Demand and Supply Planner, Asia Pacific

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Clarins Group is a trusted French family-owned company, a leader in skincare and make-up, operating in more than 150 countries.

We are looking for a **Demand and Supply Planner, Asia Pacific.**

**About the Job**

The Demand and Supply Planner is the business partner for the General Manager on all Planning matters. He/She is responsible for coordinating the forecasting for the assigned market through gathering and critiquing of data from Sales/Commercial and Marketing teams.

The Demand and Supply Planner leads the market S&OP process with the GM, ensuring forecasts are accurate, gaps vs. budget are addressed, and sound business decisions are made.

He/She translates demand into supply needs, works with the regional inventory team to secure allocation, manages supply for launches, promotions, and core SKUs, and mitigates potential risks.

**Demand Planning**
- Develop rolling demand forecasts at market, channel, line range, and SKU levels, using statistical models, sales input, and market trends.
- Build product sales forecasts across the lifecycle (launches, mature, phase-out, discontinuation). Drive effective planning for new launches and re-launches to optimize product availability and align with business strategy.
- Manage promotions, delistings, and phase-in/phase-out processes in close collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Planning to secure high service levels.
- Contribute to the product ABCD analysis, driving continuous product catalogue harmonization to fulfil both business needs and in alignment with Regional / Global directions.
- Animate the monthly best estimates using the orders on hand considering internal stocks availability and at the customer level, where applicable.
- Evaluate the impact of future products events (launch/offers) on future sales volumes.
- Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, and highlight gaps versus targets.
- Lead monthly Demand Review as part of S&OP process.

**Supply Planning**
- Manage supply planning for the assigned market.
- Translate market demand into supply requirements, ensuring product availability while minimizing excess/obsolete stock.
- Identify top deviation gaps and provide risk assessments and mitigation activities.
- Identify supply management bottlenecks, define solutions and to communicate the opportunity cost of bottlenecks and drives improvements to solve them.
- Follow up and manage inventory shortages / excesses, with Marketing team through arbitration/ allocation. Optimize the inventory depletion (sales, staff sales, returns & disposal )
- Monitor and manage inventory shelf-life / expiry dates minimizing write-offs whilst improving processes to avoid obsolescence.
- Check and update the stock parameters (safety stock, lead time, etc).

**Monthly KPI and**Reporting**:

- Develop and generate monthly Forecast Accuracy & Fill Rate report.
- Identify root cause and develop action plans with other functions in the assigned market to deliver supply chain KPIs.

**Cross-Functional Collaboration**
- Act as key interface between local market and regional/global planning teams.
- Partner with Supply Chain Operations team to ensure timely deliveries and resolve supply chain disruptions.
- Provide insights for Sales/Commercial and Marketing teams on supply feasibility for campaigns and promotions.
- Support business planning cycles (budget, strategic plan).

Other responsibilities may be added to the above, which are consistent with the title **Demand and Supply Planner**

**About you**:
**Education/Degree or equivalent**
- Bachelor's Degree or combination of college education and related work experience may be used as a substitute.

**Background including total years of experience**:

- At least 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience.
- In-depth understanding of forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, and inventory planning.

**Soft and Leadership Skills**
- Strong mathematical and statistical knowledge
- Highly organized with attention to detail.
- Adaptation to new concepts and tools.
- Excellent relation skills: listening and communication.
- Consensus building.
- Strategic influencing.
- Ability to generate transversal cooperation and teamwork.
- Succinct mind.
- Rigorous and structured.

**Technical Skills**
- Sensitivity to customers’ and business needs in cosmetics, FMCG, or similar industries.
- A good command of the Supply Chain planning, and stock management processes (sales forecast, needs calculation and planning, stock policy and management)
- Master MSOffice (Excel, PowerPoint)
- Master informatics ERP tools (SAP, M3).
- Knowledge of main mathematical algorithm used in sales forecasts and KPIs.

**About the benefits**:

- 71 years of expertise in beauty and spa, with the Clarins and myBlend brands
- Unique products and innovative services
- A commitment to Social & Environmental Responsibility embedded in our raison d'être
- A caring and inclusive corporate culture
- Developme