The Senior Demand Planner is responsible for accountable for demand planning of midstream business and achieve consensus for demand forecasts by facilitating a collaborative demand planning process with commercial team and ensure demand plans carried out effectively.

Business: Food Ingredients/Industrial Chemical

Responsibilities:

• Lead the local demand planning processes, coordinate cross-functional meetings, and oversee operations.
• Ensure forecasting methods and processes are properly followed and regularly updated.
• Enhance the accuracy and reliability of demand forecasts by data analytics to generate demand forecast, tune forecast models and evaluate forecast results.
• Identify risk and opportunities, drive action plan to close the gap.
• Drive best practices focusing on data analysis, data visualization for demand planning to support executive decisions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Demand Planning or Supply Chain Management or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Demand & Supply Planning, Import and preferably in the retail or FMCG business.
• Strong communication skills to effectively coordinate with internal stakeholders, overseas suppliers, customs authorities, and shipping agents.
• Excellent computer skills in MS Excel, MS Word, SAP, and email systems (SAP experience is a plus).
• Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
• Negotiation & problem-solving skills.