Smartphone SCM Demand Specialist
Samsung, United Kingdom
Job Description
Position Summary
Building and maintaining the top-level Sell-in and Sell-out forecasts for IM products in the category. This will require co-working with various teams (Product Management/Market Intelligence/Marketing/Finance etc.) and carrying out in depth analysis to updating the system with the details of the forecasts.
Coordinate closely with HQ, Factory and 3rd party logistics service providers to manage inbound supply, highlighting any shortage issues and providing recommendations. The individual also expect to contribute to the ongoing improvement initiatives around the current supply chain process, on hand ageing inventory and production PO proposal processes.
Working in collaboration with relevant partners (Commercial planning team, Product team, Finance function and Global Operation Centre (GOC) / Export team at HQ as well as factories). You will build robust forecasts, planning, execute plan, and ensure that supply plans adequately support this. Complete assignment in timely manner and manage any outstanding work.
Role and Responsibilities
What will be your key deliverables?
Responsible for short/long-term (12 weeks) Demand sell-in/sell-out Forecasting.
Responsible for demand planning, purchasing and optimal inventory management / WOS to support overview of IM demand plan.
Monitoring and analysing actual performance versus planning identify issues and translate it out to business with recommendation, including key performance indicators and data simulation for management decision making.
Leading and/or initiating in Supply Chain and Cross-functional processes / projects.
Understanding of Samsung specific systems with depth of matrix and proactive / independent approach to problem solving.
Handling day to day ad-hoc requests to support the business from a Supply Chain perspective.
What do we need for this role?
Advanced MS Office knowledge (specifically Excel) to produce accurate reports
Data Analysis to understand and present the findings to the partners
Understanding of business sensitivity and able to execute tasks with strong attention to detail.
Comfortable presenting to wider audience, including senior management.
Strong organizational and communication manner / skills.
Leading where necessary, challenging different ideas with analysis and logic.
Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
Attention to detail
Job Specification
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Hard Skills Required
Educated to degree level or equivalent
Excellent skills in SAP, Microsoft office packages; in particular Excel
Strong numeracy skills
Demonstrable experience of creating & executing a structured channel plan and in managing that to successful conclusion
Good project management skills, and demonstrable skills of achieving results through cross-functional teams
Ability to analyse data and articulate clearly the trends and implications of the data
Understanding of business sensitivity and able to execute tasks with strong attention to detail.
Leading where necessary, challenging different ideas with analysis and logic.
Essential Soft Skills
Able to work proactively in fast paced environment
Excellent presentation skills, comfortable presenting to wider audience, including senior management.
Strong verbal, written and presentation skills
Structured and organised account management skill set.
Highly motivated and passionate about what they do.
Problem solving problems
Outgoing team player
Desirable Hard Skills
Education to a degree level or equivalent; degree in Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain advantaged.
Experience in Supply Chain analyst background with in-depth understanding and working knowledge of Demand Planning and Supply Operations.
Desirable Soft skills
Present great communication and influencing skills to relevant teams.
Ability to set priorities and multi-task in order to meet tight deadlines through and able to operate in a flexible way using your initiative at work.