Specialist Demand Planning

We are looking for a highly motivated Specialist Demand Planning to join our APAC organization, based in Singapore. In this role, you will be responsible for operational demand planning across the APAC region, ensuring accurate demand forecasts and supporting the end-to-end planning process. You will also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping to further integrate demand planning into SAP IBP and enhance planning processes, systems, and reporting capabilities.

The ideal candidate combines solid demand planning expertise with a good understanding of supply planning processes and has strong analytical skills, including experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI. You are comfortable working with large datasets, translating insights into actionable recommendations, and driving data-based decision-making. Experience in a regional APAC role, combined with the ability to collaborate effectively in a multinational environment, is essential. This role requires close cross-functional collaboration with commercial teams across the APAC markets, as well as with global and local demand and supply planning teams, to ensure aligned planning, high forecast accuracy, and reliable product availability.

This position reports to the Director Supply Chain Management - APAC

Employee supervision: No

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end demand planning process for assigned APAC markets, ensuring accurate demand forecasts and high planning quality across the region
• Act as the primary planning partner for Sales teams in the assigned markets, driving forecast alignment, facilitating consensus planning, and continuously improving forecast accuracy
• Serve as the key planning interface for the assigned supplying countries, coordinating S&OE and S&OP intercompany processes. The role currently includes selected supply planning responsibilities, which will gradually transition into a dedicated demand planning focus as the planning organization evolves.
• Coordinate closely with the Global Planning team and support local and global S&OP processes, including alignment with Corporate Planning
• Drive the integration and standardization of end-to-end demand planning processes within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, reducing reliance on local offline planning tools and improving process efficiency
• Develop and continuously enhance demand planning reports, dashboards, and analytical tools using SAP IBP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and Power BI to improve planning transparency and support data-driven decision-making
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to optimize demand planning processes, systems, and planning performance across the APAC region

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Logistics, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in demand planning, preferably within a multinational FMCG or consumer goods environment
• Solid understanding of demand planning principles, forecasting methodologies, and S&OP processes in a regional and international business environment
• Experience working across APAC markets, with the ability to collaborate effectively across different cultures and functions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex datasets and translate insights into actionable business recommendations
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with business intelligence and visualization tools such as Power BI
• Experience with SAP IBP for Demand Planning is considered a strong advantage; experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is an additional plus
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across Sales and Demand/Supply Planning teams
• Experience in driving process improvements, planning standardization, and operational change initiatives
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic regional environment
• Hands-on, execution-driven mindset with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement