Job Description

Location: East
Salary: Up to $6.2K (Depending on experience)

Job Scope:

Maintain the master global demand schedule to give the factory clear, long-term production visibility
Analyze historical sales data, seasonality, and market trends to build rolling 12-month demand forecasts
Aggregate, review, and validate monthly sales forecasts from all international market units and regional distributors
Collaborate with the sales and marketing teams to factor in retail promotions, trade tenders, and seasonal spikes
Track forecast accuracy metrics (MAPE/Bias), run root-cause analysis on variances, and adjust models accordingly
Translate consolidated global demand into a Master Production Schedule (MPS).
Translate demand signals into monthly actionable production and packaging schedules for own canning facilities or co-packers.
Balance production runs to optimize factory efficiency (minimizing line changeovers between different fish types/sauces) while meeting market delivery deadlines.
Manage safety stock allocations across regional hubs, shifting inventory dynamically if one market experiences a sudden shortage or surge.
Balance target inventory levels with shelf-life constraints to minimize slow-moving stock, obsolescence, and write-offs.
Ability to lead Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) alignment meetings to resolve demand-supply imbalances and mitigate stockout risks
Material & Constraint Management
Partner with procurement to ensure raw material availability (local or imported fish, tinplate, local ingredients) aligns with the production plan.
Factor in manufacturing operational constraints, such as fishing seasons, plant maintenance, and public holiday shutdowns.

Job Requirements:

Min. Degree in supply chain management/ Logistics/ Operations or any relevant field
Min. 2-3 years relevant planner experience preferably in FMCG/ Food/ Beverage industry
Working knowledge in ERP systems/ SAP, Oracle etc

Interested candidates may apply by submitting their updated resume to [Confidential Information]

Melissa Zhang Zhiqi (Mezzo)
CEI No: R2197564
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