Regional Planning Manager

Job Description:

Inventory Strategy & Policy Governance

· Develop and define the overall inventory strategy for the region, aligning with business objectives and market dynamics and global standards.

· Establish segmentation-based inventory policies and target-setting frameworks that balance service levels, stock exposure, and working capital.

· Guide markets and factories in applying inventory policies and planning parameters, including safety stocks, lead times, and demand forecast adjustments.

· Review mid- to long-term strategy execution and align policy changes through the regional SMR process.

Inventory Health Management & Performance Management

· Manage regional inventory reporting, dashboards, and regular performance reviews using global standard tools.

· Run analysis to manage inventory health. Analyze inventory trends and planning parameters to identify unhealthy stock, performance gaps, and emerging risks.

· Coordinate and track corrective actions with markets and factories to improve inventory health and minimize short-term stock exposure.

· Oversee inventory dashboards to track performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Inventory Optimization & Continuous Improvement

· Conduct scenario analyses and benchmarking to identify structural inventory improvement opportunities.

· Lead cross-market and factory inventory optimization projects, defining scope, targets, and improvement actions.

· Improve inventory efficiency and reduce excess stock while maintaining agreed service levels.

· Review and guide Markets and Factory to set key inventory parameters including safety stock targets, lead times, and Deman Forecast Adjustments.

· Lead inventory optimization projects for both markets and factory operations.

Inventory Annual Execution Plan (AEP)

· Coordinate annual inventory planning and replanning with market teams, translating regional strategy into aligned inventory targets and plans.

· Support inventory modeling to assess assumptions and align annual plans with business objectives.

Regional Demand & Supply Alignment & R-SMR

· Consolidate regional demand and supply forecasts to provide an integrated view of requirements, availability, and planning risks.

· Coordinate regular alignment with market and factory teams, highlighting gaps and facilitating actions through R-SMR.

Supply Matrix Management & Service Level Agreements for Finished Goods (FG)

· Maintain the regional supply matrix, ensuring supply-related data is accurate, validated, and current.

· Coordinate planning-related master data transitions with relevant data and system owners.

· Review and maintain finished goods SLAs with factory and market supply chain teams, ensuring coverage of co-manufacturing and other applicable supply arrangements.

Digital Enablement & Capability Development

· Lead the deployment and adoption of the Control Tower (Wit-eye) and Standard tools related to Inventory Management & Supply Matrix.

· Identify and implement automation opportunities across supply matrix maintenance and inventory reporting.

· Coordinate regional communities of practice to embed best practices and strengthen inventory management capabilities.