Supply Planning Manager

Kuala Lumpur Permanent MYR210,000 - MYR250,000 per year Work from Home or Hybrid View Job Description
Join a regional supply chain hub driving end-to-end supply planning excellence across multiple markets. This role combines strategic planning leadership, inventory optimisation, co-packing management, and supply chain transformation within a fast-paced multinational environment
  • Lead regional supply chain transformation initiatives
  • High-impact role with significant stakeholder exposure

About Our Client

Our client is a well-established multinational organisation undergoing a major supply chain transformation to enhance regional visibility, standardisation, and operational efficiency. As part of a newly centralised operating model, they are investing heavily in planning capabilities and supply chain excellence across multiple markets

Job Description

  • Lead short- and mid-term supply planning activities across multiple markets.
  • Drive inventory availability while balancing inventory policies, service levels, and working capital objectives.
  • Manage exception handling processes, identifying supply risks and developing prioritisation scenarios to mitigate disruptions.
  • Collaborate closely with demand planning, supply planning, allocation, master data, and commercial stakeholders to ensure alignment across the supply chain.
  • Oversee regional co-packing planning, including volume forecasting, execution monitoring, and component ordering.
  • Support and contribute to S&OP processes through scenario planning, performance reviews, and consolidated replenishment inputs.
  • Drive inventory optimisation initiatives, including the reduction and rebalancing of slow-moving and obsolete stock.
  • Lead planning activities relating to product lifecycle management, including phase-in and phase-out (PIPO) planning.
  • Manage export replenishment activities from a regional hub to multiple markets, ensuring service excellence and cost optimisation.
  • Champion new processes and tools introduced through the organisation's supply chain transformation programme while embedding harmonised ways of working across the region.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Supply Planning Manager should have:

  • Proven experience in replenishment planning, supply planning, inventory management, or broader supply chain planning functions.
  • Strong understanding of MRP, DDMRP, inventory management principles, and replenishment methodologies.
  • Experience managing complex planning environments across multiple countries or business units.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to make trade-off decisions under supply constraints.
  • Proficiency with planning and reporting tools such as Anaplan, Power BI, ERP systems, or equivalent platforms.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
  • Experience leading teams and developing planning capabilities within a regional environment.
  • Comfortable operating within change and transformation programmes.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage stakeholders across different markets and cultures.

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to play a key role in a major regional supply chain transformation.
  • Leadership exposure within a newly created regional supply chain organisation.
  • Significant cross-functional collaboration with regional and global stakeholders.
  • Opportunity to shape planning processes, governance frameworks, and future operating models.
  • Strong career development and progression opportunities within a multinational environment.
  • Exposure to advanced planning tools and supply chain best practices.



This is a role for skilled professionals in Malaysia to advance their careers in the FMCG industry. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply.

Contact
Brandon Hein
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7065513
Phone number
+603 2302 4041

Job summary

Function
Procurement & Supply Chain
Specialisation
Supply Planning
What is your area of specialisation?
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Location
Kuala Lumpur
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Brandon Hein
Consultant contact
+603 2302 4041
Job Reference
JN-072026-7065513
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

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