Senior Demand Planner

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Job details

Company overview

We are an innovative solution provider specializing in the health and wellness sector in Japan. The company develops medical devices and healthcare solutions based on advanced technology and in-depth understanding. This helps improve the quality of healthcare and optimize patient care, thereby contributing to better health. The company also pursues sustainable innovation and contributes to improving health and wellbeing in society. We are committed to providing comprehensive healthcare solutions through a variety of partnerships and collaborations.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Create Sales, Marketing, Consensus forecast for the assigned planning horizon, BU and/or Customer Planning Groups by creating the statistical baseline forecast and enriching it with all relevant input from Sales, Customers, Customer Project Managers, Supply/Operations, Marketing, Finance and adjacent functions.
• Collect input for phase-in/out & promotions and manage the underlying process for the market and/or customers.
• Review and analyze historical sales trends, sell out, stock in-trade, research demand drivers, prepare forecast analytics and evaluate forecast results.
• Lead conversation with relevant counterparts, propose forecast adjustments and challenge assumptions underpinning input.
• Support all relevant functions in creating and communicating gap closing scenarios.
• Support all relevant functions in preparing, planning, communicating and revising forecast for Customer Forecast Review Meeting, Business Integration Meeting and/or Market Leadership meeting.
• Adjust forecasts based on meeting outputs

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Min 8 years of business experience with 5 years of experience in Demand, Supply, or Manufacturing Planning, S&OP/ IBP, and/ or Forecasting Experience.
• Communication skills in both Japanese and English.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams.
• Good expectation / service level control both in terms of demand planning/execution & supply planning/execution.
• Analytical Skills with high knowledge of Microsoft applications.
• People management experience preferred but flexibility & open mind-set required as immediate assignment will not be a people manager.
• Neutral/Positive mind set as to fit to rapid changing environments.

Preferred qualifications:

• University Bachelors Degree in Economics, Commercials, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance or equivalent major preferred
• SAP experiences preferred.
• Demand planning application experiences preferred.

Salary

8 - 12 million yen

Location

Tokyo