Executive recruitment company Monroe Consulting Group Indonesia is recruiting on behalf of a leading multinational company with a core focus on chemical. As expansion continues, our client is seeking a Demand Planner professional with at least 10 year's experience with a multinational company for the job of Demand Planner Lead. The job is based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Key job responsibilities include:
- Manage the forecasting process through the gathering and critiquing of data, to ensure customer requirements are accurately reflected in the forecast so that the correct business decisions are made
- Produce accurate and detailed forecasts in order to contribute to integrated business planning process
- Accurately reflect customer plans across key metrics (e.g. Volume)
- Challenge & manage the assumptions used in the sales forecast in order to inform the correct business decisions and gain leanings to improve future performance
- Monitor performance to forecast and lead discussions to tackle the issues as they arise
- Understand the impact of changes in the forecast on the wider business and keep Marketing/Finance and Supply chain informed of any changes
- Manage, analyse, and take leanings from abnormal customer demands to inform decision making with the S&OE process, whilst striving to meet Customer service requirements
- Gain customer expertise and liaise directly with customers to understand their future business plans and activities
Job Requirements:
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, or related field
- Have strong experienced and market knowledge in paints and coatings
- Experience in constructing and maintaining forecasts
- Previous exposure to Supply Chain management
- Sales experience desirable
- Process driven to deliver incremental business efficiency's
- System capability, e.g. SAP, APO, Contributor & BI
- Advanced Excel knowledge required
- Numerate, analytically and results oriented
- Excellent communication skills at all levels, internally & externally
- Possess leadership to head the team
- Capability to work independently (analyse, plan, action, control) with initiative and creativity to ensure operational excellence
- English language, international business experience highly desirable
- Experienced professional with an entrepreneurial character and a "hands-on approach."
- Team player, positive attitude, hands-on and high flexibility
