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Demand Planner Indonesia

As part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group (Shell), one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies, Shell Indonesia shares a rich history with Indonesia that reaches back over 100 years. PT. Shell Indonesia with major operation in downstream business at the moment manages business operations that include marketing and trading oil products directly as well as through its appointed distributors.
Shell Indonesia is also seriously looking at oil and gas exploration opportunities and plan to establish a significant presence in the upstream sector.
Responsibilities:
This role supports the Demand Planning process in Indonesia,building the local demand forecast over the 2-24 month time horizon,and facilitating forecast sign off by the Demand Cell Owners (Sales Managers) on a monthly basis. This role co-ordinates Sales & Operation Planning process from new demand to capacity availability and provides detailed analytical inputs to decision makers to make trade-offs regarding demand and supply imbalances that can impact margin,costs and customer satisfaction.

Demand Planner Responsibilities:

* Work together with Central Forecasting team in utilising APO (Advance Planning Optimiser) for all forecasting activities.
* Uses expertise and detailed knowledge to drive best possible initial forecast and facilitate the Demand Input Providers and Demand Cell Owners in agreeing valid and accurate forecast.
* Integrates the New Activity related information into the forecast and collaborates with the relevant activity owner to ensure information incorporated into forecast is valid.
* Co-ordinates the Demand Planing meeting through various steps,including agenda,pre-reading material
* Identifies and Raises issues and concerns raised in Demand Planning processes to the appropriate line manager.
* Develops supply demand balancing options with the Supply Planner prior to process meeting.
* Reporting Key Performance Indicators to all relevant parties including local and global stakeholders.
* Prepare for and conduct weekly demand supply review meeting with Logistic & Supply Chain team and Sales; follow up with agreement with Supply Netwrok and Planning team on Short Term Adjustments where applicable.
* Review the Open Sales Order Report to monitor and take necessary action with the respective function area (e.g. supply chain,customer service centre,credit manager,sales,finance,Product Life Cycle Manager).
* Review and follow up with supply chain on delivery status,production status and stock status to further improve the current sharing of supply information.
* Follow with necessary actions with sales and supply chain when required to protect business margin and avoid losing of priority customers.
* Support Supply Chain and Sales in improving OTIF (On-time-in-full)

Requirements:
* Hold Bachelor or Master degree.
*Advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint.
*Independent and self-starter with an attitude to learn.
*Interpersonal skills to liaise with staff virtually in a global organisation.
*The ability to handle large amounts of data in a structured approach with attention to detail.
*To be able to extract key messages, identify resulting actions and communicate them clearly to more senior staff.
*Supply chain management forecasting/ERP systems
*Demonstrated customer awareness
*Experience in working cross functionally with multiple stakeholders
*Prior Sales & Operation Planning experience is desirable

Application Deadline: Saturday 31 March 2012

Number of Vacancies: 1


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Demand Planner
Indonesia