Dairy Farm is a leading pan-Asian retailer. At 31st December 2019, the Group and its associates and joint ventures operated over 10,000 outlets and employed some 230,000 people. The Group had total annual sales in 2019 exceeding US$27 billion. The Group operates grocery retail, convenience stores, health and beauty stores, home furnishings stores and other retailing under well-known brands including Wellcome, Mannings, 7-Eleven, and IKEA. With such a broad offering and wide geographic reach, we welcome applications from candidates with a passion for retail, and a pioneering spirit to join our expanding team. Dairy Farm is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Group Own Brand Central Planner

The Job

Manage Group Central Demand Planning Forecast & Replenishment for Own Brand Products

• Develop the demand plan with country and roll up at group level to share the consolidated purchase plan with supplier through monthly drumbeat process
• Set planning and forecasting parameters in the central planning and replenishment model to derive the country demand
• Roll up demand volume to suppliers for volume consolidation through the drumbeat process with country teams
• Facilitate regional demand forecast for new product launch and regional promotions

Manage Supply Capacity and Risk and Improve Operation Standards

• Communicate with supplier on the purchase plan and 12-month demand plan throughout the drumbeat process
• Ensure capacity commitment from supplier and operation performance
• Identify stock transferring opportunities cross country banners
• Support small country ordering and regional transferring
• Be the escalation point to help country to solve any logistics / delivery issues with suppliers

Add Values to Group Own Brand Team and Country Commercial Team

• Support forecast and replenishment improvement initiatives to drive better stock availability with country planning teams
• Support to liaise with local planning team for any regional critical issues

The Person

• Bachelor degree holder in Mathematics / Statistics / Supply Chain / other quantitative disciplines preferred
• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant work experience in demand planning and replenishment, experience in FMCG supply chain is preferred
• Candidates with inventory planning/supply chain operational experience is a plus
• Proficient in Excel skills
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
• Good analytical and communication skills