QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Demand Planning Specialist to join our Demand to Delivery (D2D) Team in Haier Europe Türkiye.
The position is located in İstanbul.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering or Mathematics
- Having minimum 3 years Supply Chain Experience,
- Having minimum 2 years Demand Planning Experience,
- Excellent command of both written and spoken English,
- SAP knowledge is a plus,
- Business Intelligence Knowledge is a plus,
- Ability to quickly adapt to new demands and challenges,
- Comfortable working with cross-functional team members,
- Strong written and verbal communication skills,
- Strong technical usage of Order Management Systems and good knowledge about MS Office Programs (Power Point, Excel, Word),
- No military service for men candidates.
Job Description
- Build Collaborative Demand Plan; Regularly interact with sales & marketing teams to gather customer plans & other demand inputs. Determine deviations vs. demand plan, gain alignment, & document key assumptions,
- Review Demand Plan; Prepare & participate in the Monthly & Weekly discipline process to develop an aligned demand plan. Gaps & opportunities are identified, quantified & addressed,
- Synchronize Supply & Demand; Ensure alignment of final demand plan to supply plan. Identify and ensure communication of supply risks/opportunities/constraints, potential solutions,
- Manage master data & SKU lifestage for appropriate planning,
- Measure & Track Performance; Measure, report, and drive improvement of demand planning process & results,
- Responsible for the inventory projections,
- Collaborate with Marketing for advertising and promotional activities / with Finance & Treasury for transfers and tax payments,
- Follow and report stock levels and communicate with central planing & factories & suppliers for urgents or postponement requests,
- Create purchase orders in the system acc to supplier master data,
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure supply planning effectiveness,
- Monitor KPIs regularly,identify performance gaps, and implement corrective action to improve efficiency and accuracy,
- Coordinate the customs operation with customs broker with the need customs documentations,
- Ensure month end procedure within aligned time period agreed with finance team and warehouse team by closing all the delivery notes, invoices,
- Using ordering and forecasting systems/tools actively and efficiently.