Our client is the award winning wholesale pets and family brand - and they are looking for an Assistant Manager to join the demand planning team:

Main Duties:

• Support all demand/supply planning activities for all regions of the Group to ensure supply continuity, including maintaining the optimal stock levels in all warehouses under the Group
• Running monthly forecasting meetings with all sales teams and working with them on a daily basis to manage demand forecast and market needs
• Providing our brands/vendors on regular forecasting and when necessary
• Working with operations teams to ensure the supply chain efficiency
• Support new product launch plan to ensure the right product to be delivered with the right quantity at the right time to meet launch schedule
• Support the annual purchasing budgeting process, reduce excess/ slow-moving inventory, and drive inventory optimization
• Continue to improve and fine tune regionalized demand forecasting and stockturn.
• Facilitate a collaborative planning process with sales, marketing and other parties to obtain and ensure that current and accurate information is used for demand forecasts.
• Produce demand planning, and stockturn and various KPI performance reports for review by supervisor. Review demand related KPIs and follow-up actions on a monthly basis with sales and supply planning.
• Monitor the realized performance compared to the formulated planning and set priorities or alter the plan accordingly through consultation.
• Overall responsibility for developing and coordinating mid, long-term replenishment plans by balancing product demand in the markets with production capacity available in the manufacturing sites, while optimizing overall stock

Requirement:

• Bachelors degree required Advanced degree in business, quantitative analysis, statistics, or equivalent preferred.
• Strong experience with ERP systems is required.
• 4 years of related experience with a good understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 2-3 years demand planning experience preferred.
• Strong quantitative/problem solving skills are a core requirement of this job, including experience developing complex models.
• Familiar with financial analysis related to inventory management and comfortable evaluating and communicating impacts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Mandarin is a must.
• Self-motviated, detailed oriented and demostrates a sense of urgency

Perks:

• 5-day work week
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Birthday Leave
• Medical Insurance
• Staff Purchase Discount
• Staff Engagement Activities