Senior Analyst, Supply Planning (Japanese)

Summary: The position is responsible for optimizing the balance of inventory across the supply chain network in line with target customer service levels, levels of forecast accuracy and safety stock levels for the portfolio of SKU for which they are accountable.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Determines policies and reviews safety stock and inventory levels.
Regularly reviews and optimizes inventory parameters and levels (e.g. reorder pt, safety stock, ABC categorization)
Places orders based upon agreed lead time and volume parameters
Integrates new products, trials and maintenance into production schedules
Plans replenishment across the Distribution Centre network (DRP)
Owns the policy on VMI in line with customer requirements
Conducts regular business and performance reviews with Manufacturing
Manages planning of repacking activities
Accountable for quality and updates to Material Master Data
Accountable for supply policies (EOQ, scheduling, etc)
Works closely with Logistics Service Provider coordinators
Runs DRP functionalities
Reviews and resolves exceptions of Rough-cut Constraint Calculation
Reviews and resolves exceptions of Master Production Plan
Prepares & assists in gap resolution as pre-work to the S&OP meeting
Intermediary between Demand Planning and Factory Planning
Drives the flexible part of short term supply to resolve alerts of real time issues
Determines & reviews safety stock and inventory settings quarterly
Ensuring that the right safety stock levels are set in the entire network (from plant to distribution center)
Defines ABC categorization to define safety stock settings
Reviews out of stock situations and defines actions to avoid this in the future (respecting the defined service levels per category)
Is responsible for daily Deployment Requisition Planning, based on the inventory settings of the Inventory Function
Will have close & daily contact with the Order Desk to ensure fulfillment, respecting the service level agreements
Will collaborate with Transportation/ Hauling to hand-over the Deployment Plan for Deployment Scheduling
Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or any business related course
2 years of experience working in a supply or similar function, preferably in a multinational or multicultural environment
Fresh Grads welcome to apply
Full understanding of total chain of planning processes
Good knowledge of inventory policies and methodologies
Job Requirements:
Full-time employment
Work Hours: 8:00AM or 9:00AM to 5:00PM or 6:00PM (Mondays to Fridays)
Overtime might be required depending on the critical deliverables
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