Associate Manager, Demand & Supply Planning - Temp

Location

• The role is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Position Summary

Demand and Supply Planning

• Lead an 18-month consensus demand plan aligned with cluster, category, channel, and commercial ambitions.
• Use sellout and inventory-management data by category, district, and SKU to support forecasting decisions.
• Run price elasticity simulations and model multiscenario volume impacts across product portfolios.
• Develop baseline forecasts for new product launches and promotions using market, competitor, and commercial inputs.

Inventory and Operations

• Create monthly end-to-end plans to prevent out-of-stock situations and overstock.
• Coordinate supply, freshness, inventory, clearance, category supply, logistics, and commercial visibility activities.
• Support order fulfillment management, out-of-stock reason-code assignment, and improvement action plans.
• Govern monthly pallet projections and warehouse-space planning with warehouse and logistics stakeholders.

Performance Management

• Monitor KPIs including growth, tonnage, demand-plan accuracy, bias, stock cover, service level, and bad goods.
• Maintain and communicate the demand-planning learning log covering deviations from actual performance.
• Coordinate promotional stock availability and on-time execution with the local A&P team.
• Contribute to bad-goods reduction through stakeholder reviews, action plans, and escalation of material risks.

What Makes You Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Supply Chain.
• At least 2 years of experience in demand planning.
• F&B background is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication skills.