Regional Planning Manager

Job Description:

Inventory Strategy & Policy Governance
·        Develop and define the overall inventory strategy for the region, aligning with business objectives and market dynamics and global standards.
·        Establish segmentation-based inventory policies and target-setting frameworks that balance service levels, stock exposure, and working capital.
·        Guide markets and factories in applying inventory policies and planning parameters, including safety stocks, lead times, and demand forecast adjustments.
·        Review mid- to long-term strategy execution and align policy changes through the regional SMR process.
Inventory Health Management & Performance Management
·        Manage regional inventory reporting, dashboards, and regular performance reviews using global standard tools.
·        Run analysis to manage inventory health. Analyze inventory trends and planning parameters to identify unhealthy stock, performance gaps, and emerging risks.
·        Coordinate and track corrective actions with markets and factories to improve inventory health and minimize short-term stock exposure.
·        Oversee inventory dashboards to track performance and identify improvement opportunities.
Inventory Optimization & Continuous Improvement
·        Conduct scenario analyses and benchmarking to identify structural inventory improvement opportunities.
·        Lead cross-market and factory inventory optimization projects, defining scope, targets, and improvement actions.
·        Improve inventory efficiency and reduce excess stock while maintaining agreed service levels.
·        Review and guide Markets and Factory to set key inventory parameters including safety stock targets, lead times, and Deman Forecast Adjustments.
·        Lead inventory optimization projects for both markets and factory operations.
Inventory Annual Execution Plan (AEP)
·        Coordinate annual inventory planning and replanning with market teams, translating regional strategy into aligned inventory targets and plans.
·        Support inventory modeling to assess assumptions and align annual plans with business objectives.
Regional Demand & Supply Alignment & R-SMR
·        Consolidate regional demand and supply forecasts to provide an integrated view of requirements, availability, and planning risks.
·        Coordinate regular alignment with market and factory teams, highlighting gaps and facilitating actions through R-SMR.
Supply Matrix Management & Service Level Agreements for Finished Goods (FG)
·        Maintain the regional supply matrix, ensuring supply-related data is accurate, validated, and current.
·        Coordinate planning-related master data transitions with relevant data and system owners.
·        Review and maintain finished goods SLAs with factory and market supply chain teams, ensuring coverage of co-manufacturing and other applicable supply arrangements.
Digital Enablement & Capability Development
·        Lead the deployment and adoption of the Control Tower (Wit-eye) and Standard tools related to Inventory Management & Supply Matrix.
·        Identify and implement automation opportunities across supply matrix maintenance and inventory reporting.
·        Coordinate regional communities of practice to embed best practices and strengthen inventory management capabilities.