DEMAND & SUPPLY PLANNING SUPERVISOR

Demand Management

•Receive and review weekly and monthly finished-goods demand from HQ through Symphony or other approved planning systems.

•Validate demand by SKU, quantity, required date, priority and delivery requirement; clarify incomplete or abnormal requirements with HQ.

•Analyze demand changes, spikes, duplicated requirements and potential obsolescence versus previous planning cycles.

•Manage demand priorities, including Black, Red, Yellow, Green and Cyan classifications, and maintain clear visibility of critical items.

Demand Coverage and Supply Feasibility

•Assess demand feasibility based on finished-goods stock, raw-material stock, open purchase orders, confirmed supplier deliveries, production capacity, lead time and operational constraints.

•Classify demanded SKUs as Fully Ready, Partially Ready, Material Blocked, Capacity Blocked or System/Master-Data Blocked.

•Maintain demand coverage reporting using each SKU's original unit of measure and avoid aggregation across incompatible units.

•Prioritize Black and Red demand and initiate cross-functional recovery actions for blocked requirements.

Supply and Master Production Planning

•Prepare and propose monthly and weekly supply and master production plans by SKU, quantity, resource, priority and required completion date.

•Balance demand against inventory, material availability, supplier commitments, capacity and production lead time.

•After approval by the Senior Supply Chain Manager, book the master plan and priorities to SAP, so the Production Planning Supervisor will convert into detailed daily and shift schedules.

•Review plan feasibility and replan when demand, materials, capacity or delivery requirements change.

Material Requirement and Shortage Management

•Review material requirements planning results and determine material requirements against the approved production plan.

•Maintain the shortage list by material code, affected finished-good SKU, supplier, shortage quantity, required date, confirmed delivery and recovery owner.

•Issue prioritized material requirements to Purchasing and monitor supplier recovery plans, especially for Black and Red demand.

•Evaluate partial production, alternative sequencing or other feasible mitigation when full material readiness is not available.

•Escalate supply risks caused by supplier delay, payment hold, inventory discrepancy or system issue with clear impact and recovery date.

Production Plan Performance Control

•Monitor production plan attainment, production-order status and delayed production orders against the approved plan.

•Assess the demand and shipment impact of production delays and coordinate recovery priorities.

•Coordinate root-cause and corrective-action follow-up for constraints related to materials, capacity, BOM/master data, SAP-WMS synchronization, consumption posting or production reporting.

•Ensure critical planning risks are escalated with impact, responsible owner and expected recovery date.

Inventory Planning and Parameter Control

•Monitor inventory levels to support demand fulfillment and identify excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory risks.

•Recommend appropriate safety stock, lead time, MOQ, lot size, reorder point and other planning parameters.

•Coordinate correction of inaccurate BOM, routing, resource or planning master data with relevant process owners.

•Use verified SAP/WMS inventory data for planning and coordinate with Inventory Control when discrepancies affect plan reliability.

Process and Reporting Management

•Establish planning calendars, standard work, procedures, work instructions and reporting deadlines.

•Prepare daily, weekly and monthly management reports and present key risks, scenarios and decisions required.

•Drive continuous improvement in demand coverage, schedule stability, material readiness, planning accuracy and system reporting.

•Support the Senior Supply Chain Manager in preparing annual Planning targets, KPI proposals and budget inputs.

OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT MANAGER REQUEST

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration or a related field.

Fluency in English

Strong Excel skills; Power Query and Power BI capability is preferred. 

Hands-on knowledge of SAP MRP and production planning is required; Symphony, WMS, Power BI or advanced planning-system experience is an advantage.

Data analysis.

At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in demand planning, supply planning, production planning or material planning, including at least 1 year in a supervisory role.

Careful, hard-working, responsibility- oriented, team-work

Experience in manufacturing, assembly, packaging, fasteners, automotive components or other high-SKU industrial environments is preferred.