Supply Planning and Inventory Director

Job Description : GLOBAL SUPPLY PLANNING AND INVENTORY DIRECTOR MALAYSIA an established multinational electronics manufacturing and production firm located in Bayan Lepas, Penang. This firm strives to implement new ideas and technologies to meet unmet needs to provide valued services and electronics to their clients. About the Global Supply Planning and Inventory Director Role: The key purpose of this role is to develop, manage and enhance supply planning process by adopting suitable systems and technology that supports the business requirements. Reporting directly to the VP of Supply Chain in US, you will be managing a team of eight across various regions. Key Responsibilities: · Global inventory policy development and deployment through collaboration with factories, product team, and finance · Identify and implement continuous improvement projects to improve supply planning efficiency and accuracy, including material planning and production planning · Support Operation Excellence initiatives especially on reduce lead-time and improve responsiveness to customer requirements · Lead Supply Planning activities in connection with new product introduction and discontinuation to ensure smooth and effective program execution · Minimise obsolescence while ensuring product availability · Be proactive and direct in communicating opportunities, issues and requirements ensuring that management and senior staff are current on all critical matters, with a focus on resolution alternatives, recommendations and implementation planning, costs and benefits · Develop a positive and energetic work environment where people have the latitude to manage their own responsibilities · Establish objectives for the team to ensure conformity to industry best practices including specific and measurable goals To succeed in the Global Supply Planning and Inventory Director job, you will need to have the ability to work on your own initiative, enjoys working around people from all levels and possess a good understanding of business needs. You must also be able to be hands-on and manage complex projects. Key Requirements: · Bachelor's degree (required). Preferred fields include Supply Chain, Operations, Statistics, and Business Management. 20+ years of experience in related discipline · Hands-on experience in systems and technology to support on supply planning, such as material planning, production planning, and inventory optimisation · Familiar with Oracle system and supply chain applications · Managing teams in overseas factories, cultivating new leaders and helping analytics professionals grow and advance in their careers · Demonstrated ability to develop deep understanding of business drivers and their interrelationship with supply chain performance, and to independently, creatively apply analytics capabilities against the highest priorities · Outstanding presentation skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills · Demonstrated ability to work in a large, matrixed organization, successfully influencing others & developing relationships · Excellent project management capabilities to develop multiple project streams and complexity, and manage cross-functional team to deliver results according to project plan

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