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About this position

The Global Demand & Supply Planning Manager at HP is responsible for managing a range of supply chain processes, coordinating with suppliers, executing demand and supply matching activities, and contributing to demand forecasting and business process enhancement.

Responsibilities

• Manages a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes, such as inventory analysis & planning, demand management, logistics management, and import/ export operations typically with a large or complex global business unit.
• Coordinate & negotiate with suppliers and/ or manufacturers.
• Independently executes the demand & supply matching activities, connecting planning to execution, and identifying issues and their impact.
• Drives backlog management.
• Gathers demand data from country, region & account managers to synthesize information using complex analyses, and delivers demand signals to the supply base to contribute to demand forecasting.
• Coordinates, leads regional & global business unit planning teams to maintain & enhance the current business processes.
• Reviews performance metrics on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Contributes to priority projects with complex analyses & assists in developing recommendations.
• Coordinates, develops, and manages a Regulatory Trade Compliance program.

Requirements

• First level university degree or equivalent experience; may have advanced university degree.
• Typically 4-6 years of experience in Commodity/ Material planning.
• Strong understanding of supply chain processes (Plan, source, make, and deliver).
• Very strong analytical & data modeling skills.
• Very strong communication & influencing skills; mastery in English & local Thailand language.
• Proven relationship management skills.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), statistical analysis, and financial modeling.
• Extensive understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Available to Promise (ATP), and master scheduling.
• Good understanding of national & international trade requirements to align customs/ trade function with business objectives.
• Thorough knowledge of inventory analysis.
• Developed leadership skills including team-building and conflict resolution and management.

Benefits