52 Business Forecasting jobs in Singapore

The Strategic Demand Planning Professional oversees and manages demand planning activities across various product categories in the Animal Health business for the ASKAN region. They ensure accurate forecasting by coordinating inputs from Sales, Marketing, and stakeholders to support optimal service levels and efficient inventory management.

• Manage replenishment planning within the Regional Operating Unit (ROPU) by:

- Coordinating net requirement planning with global suppliers for timely shipment and delivery.
- Coordinating input to SIC in case of supply interruption.
- Coordinating bottleneck and supply allocation with ROPU Commercial Operations/Marketing and SNT/GSCM.

• Maintaining SKU replenishment master data aligned with local Operating Units (OPUs) on safety stock, minimum order size, demand, shipment consolidation, mode of transportation.
• Managing collaborative forecasting and replenishment to align Business Intelligence and customer plans on key events.
• Proactively managing alignment of Advanced Planning and Optimization with global Corporate Supply Chain Management contacts.
• Coordinating demand planning during product life cycle stages: launch, on-site transfers, and phase out.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• APICS/CPIM certification desired.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in demand planning, preferably in pharma or FMCG.
• Experience leading projects or acting as a functional lead.
• Strong background in Supply Chain and Demand Planning management, preferably in manufacturing.
• Solid experience in Supply Chain or commercial roles.
• Skilled in SAP APO and Excel for data analysis and planning.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working with complexity and ambiguity.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management abilities.

Overview
About the Role
Reporting to the Global Demand Planning Director, this is a new role to drive unbiased demand led planning, bringing the outside in, to ensure high quality and accuracy in the Global Revenue organization’s planning efforts.
You will be responsible for managing and optimizing the demand planning processes across your category globally working closely with multi-functional teams based in different regions.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain automated forecasting models across global markets for spares and accessories. Use advanced analytics and data science tools to refine demand signals for thousands of part numbers
Integrate forecasting solutions with ERP and planning systems for seamless execution. Bring maturity in the S&OP / IBP process dedicated to this business stream.
Partner with regional & market teams to align forecasts with market trends and promotional activities. Cross functional collaboration from various stakeholders of spares & accessories.
Establish and continuously improve KPIs such as forecast accuracy, bias, and service levels, drive reduction in cost of exchange and therefore, higher customer satisfaction
Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, marketing, and supply teams to ensure alignment. Coordinate planning activities with other functions and regions within the company
Identify opportunities for automation, leveraging AI/ML-based tools and scripting techniques, set the baseline for markets to refer beginning of planning process
Drive the digitization of demand planning through innovation and process simplification
About you
Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain Management, advanced technology AI/ML algorithms or related field
+6 years of proven experience in demand planning, supply chain management, and solid knowledge in inventory management; advanced analytical capabilities using AI/ML to train datasets & build models is a plus
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills
Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools
Proficiency in demand planning software and statistical forecasting techniques
Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Master’s degree is a plus (not necessary)
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.
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About the role:

The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyse, organise, evaluates for the allocation process.

What will you be doing?

• Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.
• Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.
• Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.
• Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system
• Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.
• Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.
• Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.
• Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.
• Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.
• Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance
• Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis
• Management of key upscale indent vendors.
• Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.

About You

• Preferably a Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in similar capacity.
• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Tools.
• Proficiency in Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.
• Knowledge in SAP and/or DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage (but not a must).
• Strong analytical capability, negotiation, and planning skills.

About the role:

The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyse, organise, evaluates for the allocation process.

What will you be doing?

• Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.
• Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.
• Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.
• Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system
• Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.
• Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.
• Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.
• Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.
• Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.
• Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance
• Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis
• Management of key upscale indent vendors.
• Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.

About You

• Preferably a Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in similar capacity.
• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Tools.
• Proficiency in Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.
• Knowledge in SAP and/or DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage (but not a must).
• Strong analytical capability, negotiation, and planning skills.

