What a Global Demand & Supply Planning Manager does at HP:
- Manages a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes, such as inventory analysis and planning, demand management, logistics management, and import/ export operations typically with a large or complex global business unit.
- Coordinate and negotiate with suppliers and/ or manufacturers.
- Independently executes the demand and supply matching activities, connecting planning to execution, and identifying issues and their impact.
- Drives backlog management.
- Gathers demand data from country, region and account managers to synthesize information using complex analyses, and delivers demand signals to the supply base to contribute to demand forecasting.
- Coordinates or leads regional and global business unit planning teams to maintain and enhance the current business processes.
- Reviews performance metrics on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Contributes to priority projects with complex analyses and assists in developing recommendations.
- Coordinates, develops, and manages a Regulatory Trade Compliance program.
Individuals who do well in this role at HP, usually possess:
- First level university degree or equivalent experience; may have advanced university degree.
- Typically 4-6 years of experience in Commodity/ Material planning
- Strong understanding of supply chain processes (plan, source, make, and deliver).
- Very strong analytical and data modeling skills.
- Very strong communication and influencing skills; mastery in English and local Thailand language.
- Proven relationship management skills.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), statistical analysis, and financial modeling.
- Extensive understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Available to Promise (ATP) and master scheduling.
- Good understanding of national and international trade requirements to align customs/ trade function with business objectives.
- Thorough knowledge of inventory analysis.
- Developed leadership skills including team-building and conflict resolution and management.
