Specialist Demand Planning
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About the Role
Talabat is seeking a Demand Planner to manage inventory for its cloud grocery store concept, Talabat Mart. The role involves demand forecasting, replenishment, supplier coordination, and inventory analysis to ensure optimal stock levels.
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Responsibilities
- Ensure correct inventory at stores by analyzing current inventory status and updating ordering parameters
- Maintain parameters of the replenishment model including lead times, reorder point, and economic order quantities
- Prepare demand forecasts and initiate ordering to stores, tracking receipt of orders
- Manage inventory in coordination with Category Managers
- Ensure timely and accurate analysis and reporting of inventory and purchase forecasts
- Dispatch orders to suppliers and ensure proper tracking
- Liaise with suppliers for improving collaborative forecasting planning and replenishment
- Maintain appropriate and accurate records of in stock and inventory positions
Requirements
- At least 4+ years of experience in Demand Planning
- Detail oriented, structured, and able to prioritize
- Ability to interact with senior level executives and manage multiple stakeholders
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Robust interpersonal and intercultural skills
- Fluent English and Arabic highly advantageous
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Company Description
- Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world's pioneering local delivery platform, operating in around 65 countries worldwide.
Role Summary
- We're looking for a Demand Planner to join the team and focus on growing our own Grocery Store 'Talabat Mart', the region's first cloud store concept offering 30 minute delivery of groceries at hypermarket prices.
What's On Your Plate?
- Responsible for ensuring we have the correct inventory at the stores (No OOS or OVS) by analysing the current inventory status and updating the ordering parameters.
- Daily monitoring of stock movement, running report of daily inventory adjustment.
- Maintaining parameters of the replenishment model and making sure it is accurately input into the system, including lead times, reorder point, economic order quantities, suppliers minimum order quantities, etc.
- Preparing demand forecasts and initiating ordering to the stores and tracking receipt of such orders.
- Managing the relevant inventory in coordination with the Category Managers.
- Ensuring timely and accurate analysis and reporting of inventory and purchase forecasts.
- Dispatching orders to suppliers and ensuring proper tracking.
- Liaising with suppliers for improving collaborative forecasting planning and replenishment.
- Ensuring maintenance of appropriate and accurate records of in stock and inventory positions are kept.
What Did We Order?
- You have at least 4+ years of experience in Demand Planning.
- You are very detail oriented, structured and know how to prioritize you consider yourself as someone who delivers solutions and not bottlenecks to be solved.
- You are able to interact with senior level executives and can manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
- You are someone energized by the unknown and look forward to learning each day on the job.
- You have excellent analytical and communication skills, and always like to be hands on with several tools.
- Additionally, you have robust interpersonal and intercultural skills. You can inspire several teams and stakeholders to rally behind a mission.
- Language skills: Fluent English and Arabic would be highly advantageous.
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