Material Planner - DKSH | New Day Jobs (Yangon, Myanmar)

General responsibilities:

• Support Materials Management Manager to oversee planning processes for new and existing clients

• Consolidate and forecast inventory requirements with Sales, Operations and Finance

• Review and Analyze sales trends and evaluate forecast results from SAP.

• Monitor and track stock movements into and between the warehouses to maintain optimal stockholding

• Monitor, Analyze and Review inventory turnover and focus on minimizing both shortages and cost of inventory

• Prepare and consolidate inventory reports and KPIs to measure the service level and progress against inventory KPIs

• Create New Item Codes as per requirement of the Client

• Review and check Item Codes created are within the Masterdata standards

• Review efficiency of current processes and recommend improvements to enhance productivity and reduce costs

• Build and maintain good relationships with internal team on inventory operations and other cross functional teams

Functional skills and knowledge:

• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of inventory planning methodologies and systems

• Demonstrate basic understanding of distribution centers, distribution and transport

• Proven experience in inventory management , procurement systems and logistics operations

• Demonstrate working knowledge of SAP - material requirements planning (MRP) system

• Proven experience in the consumer goods, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries

• Demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative skills

• Demonstrate appreciation and respect for cultural sensitivities especially in international/cross-cultural interactions

• Demonstrate proficiency in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

• Demonstrate fluency in local language and ideally in English, both written and spoken