Local Demand Planner

**Company Description**
JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is a global coffee & tea company based in NetherlandS. For more than 265 years, we have been inspired by the belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Today our coffee & tea portfolio is available in over 140 countries around the world through iconic household names including: Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, L’OR, Douwe Egberts, TiÓra, Super, Kenco, Pilao & Gevalia.

The JDE APAC region combines a diverse brand portfolio, promoting our global brands to the Asian markets whilst also owning a wide range of beloved heritage brand cherished by our Asian customers. Brands such as Old Town, Super, Maxwell House, Owl and Ye Ye have become household names, deeply ingrained in the cultural fabric of the Asian market.

JDE APAC operates across the region in 7 key markets consisting of Australia, Greater China, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and an international export market. Manufacturing and packing operations are managed from six manufacturing locations namely in Malaysia (Johor Bahru, Ipoh), Thailand, China, Australia, and New Zealand.

Situated in Singapore, the Singapore ADM cluster business serves as a strategic base for expanding JDE’s global presence in the Asian region. Singapore also serves as a operating hub for the APAC leadership team and the regional corporate functions such as Finance, Internal Controls, Marketing, HR and Corporate Affairs.
- Create a demand plan in weekly buckets (first year) and monthly buckets (second year) representing the shipments to customers.
- Loads the weekly promo forecast in SAP and reviews carefully to ensure total forecast is correctly calculated.
- Integrate innovations into the demand plan based on the monthly IBP Marketing meeting. Define for new SKUs the local master data. Weekly follow up on actuals versus forecast after launch to update forecast with latest expectations. Manage the phase out of finished goods with guidance of the Regional Supply Planner in case other SKUs will be delisted
- Review and adjust the total demand forecast to ensure an up to date forecast in the weekly process for the release to supply planning. Reflect the agreed volumes in the total demand forecast in the monthly Integrated Business Planning process as a basis for KPI measurements.
- Cross functional alignment. Validate that all functions plan based on the same forecast: Align the demand forecast assumptions different functions in the Marketing and Sales unit, such as Sales, Marketing, Finance. Ensure that the aligned forecast of the MSU is equal to the demand forecast the regional planning team is using to develop supply plans. Document the monthly sign off of the general manager on the 18 months rolling demand forecast.
- Perform product portfolio analysis to validate the SKU volumes versus operations and financial hurdle rates.
- For the supply from the JDE manufacturing plants cooperate with the Regional Supply Planner to ensure availability of finished goods in the MSU warehouse according to minimum and maximum stock rules. Raise expected service issues and inform stakeholders with information about root cause analysis and stock availability.
- Execute stock aging and slow moving & obsolete investigations and propose actions to the Regional Supply Planner to improve the quality of the stock. The Regional Supply is responsible for the stock quantities in terms of weeks coverage and absolute value.
- Ensure subcontracting activities are executed carefully, collaborating with external vendors, to meet on time and in full market demand.
- Responsible for main brands within Export MSU as well as strategic markets Philippines and Vietnam. For Philippines a weekly dialogue with customer is key to ensure the end
- to end supply chain is optimized: order
- and production lead times, shipping process, SAP SKU setup and customer collaboration.
- Create overviews that clearly depict risks related to supply constraints in volume and value (NOS), escalates this during weekly calls with manufacturing units as well as with management teams.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum 3 years of Supply Chain planning experience;
- Experienced with SAP APO;
- Good communication skills;
- Highly analytical and accurate;
- Eager to take ownership and initiative;
- Results driven & Capable of influencing others;