Planning And Demand Manager

With over 100 years of experience, Sika is a worldwide innovation and sustainability leader in the development and production of systems and products for commercial and residential construction, as well as the transportation, marine, automotive, and renewable energy manufacturing industries. 

Sika has offices in over 103 countries with over 400 manufacturing facilities and more than 33,000 employees worldwide. With annual sales of CHF 11.24 billion in 2023, our commitment to quality, innovation, and the environment as well as putting our customer's needs first, encompasses why Sika is the global leader in our industries.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Supply Chain Strategies and Continuous Improvements
   •  Develop and regular review the Supply Chain strategies based on Target Market to Sales requirements and responsible for the execution of the defined strategic measures from an aligned efforts Marketing, Operations, Sales, Finance, and Procurement.
   •  Reinforce company Policies and Guidelines, as well as support Service Levels based on customer requirements from a Marketing and/or Target Market strategies. 
   • Drive optimization initiatives toward processes and potential technologies according to business needs accompanied by a defined or designed risk management tools.
   •  Support data integrity requirements and maintenance for Supply Chain processes.
   •  Benchmark or spearhead Supply Chain best practices that will drive successful implementation and/or execution of projects.
2. Performance
   •  Steer, manage, and optimize inventories.
   •  Monitor and manage Supply Chain performance and stakeholders through aligned Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Best Practices benchmark, and Service Levels.
   •  Support to enhance or exceed defined and agreed KPIs (e.g., Forecast Accuracy, on-time in Full, and Supply Chai related cost efficiencies) in close coordination and strengthened collaboration with Marketing, Target Market, and/or Sales management team including Operations and Finance Team.
   •  Gatekeep and define cost drivers within Supply Chain responsibilities and contribute effectiveness and efficiencies.
   •  Support to enhance Inventory and Logistics cost efficiencies.
   •  Performs other responsibilities that may be assigned from time to time by the immediate superior.
3. People
   •  Develop Supply Chain organization and build top performing team enhancing capabilities and competencies.
   •  Set measurable and realistic targets to monitor team's performance.
   •  Lead and guide the local Supply Chain team members to execution the defined strategies effectively and efficiently.
4. Production and Supply Planning
   •  Manage Planned Purchases from Material Planning Requisitions generated by ERP System (e.g., AX, SAP) prior the creation of Purchase Orders derived from historical trend, actual sales, production loading, capacity, inventory, and back/open orders for all locally produced products.
   •  Provides sense checks of the generated Master Production Schedule provided by the Production planner for the month prior submitting to the Plant Manager and/or Head of Operations for approval as this information will also be cascaded to the concerned departments (e.g., Marketing, Sales, Customer Service) which includes the calculating and measures from the collated forecast from Target Market and/or Sales vs. actual production.
   •  Collaborates with Production Planner, Demand Planner from Target Market, and Procurement for conducting Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) meetings to be held once a month, including to initiate preventive action to balance limited available stock according to priorities as well as monitoring and reporting Forecast Accuracy.
5. Inventory Management
   •  Monitor, maintain, and manage inventory situation per Target Market and/or Sales requirements and initiate corresponding actions for outliers or misaligned targets.
   •  Manage inventory levels that are aligned with the defined provisions from Finance team in terms of amount thresholds and prevention of aging days, wherein the goal of the business is to improve Network Capital monthly.
   •  The responsibility covers all stocked items for local production e.g., Raw and Packaging materials as well as Products that are bought as finished goods e.g., Intercompany and/or Traded goods be it local or imported, which also includes the monitoring and reporting of all shipments to secure agreed timing with Target Market and/or Sales to ensure timely product availability.

Education: 

• Must possess at least Bachelor's/College Degree in Engineering or Supply Chain related course

Work Experience

• With at least 5 extensive years' experience from either construction, chemical, or adhesives industry managing procurement materials/products
• Demonstrated flexibility in a fast-paced working environment
• High standards or regard to compliance, integrity, and professionalism
• Strong knowledge of Government Rules and Regulations e.g., Import and Export Bureau of Customs process, Gov't Agencies certification and documentation, etc.