Senior Demand Planning Specialist

One of our prestigious clients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking to hire Senior Demand Planning Specialist with 10 years of experience alligning to the shipbuilding Marine and Shipyard industries who will be responsible for but not limited to:

To support the development of the overall strategy of Demand Planning. The individual in this role is expected to perform spend & category analysis and work closely with all internal stakeholders to capture their demand and develop planning strategies accordingly.

Key Accountabilites

• Lead the development implementation and update of all polices strategies procedures and process related to demand planning
• Develop and work with the ERP team to ensure that PSCM requirements related to demand planning is implemented.
• Communicate with all internal stakeholders to ensure capturing accurate forecasting to their materials/services requirements.
• Develop baseline/ historical trend and forecasts models using excel and/or demand management tools.
• Analyze and interpret demand data and trends
• Provide input to all internal functions to help plan their activities accordingly.
• Identify opportunities to enhance business performance through improved analytics and reporting.
• Provide leadership coordination and coaching to the team ensuring they are trained enabling them to achieve the operational and financial metrics within their areas of responsibility and succeed in their roles
• People management responsibility.
• Deliver briefs updates and reports as and when required

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant experience. Preferably to have experience in Shipbuilding/Rebuilding/Marine / Shipyard Industries
• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Operations Management Engineering Computer Science MIS or closely related degree
• Professional Qualifications: Demand Planning Certification/ MCIPS considered a plus

Competencies (Knowledge Skills & Abilities)

• Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Basic accounting and business finance principles.
• Negotiation Skills.
• Presentation Skills.
• Analytical quantitative and ProblemSolving Skills
• Expert in Microsoft Excel and other MS office tools
• Previous experience working with ERP systems.

Remote Work :

No