Demand Planning Executive

Biomedia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Bang Yai)

Nonthaburi, Thailand

Founded in 1981 by Mr David Chung, Biomedia is one of Singapore’s leading Biomedical and Life Sciences services companies and around Asia which provides laboratories, clinical, biomedical, nuclear science and industrial science with a large range of medical and laboratory products such as general equipment, lab consumables, medical devices and materials. Over the last 35 years, the company has successfully grown from a small industry player to one of the most respectable names in the biomedical and life sciences industry. At Biomedia, we share a common set of beliefs and core values which is the foundation of our success. Our core values of Leadership, Integrity, Excellence, Unity and Security not only greatly define how we work but also embody the spirit and energy of Biomedia. This is clearly demonstrated by our staff strength of more than 185 people in 8 subsidiaries and 3 associated companies across 4 South East Asian countries, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and the company’s upcoming market expansion plans in Indonesia and growing presence in Brunei.

About this position

The Demand Planning Executive is responsible for leading the S&OP process, ensuring accurate demand forecasts, and collaborating with various teams to optimize supply chain performance.

Responsibilities

Planning
• Lead and responsible for the S&OP process within each business unit.
• Utilize historical data, market trends and inputs from sales and marketing teams to ensure regional offices develop accurate and timely bottom-up demand forecast for products.
• Analyze demand patterns and identify factors that may impact demand fluctuations.
• Formulate and develop a set of statistical forecast methodology to address the demand plan.
• Collaborate with Sales Support executives and Sales Managers to consolidate forecast and ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
• Shape forecast for the key sales channel and coordinate with Supply Planning to define individual safety stock level.
• Collaborate with Operations teams in stocks planning and replenishment and allocations to distributor markets in our regional offices.
• Monitor the supply status and coordinate with Sales team for supply allocation decision during constrained situation.

Systems and Processes and Performance Management
• Monitor demand associated metrics such as forecast accuracy, bias error, etc as part of KPI.
• Proactively identify opportunities for demand planning process improvement.
• Generate regular reports and dashboards to communicate demand planning insights, KPI and performance trends to stakeholders and senior management.
• Partake in the demand-related discussions with key account customers.
• Participate in meetings to contribute to the developing strategies and programs which will improve our processes and overall competitiveness.
• Manage the team’s KPIs with the reporting manager and ensuring motivated performance of the team and their welfare.
• Undertake any other ad-hoc projects/ tasks assigned by the Director

Requirements

• Degree holder in Supply Chain Management, Statistics or other Business related discipline
• Relevant experience in a trading & distribution environment with at least 5 years of experience
• A hands-on person with experience in Demand Planning and Shipping Experience with Navision (ERP) will be an added advantage.
• Relevant experience in S&OP or IBP process is required.
• Good proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Proficient in MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint (V-Lookup, Pivot Table)
• Critical thinker with problem-solving skills and able to withstand pressure.
• Team leader mentality, good time-management skills, great interpersonal and communication skills