Demand Planning Leader

1 week ago

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Chalhoub Group Full time
Job Description

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Demand Planning Leader to join our team at Chalhoub Group. As a key member of our supply chain function, you will be responsible for managing and leading the validation of demand signals through data analytics.

Your Key Responsibilities:

  • Review planning and forecasting outputs and communicate KPIs to relevant team members.
  • Work closely with Demand Planners to understand expected forecasts.
  • Assist in the development of the Demand Plan where needed; determine what is required in the demand, supply and inventory plans to support business needs.
  • Support demand team in the mitigation of specific factors (demand drivers, supply constraints) relevant within the category which must be carefully managed in the S&OP process.
  • Support any action plans involving price adjustments.
  • Develop and test different options for stock size, composition and age profile and recommend optimum stock model to support agreed Demand and business plans.
  • Implement inventory strategies based on cost benefit analysis as defined by the strategic objectives and goals.
  • Set KPIs that align with multiple stakeholders' objectives for inventory optimization to attain short term and long term goals.
  • Lead supply planning efforts across functions to optimally fulfill business needs, including leading the S&OP process where required.
  • Identify supply constraints which are business critical and work with supply partners to try and improve them to enable improved planning, inventory and service levels.
  • Identify gaps in current supply or Demand plans and propose remedial action.
  • Leverage order generation algorithms to ensure stock availability.
  • Monitor supply planning adherence to demand plan.
  • Communicate to all relevant stakeholders about adherence to agreed inventory levels to ensure maintenance of performance and immediate response to developing issues.
  • Identify constraints and options on available space and alert the business to impending issues.
  • Develop suppliers to achieve capability levels required to support our business.
  • Secure supplier involvement in internal company initiatives where relevant (joint planning and stock management, new product development etc) to give the business a strategic advantage.
  • Lead the specification and agreement of KPIs and SLAs with key suppliers ensuring legal compliance.
  • Conduct an assortment of negotiations to accomplish organization objectives.
  • Create options for contracting, sourcing, relationships or risk improvement, using the category sourcing frameworks.
  • Assist in the setting of sourcing strategies to develop new and emerging sources of supply.
  • Validate assumptions and robustness of sourcing strategies.
  • Assess existing and prospective suppliers' capabilities against evolving business needs and ensure that the business has an adequate and sustainable supply base.
  • Ensure gaps in current and/or potential capabilities are clearly identified and plans are developed to deal with them.
  • Partner with Group Logistics and Group Legal to determine the appropriate standard Incoterms approach to use for each type of cargo and address any violations or code of ethics breach.
  • Manage the transportation of a portfolio of different cargo types including optimising fleets and maintaining a distribution network.
  • Challenge selected methods of transportation and recommend alternative approaches.
  • Prepare back-up transportation routes to mitigate any potential risks.
  • Establish storage strategies and plans; set KPIs to ensure transactions, costs, and health and safety strategy expectations are met.
  • Optimize stock allocation in warehouses.
  • Select the appropriate options to maximise efficiency and service levels.
  • Ensure strategies, resources and business processes are developed and in place to accommodate inventory returns and ensure inventory planning adjustments are made accordingly.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to identify secondary markets or disposal facilities for unsold goods.
  • Apply cost modelling techniques to internal flow of money and explain implications on revenue to management.
  • Implement financial analysis methods such as cost volume profit and cost/price models.
  • Identify, propose and, if required, implement agreed changes of portfolio mix in order to optimise the price/mix ratio.
  • Assess sources of supply and costs using multitiered supply chain costing approaches and apply them throughout the life of a supply agreement.
  • Identify and implement, where required, opportunities to reduce cost and/or supply risk.
  • Assess macro-economic factors impacting the costs of products and follow trends to identify potential issues and opportunities.
  • Leverage market data to analyse any type of external risk (macro-economic risks, foreign exchange risk) and recommend action plan to mitigate risks.
  • Design a framework on the acceptable levels of risk for the business in coordination with the business leadership.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to establish KPIs for network.
  • Lead complex design and optimization studies and implementation.
  • Perform basic activities to manage the space at the location using siloed solutions (e.g. Excel, Access, CAD, etc.).

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