Job Overview

Lead end-to-end DDN supply planning for the assigned product portfolio, ensuring alignment between customer demand, supply capability, inventory strategy, and business priorities. Drive demand-to-supply translation, capacity planning, supply execution, NPI readiness, and lifecycle management while continuously improving delivery performance, working capital, and supply chain efficiency.

Job Requirements

Demand and Supply Management
•    Understand customer demand, product lifecycle (NPI / ramp / mature / EOL), and service requirements
•    Translate demand into supply plan considering DC inventory, lead time, multi-source capacity, and customer requirements
•    Drive demand signal quality, planning parameter accuracy, and stability across the planning pipeline
•    Lead demand-supply balancing and identify gaps, risks, and mitigation actions

Supply Management
•    Understand supply status across manufacturing sources, including capacity, constraints, material readiness, and recovery plans
•    Drive supply improvement with PM (capacity planning), factory (efficiency), and procurement (material readiness)
•    Work closely with the Penang factory Operations team to align production priorities, capacity, material readiness, constraints, and recovery actions
•    Own and lead the Penang supply review, including demand-supply gaps, capacity and material risks, backlog recovery, inventory health, action ownership, and escalation follow-up
•    Improve OTD, lead time, supply reliability, backlog recovery, and customer 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, product ramp-up, mature portfolio, and EOL transitions
•    Follow up NPI milestones and ensure demand, capacity, material, tooling, qualification, inventory, and launch readiness are aligned
•    Identify project and lifecycle risks early, drive mitigation and escalation, and protect customer delivery and inventory health
•    Define appropriate safety stock, ramp inventory, last-time-buy, and phase-in / phase-out plans based on demand and supply risk
•    Coordinate Sales, Product Management, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, Finance, and project teams through launch and stabilization
•    Maintain clear project trackers, action ownership, and lessons learned to improve future NPI and lifecycle execution

Team Leadership & Execution
•    Lead and develop supply planning team
•    Drive cross-functional alignment with Sales, Product Management, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Logistics, Finance, and project teams
•    Ensure strong execution discipline and accountability

What your background should look like

Education & Experience
•    Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Experience
•    8-10 years of strong experience in supply planning / supply chain management, including team leadership experience.
•    Hands-on experience in SIOP, capacity planning and inventory management.
•    Experience leading regular supply reviews and working closely with factory operations teams on constraints, recovery, and execution.
•    Experience managing product portfolio supply chains across NPI, ramp, mature, and EOL stages.
•    Demonstrated ability to follow NPI programs from planning and qualification through launch, ramp-up, and stabilization.
•    Experience working with manufacturing sites and cross-functional local and global stakeholders is preferred.

Competencies & Skills
•    Strong SIOP / S&OE experience.
•    Capacity planning and scenario modeling.
•    Factory-facing supply review governance, action tracking, and escalation management.
•    NPI planning, milestone follow-up, launch readiness, and ramp stabilization.
•    Inventory strategy, including safety stock, ramp inventory, risk buy, and phase-in / phase-out control.
•    Cross-functional risk management, escalation, and stakeholder influence across local and global teams.
•    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.

Exposure
•    Experience in international companies
•    Exposure to cross-cultural collaboration
•    Result-oriented and fast execution mindset