About the role:
The role will assist the Demand & Supply Planning Manager in managing vendors and end-to-end inventory management to ensure continuous supply. You will be required to coordinate with multiple stakeholders to plan, analyse, organise, evaluates for the allocation process.
What will you be doing?
Perform end-to-end of the order cycle for inventory management including coordinating with the suppliers and distribution centres, to ensure timely delivery of goods to island-wide stores.
Responsible for healthy on-shelf availability of inventories to meet customers' demands.
Work closely with Planners on weekly demand forecasting activities, and plan and communicate weekly allocation to stores.
Follow up on exceptions and costing in the system.
Work with flow-through suppliers to secure stocks for promotions and festive.
Work closely with the suppliers for timely rebuy of all perishable SKUs and continuously improve on service level including van sales, DSP vendors.
Responsible for optimising inventory levels to meet customer demand while minimising excess stock and improve stock holding by managing MOQs and delivery frequency.
Work closely with the Commercial team and the distribution centres to anticipate and manage promotions, festive build-ups, new products, excess products, and discontinued items exit strategies.
Work closely with the Commercial team to manage slow moving stocks and plan for timely clearance.
Utilize demand forecasting, inventory analysis, and other data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement in replenishment processes and performance.
Monitor and track KPI, drive performance and perform root cause analysis.
Management of key upscale indent vendors.
Ensure full compliance on processes and audit and highlight any exceptions.
About You
Preferably a Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or equivalent.
Minimum 2 years of work experience in similar capacity.
Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office Tools.
Proficiency in Power Query, Power BI and analytical skills will be an added advantage.
Knowledge in forecasting, data analytics, inventory planning, supply chain concepts, statistical forecasting, and related processes.
Knowledge in SAP and/or DC operational routines in Retail industry is an added advantage (but not a must).
Strong analytical capability, negotiation, and planning skills.
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Key responsibilities
Lead and own the remediation of the global forecasting tool (FuturMaster) with the new global ERP system (SAP S/4HANA) for the countries within the scope of the deployments
Collaborate with Global teams on a harmonized global project methodology, and contribute to design and build
Onboard countries and drive the transition with all program steps including change management
Validate the FuturMaster/SAP S/4HANA remediation planning and resources across the different project phases (E2E/UAT/Cutover)
Adapt testing scenarios for each deployment considering the Zone/Market specificities and use-cases
Support the Zone and Local project teams on all related project steps
Act as a process guardian under the leadership of the Zone BPO, ensuring that all Demand Planning tools and capabilities within the region are aligned with the process, vision and strategy
Perform continuous improvement by collaborating with process stakeholders to identify and leverage cross-process synergies, identify opportunities of improvement, contribute to initiatives that strengthen process excellence
Monitor and challenge performance and adherence of tools/processes to identify areas where local entities require support
Prepare, drive and deliver Zone initiatives within the approved governance, including development of functional specifications
Manage the regional requests for configuration changes to global tools via the IT demands management procedure
Animate and upskill the community of demand planners within the region, delivering user training on core processes, tools, reports etc
You will
Have a strong and proven background and expertise in demand planning and process excellence, and project-/change- management experience
Be experienced with the FuturMaster Bloom platform including an intimate knowledge of its functional capabilities and understanding of its underlying architecture
Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at different levels of the organization ranging from end-users to top management
Be able to effectively collaborate and partner with multiple cross-functional stakeholders within Zone, Country and Global teams, Able to flexibly operate at different levels of granularity, from a detailed operational focus to a strategic, long-term
Be highly motivated and a proactive self-starter
Be able to build and leverage strong working relationships
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Key responsibilities:

As the NEO DP you will be responsible for the remediation of the demand planning systems for the new ERP, and to drive capabilities performance and system adoption within the region:

- Lead and own the remediation of the global forecasting tool (FuturMaster) with the new global ERP system (SAP S/4HANA) for the countries within the scope of the deployments,

- Collaborate with Global teams on a harmonized global project methodology, and contribute to design and build.

