Regional Planning and Master Data Specialist

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**Key Areas of Accountability/Responsibility**
- Manage the master data entry processes for SAP and ensure the value of the master data is maintained by enforcing policy and procedures
- Collaborate with business owners to further develop and publish master rules, processes and systems to support product master data
- Ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness and management of product master data collection
- Ensure compliance with business standards and procedures, as adopted by the
- company and work to continuously improve data standards, quality, repositories and processes that include original input, change functions, auditing and cleaning
- Implement, manage and take ownership of standards/templates
- Generate detailed extraction, cleaning and reporting designs necessary to satisfy requirements including a KPI of data accuracy to drive continuous improvement
- Establish, enforce and coordinate execution of workflow procedures to bring about timely and accurate population of master data elements
- Maintain relationships with all stakeholders managing or utilizing master data within the information system Ensure consistency and integrity of master data elements which exist in multiple information systems or documents
- Bring the facets of business requirements/IT requirements/information together to find the most effective and efficient solutions to serve internal/external customers better
- Identify potential situations that may impede the successful maintenance of service level agreements in processing data to address the business needs of the organization
- Monitoring of IDOC electronic flow to ensure that information between the 2 systems (P45 & Q26) are transmitted correctly.
- Plan for replenishment to meet the sales projection so as to support the marketing team in meeting their sales budget.
- Meet the corporate inventory target set for Asia Pacific to achieve the desired working capital. We have to lead regional sales and operation meetings with market planners in the region so as to discuss the optimization of inventory holding as well as any operations issues which arise.
- Plan for replenishment to meet the sales projection so as to support the marketing team in meeting their sales budget.
- Meet the corporate inventory target set for Asia Pacific to achieve the desired working capital. We have to lead regional sales and operation meetings with market planners in the region so as to discuss the optimization of inventory holding as well as any operations issues which arise.
- align sales plan and supply capability with the aim to narrow the gap between supply and demand, driving actions to achieve inventory targets.
- Be the contact point for all supply allocation related issues for Asia Pacific. This role is applicable to both stock in and non-stock items.
- Establish an inventory management process with third-party service provider(s) so as to ensure inventory accuracy, healthy inventory turnover, minimize damages, appropriate storage conditions and disposal conditions. All these are to conform to the guidelines defined by the corporate financial controller.
- Be the focal point for all Asia Pacific product supply related topics.
- Be a key member of the Supply Planning Continuous Improvement Task Force and lead individual improvement initiatives driving cost and/or efficiency savings.
- Participate in IT related work process improvements for the material management module to enhance overall efficiency of the planning process in the Asia Pacific region.
- Work with alternative sources of supply which are nominated by the corporate procurement group to ensure smooth material flow to Asia Pacific.
- Be the focal point for the APAC region, for all label-related issues; eg, printing of product labels, update SAP master data; packaging material;
- Key user for the APO (Applied Planning Optimization) system and is the key contact point for all APO-related issues.
- Key user for the batch harmonized system in terms of being the gatekeeper for all batch master data in the P45 system.
- Be focal point for Regional Distribution Center, for all import clearance activities. Carry out administrative duties to support audit requirements and ensure smooth tax rebates claims under the Major Exporter Scheme.

**Required Education & Skills**
- Bachelor degree in business administration or other supply chain management related field and or equivalent.
- 3 - 5 years’ related working experience in an MNC environment will be preferred.
- Proficient in SAP system.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Power BI, Everyangle.

**The Procedure & Contact**

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