北西ヨーロッパに本拠を置き、世界40カ国以上に拠点を持つ大手食品会社の日本法人です。
同社は食品、飲料、医薬品 業界向けに香味料や栄養剤、機能成分を開発、生産、供給をしています。

About the Role:
This role will be responsible for Import and forecasting activities. For Import, this will cover the daily processing of all import documentation, freight and any other related requirement. Under Forecasting, this role will be associated with clients and products, gather information from Commercial, Sales, Finance and incorporate business intelligence to create and maintains forecast models for the customers. Provide a focus on customer orders and supply planning to production.

Key Responsibilities:
• Overall coordination of all inbound freight shipments, managing/monitoring the timing of all import deliveries
• Liaise and communicate with material call off and warehouse to ensure timely receipts of orders and correct quantities
• Act as Key contact with freight forwarder on all imported shipments
• Execute and provide an adequate tracking model of all shipments
• Manage and resolve any shipment receipt variances when comparing to the invoiced amount
• Work closely with regulatory to ensure all import licences are in place before goods arrive to Japan
• Processing all import documentation to the freight forwarder and within 24 hours of shipment arrival.
• Responsible for the accuracy of all inbound documentation provided by the shipper to ensure a smooth clearance process. Liaise with supplier if documentation changes are needed before arrival
• Ensure all inland costs are correctly assigned against the specific order before goods are receipted into SAP system
• Track and report on service provider’s performance with corrective action recommendations for improvement. Continuously monitor performance by reviewing delivery results in conformance to the schedules
• Develop demand forecasts at multiple time horizons as part of a Demand / Supply planning function. Develop continuous improvement activities to drive planning excellence through efficiencies in capacity plan. Act as single point of contact to operation planning.
• Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results. Interact with Sales, Marketing, Commercial and Customer Finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
• Responsible for the supply planning functions such as MIP planning for Master Scheduling & MRP planning, FGs inventory and RCCP plan. Develop optimum level of supply planning execution to support Business Units & Operations.
• Reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions
• Ensure the right capacity and capability in place to supply and deliver end products to customer. Ensure sales orders, inventories, supply plans are properly managed including close monitoring of excess, slow moving, aging and phase in and phased out models.
• Use and maintain the Demand Planning tool, working with preferred categorizations. Create supply strategy and identify capability needs aligned to the business strategy and establishing the supply foundations that will enable future growth.
• Provide input to the Supply Planning department to develop supply planning and inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase
• Execute the agreed standard supply planning processes, supporting the implementation of new projects and tools to ensure continuity of excellent supply plan
• Work with Customer Care to establish 'Supply Level Agreements' that secure supply with an appropriate balance between risk, opportunity and flexibility.
• Play a key role in facilitating of emergent issues that impact the schedule and commitment, and work with functional team to find solutions and perform root cause and gap analysis. Share knowledge in high-level operating Capacity Plan and manage unconstraint. A top-down bottoms-up approach to roll out business plans into demand plan.
• Support the site product (Finished Goods) database
• Act as gatekeeper for product launches ensuring agreed business rules are met
• Attend NPD meetings to support future development pipeline
• Manage de-lists and act as key contact for the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) process and support SKU Rationalization efforts
• Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as and when required

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• Candidate will have at least 3 years’ experience within the Logistics or Import Logistics field
• Experience in Demand and Supply planning
• Knowledge of BPOM, Quarantine & Customs process and regulations
• Should have experience working in Food related industry, or within food related area of freight forwarding / shipping
• Good understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems is essential; SAP experience is a definite advantage
• English - verbal and written communication competencies are essential

Key Competencies:
• Possess an open nature / collaborative mind-set that enables you to work with people from different functions and levels.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that exemplify the highest level of professionalism in both internal and external environments
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Demonstrate relentless drive and determination to achieve success
• Strong problem-solving skills; the ability to ask the right questions, help frame logical conclusions and arrive at effective solutions
• Possess strong planning and analytical skills and be able to take complex issues and break down actions for resolutions and working with tight deadlines