About the Role
This position is responsible for leading and integrating demand planning, material planning, and distribution planning activities to ensure optimal availability of materials and finished goods. The role balances service levels, inventory, cost, and capacity while ensuring planning accuracy, cross-functional alignment, and disciplined execution to support business objectives and customer commitments.
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Key Accountability Areas
Demand Planning and Forecast Management
- Lead the demand planning process by consolidating inputs from sales, projects, and commercial teams.
- Ensure demand forecasts are accurate, validated, and aligned with business assumptions and market trends.
- Oversee demand review cycles and manage forecast changes to minimize volatility and supply disruption.
- Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and demand visibility.
Material Planning and Supply Readiness
- Oversee material planning activities to ensure timely availability of raw materials, components, and packaging.
- Ensure alignment between demand plans, production plans, and procurement strategies.
- Monitor material shortages, excess, and obsolescence risks and drive corrective actions.
- Ensure effective use of planning parameters, lead times, and inventory policies.
Distribution Planning and Inventory Optimization
- Lead distribution planning to ensure optimal allocation of finished goods across warehouses and channels.
- Balance service levels, stock availability, and logistics cost through effective distribution planning.
- Oversee inventory levels, stock aging, and redistribution actions across locations.
- Coordinate with logistics and warehouse teams to support efficient product flow.
Integrated Planning and Cross-Functional Coordination
- Drive alignment across demand planning, material planning, production planning, procurement, and logistics.
- Ensure planning decisions support sales commitments, project requirements, and operational constraints.
- Participate in S&OP or integrated planning forums to support decision-making and issue resolution.
- Escalate planning risks and constraints with clear options and recommendations.
Planning Governance, Systems, and Performance
- Ensure planning processes are executed in line with approved policies, procedures, and system standards.
- Oversee planning data accuracy and effective use of ERP planning tools.
- Define, monitor, and review planning KPIs related to forecast accuracy, service level, inventory, and planning adherence.
- Lead initiatives to improve planning efficiency, visibility, and data quality.
Team Leadership and Capability Development
- Lead, coach, and develop the planning team to ensure strong analytical and execution capabilities.
- Set clear objectives, monitor performance, and support professional development within the section.
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Role Accountability
HR Proficiency:
- Ability to recruit, recognize, and cultivate high performers, creating a robust second line of management.
- Ability to recognize low performers and guide them to improve or release them.
- Equivalent treatment of subordinates without discrimination.
- Assessment based on performance that leads to planned results.
- Ensure availability of delegation of authority matrix per company policy.
Responsibility:
- Own operations as per the job description and required deliverables, in line with general company guidelines.
- Anticipate problems and take proactive steps to prevent them.
- Make necessary and appropriate timely decisions.
Delivery:
- Deliver required results in a timely manner with the necessary quality and cost.
- Make a tangible difference in the area of operation and exceed business expectations.
Business Planning and Performance:
- Transform corporate goals into actionable business plans.
- Plan, follow up, and execute annual or development plans.
- Monitor plan performance and initiate actions to enhance results, taking corrective actions as necessary.
- Provide periodic work progress reports.
- Monitor and control budgets and expenses to achieve optimum cost efficiency.
Organizational Development:
- Develop organizational structure according to current needs, considering future and development plans.
- Ensure job descriptions are available for all roles and properly deployed.
Business Process Improvements:
- Develop and coordinate well-defined systems, policies, and procedures, seeking automation opportunities wherever possible.
- Navigate IT solutions relevant to the job and business effectively.
- Promote automated systems and encourage their comprehensive use.
Quality:
- Recognize quality as a prime competitive advantage and act accordingly.
Adaptation:
- Adapt to new techniques, technologies, management structures, and business models.
Health, Safety and Environment:
- Ensure a safe, secure, and legal work environment in accordance with standard regulations.
Academic Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
Work Experience
Technical / Functional Competencies
- Materials Flow Analysis
- Materials/Parts Knowledge
- Continuous Flow Production
- Demand Management
- Workforce Demand Analysis
- Demand Forecasting
- Distribution Resource Planning (DRP)
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP/MRPII)
