Demand Planning Specialist

CANDY HOOVER EUROASİA EV GEREÇLERİ SANAYİ VE TİCARET A.Ş. / Haier Europe

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.