Demand Planning Senior Manager

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Job details

Company overview

Global specialty pharmaceutical company with a local manufacturing site in Japan.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Demand Planning related (80%)
  • As a people manager of Demand Planning Group, manage the performance of members and develop talents/organization.
  • Develop accurate demand forecast as an expert of demand planning for products assigned.
  • Review statistical demand forecasts, and incorporate the potential impact of market trend and special events together with Marketing.
  • Lead the monthly demand consensus process and confirm Approved Demand Forecast in collaboration with Marketing and Finance.
  • Monitor and manage the accuracy of demand forecast, address issues, and improve forecast accuracy.
  • Work on the consolidation of Budget and Approved Demand Forecast.Develop demand forecast in an efficient manner by utilizing supply chain planning systems.
  • Lead the internal S&OP process and related meetings.
  • Work on the improvement of internal planning process.
• Collaboration with Supply Planning and related functions (20%)
  • Review the gap between demand and inventory level together with Local and Global supply planning teams, and escalate cases whenthere is a gap to Supply Issue Handling Team in Demand Planning. (English communication and negotiation skills are required.)

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Must have the knowledge and experience in SCM Planning.
• Experience as people manager in Supply Chain division (5 years or more as people manager)
• Work experience in Supply Chain division (5 years or more in demand planning)
• Deep understanding of and experience in demand forecasting, production planning and inventory management
• Knowledge and understanding of supply chain related concepts
• Knowledge and understanding of demand forecasting and reporting tools (business intelligence tools)
• Experience in inventory managementIn-depth knowledge of SAP (and SCM related modules such as Rapid Response) is preferable.
• MS Office Suite®, especially Excel skills are required.
• Strong sense of leadership and ownership
• Ability to smoothly communicate with internal/external stakeholders
• Accurate and thorough execution of administrative tasks
• Highly conscious about compliance
• Motivation to take up new challenges and expand the scope of work
• Experienced and highly conscious about process improvement

Preferable qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical industry is preferable.
• 5 years or more of experience in supply chain planning at pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, or pharmaceutical API company.
• Understanding of and experience in leading S&OP process.
• General knowledge of SCM such as APICS CPIM.

Salary

9 - 12.5 million yen

Location

Tokyo