Demand Analyst

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities :

• Facilitate the global Sales and Operating Planning (S&OP) process by conducting a reliable and efficient monthly demand review for the designated territory and product lines.
• Collaborate with the sales team and product management to create an accurate and comprehensive consensus forecast, which includes organizing formal monthly demand review meetings.
• Partner with the sales organization, global product management team, and Finance team in the quarterly commit sales forecasting process and annual sales budgeting process.
• Deliver monthly product mix forecasts to the operations and supply chain teams, highlighting potential opportunities for growth as well as any associated risks
• Track the demand plan against actual results on a monthly basis, assessing forecast accuracy and providing detailed insights to operations. Hold key contributors - such as product management, sales, and operations - accountable for their performance.
• Drive continuous improvement on processes and methodologies for collecting information and predicting demand.
• Consistent attendance, understanding of, and compliance with company policies, rules, and regulations.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree, or its equivalent, in a related field, such as finance, marketing, business administration, supply chain, operations management, or industrial engineering required. APICS or other certification is preferred. 
• Excellent analytical and advanced computer skills (such as Excel), with the ability to mine data and derive critical and salient information from diverse inputs. 
• Experience with analytical systems and tools (IBP/SAP/Data Warehouse, etc.) preferred.
• Quick learner, capable of adapting to new systems and developing and continuously improving processes.
• Excellent communication skills (clear, concise oral and written presentations), interpersonal skills, effective negotiation and influencing skills, capable of being unbiased and fair in achieving compromise solutions and consensus positions. 
• 3-5 years experience in S&OP, demand planning, supply chain, material planning, or capacity planning. 
• Fluent in Putonghua and English.
• Project management and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in an international environment and willing to travel periodically (short periods) including abroad if needed.