Supply chain planner/Специалист по планированию продаж (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Henkel is in search of a Supply Chain Planner, Henkel Consumer Brands (Специалист по планированию продаж) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures proper long-term supply and demand planning in our (global) planning tools.
• Identifies and plans optimal inventory levels to prevent P/OOS and overstocking given market/supply chain volatility.
• Suggestions for continuous improvement and implement them through root cause analysis as part of the demand and supply planning process.
• Participate in the demand management cycle as part of the integrated S&OP planning process for your categories.
• Customer Excellence part: The creation and processing sales orders.
• Planning part: SAP ERP uploading data.
• Conducting demand review, S&OP, supply review meetings. Share product performance, trends, and key insights to help support line plan development for future assortments.
• Strategize and collaborate with cross functional teams on future promotional plans, ensuring financial targets are achieved and teams are aligned on execution.

• Demonstrated experience in demand and supply planning forecasting 2 years or more.
• Comprehensive knowledge of retail account operations, forecasting techniques, systems, market research data and supply chain management.
• Ability to develop relationships with other parts of the company, particularly sales, finance and marketing.
• Strong knowledge and experience in SAP.
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated team member, able to push for issues with strong problem-solving skills.
• Upper-intermediate English proficiency.
• Following S&OP processes.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and follow up are critical.
• Strong leader with experience in supporting and growing a multi-channel organization; ability to excel as strategic and/or hands on leader and adapt as needed.

Compensation & benefits:

• Employment in an international company with well-established corporate values and standards.
• Competitive salary.
• Annual bonus.
• Medical insurance.
• Social package (subsidy for food, payment for mobile services and other benefits in accordance with the rules of the company).