- Onboard countries and drive the transition with all program steps including change management.

- Validate the FuturMaster/SAP S/4HANA remediation planning and resources across the different project phases (E2E/UAT/Cutover).

- Adapt testing scenarios for each deployment considering the Zone/Market specificities and use-cases.

- Support the Zone and Local project teams on all related project steps.

- Act as a process guardian under the leadership of the Zone BPO, ensuring that all Demand Planning tools and capabilities within the region are aligned with the process, vision and strategy.

- Perform continuous improvement by collaborating with process stakeholders to identify and leverage cross-process synergies, identify opportunities of improvement, contribute to initiatives that strengthen process excellence.

- Monitor and challenge performance and adherence of tools/processes to identify areas where local entities require support.

- Prepare, drive and deliver Zone initiatives within the approved governance, including development of functional specifications.

- Manage the regional requests for configuration changes to global tools via the IT demands management procedure.

- Animate and upskill the community of demand planners within the region,

delivering user training on core processes, tools, reports etc.

You will:

- Have a strong and proven background and expertise in demand planning and process excellence, and project-/change- management experience.

- Be experienced with the FuturMaster Bloom platform including an intimate knowledge of its functional capabilities and understanding of its underlying architecture.

- Possess exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders at different levels of the organization ranging from end-users to top management.

- Be able to effectively collaborate and partner with multiple cross-functional stakeholders within Zone, Country and Global teams, Able to flexibly operate at different levels of granularity, from a detailed operational focus to a strategic, long-term.

- Be highly motivated and a proactive self-starter

- Be able to build and leverage strong working relationships

Director of Demand Planning - Greater China
Location:
Shanghai, China
Relocation: role can be based in Singapore or Shanghai (company will provide relocation)
Position Summary:
We are seeking a strategic and results-driven
Director of Demand Planning
to lead the demand planning function across
Greater China . This role will be responsible for driving forecast accuracy, aligning cross-functional stakeholders, and enabling supply chain agility to support business growth and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in demand planning, S&OP, and data-driven decision-making within a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the Demand Planning function
for Greater China, covering multiple business units and product lines.
Develop and implement robust
forecasting processes
using statistical models, market intelligence, and sales inputs.
Drive the
S&OP process , ensuring alignment between commercial, supply chain, and finance teams.
Partner with regional and global stakeholders to
optimize inventory levels , reduce obsolescence, and improve service levels.
Leverage advanced planning tools (e.g., SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle, etc.) to enhance forecast accuracy and visibility.
Build and mentor a high-performing team of demand planners across the region.
Provide executive-level reporting and insights to support strategic decision-making.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance planning maturity and responsiveness to market changes.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field;
10-15+ years of experience
in demand planning, supply chain, or operations within a multinational manufacturing environment.
Proven leadership experience managing regional or multi-country planning teams.
Strong understanding of
S&OP, forecasting tools, and ERP systems .
Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Fluent in English and Mandarin.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Strategy/Planning and Supply Chain
Industries
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
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Responsibilities:
Assist in the development and implementation of procurement strategies, policies, and procedures in the trading business.
Support the Purchasing Planning Manager in sourcing and evaluating suppliers, negotiating favorable terms and conditions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather purchasing requirements and create purchase orders.
Monitor and manage supplier relationships, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
Utilize SAP system to process purchase requisitions, track inventory levels, and generate reports.
Analyze market trends and supplier performance to identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements.
Assist in supplier audits and performance evaluations.
Ensure compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
Conduct market research to stay updated on industry developments and best practices.
Provide support in executing strategic sourcing initiatives.
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field.
Prior experience in purchasing or procurement, preferably in a trading business.
Proficiency in SAP or other procurement software.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Team player with a collaborative mindset.
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