SIOP Demand Planning Leader
Carrier
- Pudong, Shanghai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with Commercial Leaders to develop an 18-month consensus demand plan for assigned BU through the monthly SIOP cycle.
- Partner with stakeholders across teams to capture all inputs to the demand plan and to ensure adjustments and improvements to forecasting models and methodologies are implemented.
- Integrate firm backlog, order pipeline, bookings forecast, statistical forecasting, portfolio management, NPI, market intelligence and other product demand signals to create a consensus demand forecast.
- Coordinates cross-functional discussions to document and challenge demand plan assumptions and refine the forecast.
- Analyze performance and metrics to identify causes of forecast error and bias and develop and implement plans to correct errors.
- Stay updated on market trends, industry dynamics, and customer behavior.
- Develop plan to capture opportunities and identified demand changes.
- Collaborate with senior management to align demand planning initiatives with overall business strategies and goals. Ensure alignment between revenue and demand plans.
- Understand the drivers of demand changes, customers, and revenue impacts and potential effects on the downstream processes.
- Lead the SIOP Demand Reviews, prepare all data and metrics for review, identify gaps and scenarios that must be presented, guide final decision making on open items and trade-offs, and prepare escalations for executive review where appropriate.
- Create the SIOP Demand Review minutes, communicate key conclusion to stakeholders and perform follow up of the actions.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts to advance the demand planning and forecasting process capabilities.
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain (SIOP, Forecasting, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Materials Management, Master Planning, Scheduling)