Assistant Demand Planning Manager

LUXASIA is the leading and largest beauty omnichannel brand-builder of Asia Pacific. Since 1986, it has successfully enabled market entry and brand growth for more than 100 luxury beauty brands, the likes of Albion, Aveda, Bvlgari, Calvin Klein, Creed, Diptyque, Hermes, La Prairie, Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Montblanc, Rabanne, Ferragamo, and SK-II. LUXASIA has established Joint Ventures with the likes of LVMH Group, Revlon (for Elizabeth Arden), Puig, Shiseido, and Orveon (for Laura Mercier). The Group's integrated brand-building capabilities include luxury retail, online commerce, consumer marketing & analytics, and supply chain management. LUXASIA is powered by a diverse and dynamic #OneTeam of 2700 talents across a growing footprint of 15 markets.

Why Join Us

At LUXASIA, we believe there is beauty within every talent - that is you.

We grow you by building your competencies and unleashing your potential. We have curated a vast portfolio of over 100 luxury brands across Asia Pacific and growing. Your work will enrich the lives of millions of consumers across the region. With us, you get to be an entrepreneur, running the business like it is your very own. We give you the autonomy but not without guidance and genuine care. We are a diverse and inclusive team that is courageously innovative. Together as #OneTeam, we celebrate differences, embrace change, explore new ideas, take risks, fail fast, and drive results. While challenges at work are inevitable, the journey promises to be fulfilling.

With LUXASIA, an exciting career filled with robust professional growth awaits you. Isn't that beautiful?

Position Purpose
The Assistant Demand Planning Manager will be responsible for supporting the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in the overall delivery of the company's Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process. This position will also be in charge of demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory management for an assigned brand/category along side managing direct reports. This position will be the counterpart for Sales and Marketing team to address all supply chain related issues and will also take the lead in aligning overall supply chain process with Supply Logistics, Article Master, Product Compliance, as well as Logistics and Warehousing teams.

Description of Duties

• Develops and own the rolling baseline forecast on a per brand and SKU level review and analyzes historical trends, and demand drivers to evaluate forecast results. Reviews total item level forecasts to ensure alignment with business plans and consistency with market trends
• Facilitates the Demand Planning/Forecast Review Meeting with Brand to generate bottom-up forecast on a monthly basis
• Provides focus and integration of data from Marketing, Sales, Customer Marketing, and Finance to develop accurate consensus total forecast by incorporating commercial plans to baseline forecast
• Ensures that all agreements from monthly forecast meetings are incorporated into the final forecasts
• Communicates forecast deviations and challenges assumptions; Provides visibility on risks and opportunities in forecast vs financial budget/estimates during the monthly cycle
• Identify and resolve exceptional changes in the forecasts and ensures supply availability
• Validates the S&OP Forecast versus financial budget and latest estimates for assigned brand as well as for direct reports
• Calculates the monthly orders / purchases based on S&OP Forecast, lead time, and pre-determined parameters based on KPI, company standard, and contractual budget
• Manages inventory within supply planning parameters (days cover, safety stocks, lead-time, etc.) ordering of stocks while balancing inventory KPIs and contractual purchase obligation with Principal
• Provide visibility on the arriving new launches to be registered in FDA
• Works with cross-functional departments in improving KPIs such as Stockholding, Forecast Accuracy, Service Level, and Inventory Mix, SLOB and E&O
• Monitors, flags and follow through on SLOB move-out plans
• Works with Customer Service Specialist to plan the distribution of stocks across channels
• Liaises with Supply Logistics, Import, Warehouse, Principals, and Regional HQ for shipment and stocks related concerns
• Perform ad hoc tasks as required, in support of contingency planning
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning processes
• Perform KPI setting na review with direct reports and ensure development plans are discussed and implemented
• Demonstrate leadership in engaging and working with internal and external resources and actively engage with peers to improve processes and methodologies

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferably in the area of Supply Chain, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, or other quantitative business discipline
• 4-5 years' experience in Supply Chain specializing in Demand Planning and Supply Planning
• Experience with SAP (SD and MAP modules); Advanced Microsoft Office skills
• Detailed oriented; excellent math and critical thinking skills required, as well as the ability to communicate at the appropriate level of detail or summarization, given the audience and objective
• Collaborative and able to work with cross functional team members
• Proven results running meetings where cross-functional decisions are needed and reached using analysis and facilitation skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral)

Do you have what it takes to succeed in a fast-paced and intense environment? Do you thrive on challenges? Do you want to bring innovative ideas to life? Are you keen to abandon the status quo, try new things, embrace failures as lessons, recover fast, yet always pursue excellence?

If so, you are the one we are looking for. JOIN US and let's grow together.

Championing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
LUXASIA aspires to build a One Team of talents that reflects the diversity of the communities in our operating markets. LUXASIA is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, nationality or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, marital status, or any other characteristics as provided by law.

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