SCM Assistant Manager

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Job details

Company overview

We are the Japanese subsidiary of a U.S.-based international food company, widely operating in the fields of food, pet care, and snacks. We are particularly known for our chocolates, candies, and pet foods. We offer a range of internationally recognized brands to the domestic market, including colorful chocolate candies, snack bars, and pet foods. We are committed to product quality and strive to enhance customer satisfaction while emphasizing sustainable business practices. Specifically, we actively engage in environmental protection and social contribution activities, aiming to coexist harmoniously with local communities. To meet consumer needs, we continuously pursue the development of new products and the improvement of our services.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:
Our company is fast growing business within Health &Wellbeing platform. One of the fastest growing & biggest markets in Asia will be South Korea. Meeting S. Korea consumer / customer expectation is critical for further Asia growth. This position is important to ensure the success of supply planning with new customers including new channels and new products (10-20SKUs in total).As for supply network, external manufactures (EMs) are critical business drivers adding current supply network from China or Europe. Asia business plans to expand utilization of EMs in Asia (outside China) by leveraging local sourcing benefits. This position manages some of logistics / supply planning roles related to new EMs.
Main responsibilities:

• Inventory pipeline planning for South Korea market
  • Plan inventory pipeline and achieve good balance among service, capacity, Non-Quality cost and cash.
  • Calculate order volume and communicate to outside Korea sourcing factories enhancing systems (SAP, etc.)
  • Build constructive relationship with sourcing counterparts to maintain high operational quality and future improvement.
  • Track & Analyse Customer Service Level, Aging Inventory & Overall Inventory level, and drive improvement.
  • Be a good partner of Korea demand team to manage OOS risks and aging items.
  • Improve inventory pipeline planning process as mid-term objective.
• Co work with the Korea supply team, providing necessary information timely
  • Korean domestic logistics (from custom clearance to delivery to customers) to be managed by the Korea supply team. This position will co work with them.
  • Provide custom clearance related document / information.
  • Raise inspection requests working with quality function.
  • Track & Analyse supply related cost (storage, handling, freight to customer, Custom Clearance, etc.) & KPIs (Logistics claims, etc.)
  • Update Inventory flight pass.
• External manufactures related logistics / supply planning management
  • Manage tuck delivery and export (Mainly buy ocean) related logistics with EMs and 3rd party suppliers.
  • Lead to manage some parts of supply planning such as (but not limited to) packages and raw materials, with EMs, suppliers and other planners in the company.
• Contribute to the team
  • Attend SWAT (NPD related) meeting and input Korea SCM related topics, such as capacity, lead time, etc.
  • Active participation to brand activity as member of Korea team / Asia SCM team.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Fluent in Japanese (Business level)
• English communication skills in writing, reading, speaking and listening. (Equivalent to TOEIC > 800)
• 5 years+ experience in SCM function in manufacturer.
• SCM function includes demand forecasting, supply planning, logistics management, customer order taking, import custom management etc.
• 1 Years+ experience in Supply Planning.
• Working experience in international communication.
• SAP operation experience can be advantage

Preferred qualifications:

• Korean language skills will be advantage

Salary

8 - 10 million yen

Location

Tokyo