Job Overview
Manages the activities and staff associated with global sourcing, delivery, and distribution of components and raw materials for complex or multiple products.
Job Requirements
Job Purpose
Lead end-to-end supply planning for assigned product portfolio, ensuring alignment between customer demand, supply capability, and inventory strategy. Drive demand-to-supply translation, capacity planning, and supply execution while continuously improving delivery performance, working capital, and supply chain efficiency.
Activities
Demand and Supply Management
- Understand customer demand, product lifecycle (NPI / Mature / EOL), and key requirements
- Translate demand into supply plan considering DC inventory, lead time, multi-source capacity, and customer requirements
- Drive demand signal improvement and stability across planning pipeline
- Lead demand-supply balancing and identify gaps, risks, and mitigation actions
Supply Management
- Understand supply status across sources including capacity, constraints and material readiness
- Drive supply improvement with PM (capacity planning), factory (efficiency), and procurement (material readiness)
- Improve delivery performance, supply reliability and service level
Inventory, Cost & Performance
- Manage end-to-end inventory strategy across DC, plant and upstream
- Optimize cash performance (DOH, inventory value) and supply chain cost
- Balance trade-offs between service, inventory and cost
Project & Lifecycle Management
- Lead supply planning for NPI launches, migration projects and EOL management
- Partner with project teams and plants for ramp plan and supply readiness
- Manage transition risks and execution
Team Leadership & Execution
- Lead and develop supply planning team
- Drive cross-functional alignment with Sales, PM, Procurement and Manufacturing
- Ensure strong execution discipline and accountability
Interacts with
- Sales & Demand Planning
- Product Management
- Manufacturing / Plant Planning
- Procurement / Sourcing
- Logistics / DC Planning
- Finance
- Project Teams
What your background should look like
Competencies & Skills
- Strong SIOP / S&OE experience
- Capacity planning and scenario modeling
- Material replenishment strategy and inventory planning
- End-to-end supply chain management understanding
- Data analytics and reporting capability
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to challenge status quo and drive change
- Risk management and problem-solving capability
- Strong ownership and accountability
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
Measures of Success
- Customer: OTD / Lead Time
- Supply: Plan accuracy, gap closure
- Inventory: DOH, inventory health
- Cost: Supply chain cost optimization
- Project: NPI / migration / EOL execution success
Education & Experience
Education
- Bachelor degree or above in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field (good university preferred)
Experience
- 8-10 years’ Strong experience in supply planning / supply chain management with team management experience.
- Hands-on experience in SIOP, capacity planning and inventory management
- Experience managing product portfolio supply chain
Exposure
- Experience in international companies
- Exposure to cross-cultural collaboration
- Result-oriented and fast execution mindset
Competencies
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China