VP, Supply Chain Global
Location: China
Responsibilities:
The person will manage global supply chain planning process, including management of all departments involved in forecasting, materials planning and procurement of inventory to maintain budgeted inventory turns and fill rates for all domestic and international markets in a dynamic direct marketing environment with third party manufacturing and fulfillment. The responsibilities will be broken down into 4 key areas:
Forecasting
- Review and enhance forecasting processes and tools for use with Oracle Global Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP) module.
- Integrate monthly brand level marketing forecasts for domestic and international markets with ASCP process.
- Oversee management of parameters and settings for ASCP module to optimize safety stock and lead time values for all domestic and international markets.
- Track forecast accuracy and consumption versus forecast for all markets.
Procurement
- Oversee the purchasing for product required based on planned demand form Supply Chain Planning module or input form marketing for new product launch or tests.
- Manage the various vendor relationships to produce the service level requirement to support supply chain requirements.
- Monitor the on-time and complete performance of suppliers.
- Work with product development and sourcing departments to integrate new supplier or brand launches as well as regulatory upgrades to existing packaging or formulations.
Fulfillment
- Monitor the KPS's and metrics associated with final shipments to customers to prevent/reduce out of stock situations, watch for trends impacting forecasting needs or marketing changes impacting forecasting requirements.
- Monitor reporting feeds into Business Intelligence system for optimization of data used in various analysis functions.
Organizational
- Work closely with IT group to optimize use of Oracle data for Inventory Planning and Purchasing Groups.
- Develop planning input for Marketing, Sales and Operations planning meetings.
- Work closely with domestic brand management, international operations, and international brand management staff.
Requirements:
- Bachelor Degree in Business Management preferred
- Minimum 8 years in management level in multinational consumer industry
- Extensive experience in channel distribution
- Experience working with automated forecasting systems and ERP
- Knowledge of AWS systems and exposure on either Navision Axapta for ERP / MRP or Demand Forecasting Systems for Forecasting (DFS) is an advantage
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