Demand Planner

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

Job Description


Company Description

At the Syngenta Group, our 49,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefits of farmers, society and our planet - making us the world\'s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner.



Role purpose

  • Drive effective Sales and Operation Planning (SOP) processes to meet the business plan.
  • Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy.
  • Exploit planning process and methodology concepts to meet future business requirements.
Accountabilities
  • Effective management of demand planning processes to meet the agreed business plan.
  • Collaborate with the Sales and Marketing teams to understand demand forecasting drivers. (e.g seasonal demand, anticipate customers reactions to the promotions and discounts, etc).
  • Provide inputs to the Supply Planning team to develop inventory digestion plan for existing items, new product launches as well as product phase-outs.
  • Construct presentations and communicate changes in sales forecasts and budgets during monthly SOP meetings.
  • Conduct weekly reviews of sales data against forecasts and document mitigation activities to manage gaps with business plan.
  • Review IBP master data periodically and perform timely update of changes, including efficient introduction/removal of products (SKUs) according to country go-to-market (GTM) strategies.
  • Work as team member on various global/regional initiatives for planning process and system improvements and optimization.
  • Address demand-related issues in a timely manner.
Qualifications

Critical knowledge:
  • Familiar with SAP IBP application.
  • Strong knowledge of sales and operation processes.
  • Fluent in conversational and written English as well as Bahasa Malaysia.
  • Computer literate especially in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Critical skills:
  • Persuasive leader with ability to take quick decision.
  • Capability to analyse and translate numbers and data into reliable insights.
  • Ability to follow and understand big-picture economic trends.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Critical experience:
  • Ability to work across functions, cultures and geographies.
  • Think outside the box \xe2\x80\x93 finds novel solutions and innovative strategies with high success potential.
  • Effective stakeholder and expectation management.
  • Sense of urgency with ability to prioritise work and quickly manage changes.
  • University degree preferable.
Critical experience:
  • Ability to work across functions, cultures and geographies.
  • Think outside the box \xe2\x80\x93 finds novel solutions and innovative strategies with high success potential.
  • Effective stakeholder and expectation management.
  • Sense of urgency with ability to prioritise work and quickly manage changes.
  • University degree preferable.
Additional Information

Competencies for Appointments

Customer Focused
  • Customer first in work and interpersonal dealings.
  • Respond quickly to meet their needs and resolve problems.
Innovative
  • Seek alternative ways to view or define problems.
  • View situations from multiple perspectives.
Decisive
  • Recognis issues or opportunities and determine whether action is needed.
Communicative
  • Ensure clarity for both verbal and written messages.
  • Utilize agreed standards and processes.
Trusted
  • Ensure that words and actions are consistent with all our stakeholders and keep our commitments.
Team oriented
  • Demonstrate personal commitment to the team.
  • Listen and fully involve others in team decisions and actions.
Results oriented
  • Self disciplined.
  • Measures progress and evaluates results.
Critical success factors and key challenges in the first 12 months
  • Drive planning initiatives to provide excellent analysis, information & advice to optimize effective business-decision making.
  • Excellent communication across functions especially with Marketing and Commercial teams.
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to enable transparency and responsiveness and act as the key operational contact for country.
  • Comfortable working in open plan office environment.
  • Some short domestic and overseas travel.
Innovations
  • Employee may, as part of his/her role and maybe through multifunctional teams, participate in the creation and design of innovative solutions. In this context, Employee may contribute to inventions, designs, other work product, including know-how, copyrights, software, innovations, solutions, and other intellectual assets.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD956917
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    73600 - 92000 per year
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Education
    Not mentioned