Customer-Category Demand & Fulfillment Assistant Manager

JOB OVERVIEW
Customer-Facing Supply Chain (CSC) team are the SC ambassadors working with customers in demand capture / demand fulfillment and SC solutions, for a purpose of maximizing product availability in the market, optimizing cost-to-serve and bringing excellent customer experience, to contribute to profitable business growth.

In CSC team, Customer-Category Demand & Fulfillment works as a Customer & Category champion, coordinating with external at customer level & internal teams at category level for demand capture, supply coordination, service improvement.

RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Demand Insight

• Acquire U Activity (from CCBT, UAM, DSR…) & other information impacting demand sensing creation (TVC, customers & competitor activities, market trend etc.…)

• Join forecast with customers to get customer’s insight, committed volumes other information: customer Investment, on/off post… for demand sensing adjustment.

• Acquire MT’s NSO plan or DT’s liquidation/substitution for FC adjustment

• Weekly analyze sales pattern & interview customers to understand market & customer factors impacting to demands

2. Demand Sensing

• Generate & Sense check Demand Sensing

• Detect insight/factor impact to demands

• Update feature to improve Demand Sensing

• Negotiate & align with Customer & CD (CCD/KA) demand sensing result

• Evaluate DS performance (FA/FB) to improve DS FA

3. Demand & Supply Reconciliation

• Analyze FC vs Demand sensing & review E2E stock to fulfill customer demand

• Negotiate & align with CD (CSP/KA) for demand adjustment

• Manage customer stock week cover based on demand adjusted

• Work with MSO/Supply Planning to drive supply responsiveness (adjust production plan, DRP plan,…)

• Negotiate with customers for substitute solutions & manage their expectation. Re-allocate stock among customers based on customer’s characteristic & business requirements.

4. Service Level Analysis

• Analyze Service Level performance by customers, by CAT daily/weekly deep dive root causes

5. Action plan & Stakeholder Mgt

• Propose or ask stakeholders for solutions to improve Service Level

• Drive stakeholders

REQUIREMENTS

1. Soft Skills

• Proactive and ownership

• Customer oriented mindset

• Data analytics & logical thinking (>20 points CSC test)

• Great interpersonal skills & negotiation

• Problem-solving skill

• Thorough & pay attention to details

• Passionate about relationship building

2. Professional Skills

• Deep knowledge of category, service levels, customer experience

• Solid knowledge on demand planning & forecasting

• Background on supply planning, logistics & RTM is a plus

• Understanding of E2E SC framework as well as O2C, contractual term and sales.

• Advanced excel, basic power BI

3. Education Level & Experience

• BA degree

• 2-3 years’ experience in working with big partners in Supply Chain (FMCG is preferred).

• Master in English.

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