DEMAND PLANNING – EXECTUVE
Role Overview
Manage SKU-level demand forecasting and inventory planning.
Maintain priority product availability while controlling stock levels, expiry risks, and working capital.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Manage SKU-level demand forecasting and inventory planning.
Maintain priority product availability while controlling stock levels, expiry risks, and working capital.
Key responsibilities
- Prepare and update SKU-level demand forecasts using historical sales, market intelligence, sales projections, seasonality, and promotional activity.
- Ensure adequate stock availability of STAR SKUs and other priority products.
- Monitor inventory levels, stock cover, incoming shipments, and replenishment requirements.
- Track delayed shipments and recommend alternative supply solutions.
- Identify stock-out, excess inventory, slow-moving product, and expiry risks and take corrective action.
- Work with Sales Managers and Brand Managers to validate forecasts and align inventory plans with market demand.
- Report on forecast accuracy, stock availability, inventory ageing, and replenishment status.
- Maintain demand planning data, SKU parameters, supplier lead times, and minimum order quantities.
- Join monthly demand planning reviews and recommend improvements to inventory availability and working capital efficiency.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of relevant experience.
- FMCG background preferred.
Key performance indicators
Demand forecast accuracy and STAR SKU availability.
Reduction in avoidable stock-outs and excess or slow-moving inventory.
Inventory days, stock cover, expiry and obsolete stock losses.
Timely submission of demand forecasts and replenishment plans.
Workplace
- Work location is in person.
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