MPS process

What your background should look like:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business or Engineering and minimum 5 years of experience   
   in similar position
- Demonstrated experience 5 years in Supply Chain Planning roles implementing SAP IBP Supply Projects
- Knowledge of SAP IBP Response is an advantage
- Strong intellectual curiosity
- Strategic and tactical thinking
- Strong communication skills (oral and written)
- Strong leadership skills, ability to listen, influence, drive in a matric environment
- Project management skills
- ERP system knowledge
- Exhibits, drives and communicates a clear understanding of desired results
- Has clear vision and demonstrates the ability to learn, develop and deploy new ideas

What your background should look like:

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