Regional Planning Manager

Job Description: Inventory Strategy & Policy Governance

• Develop and define the overall inventory strategy for the region, aligning with business objectives and market dynamics and global standards.
• Establish segmentation-based inventory policies and target-setting frameworks that balance service levels, stock exposure, and working capital.
• Guide markets and factories in applying inventory policies and planning parameters, including safety stocks, lead times, and demand forecast adjustments.
• Review mid- to long-term strategy execution and align policy changes through the regional SMR process. Inventory Health Management & Performance Management
• Manage regional inventory reporting, dashboards, and regular performance reviews using global standard tools.
• Run analysis to manage inventory health. Analyze inventory trends and planning parameters to identify unhealthy stock, performance gaps, and emerging risks.
• Coordinate and track corrective actions with markets and factories to improve inventory health and minimize short-term stock exposure.
• Oversee inventory dashboards to track performance and identify improvement opportunities. Inventory Optimization & Continuous Improvement
• Conduct scenario analyses and benchmarking to identify structural inventory improvement opportunities.
• Lead cross-market and factory inventory optimization projects, defining scope, targets, and improvement actions.
• Improve inventory efficiency and reduce excess stock while maintaining agreed service levels.
• Review and guide Markets and Factory to set key inventory parameters including safety stock targets, lead times, and Deman Forecast Adjustments.
• Lead inventory optimization projects for both markets and factory operations. Inventory Annual Execution Plan (AEP)
• Coordinate annual inventory planning and replanning with market teams, translating regional strategy into aligned inventory targets and plans.
• Support inventory modeling to assess assumptions and align annual plans with business objectives. Regional Demand & Supply Alignment & R-SMR
• Consolidate regional demand and supply forecasts to provide an integrated view of requirements, availability, and planning risks.
• Coordinate regular alignment with market and factory teams, highlighting gaps and facilitating actions through R-SMR. Supply Matrix Management & Service Level Agreements for Finished Goods (FG)
• Maintain the regional supply matrix, ensuring supply-related data is accurate, validated, and current.
• Coordinate planning-related master data transitions with relevant data and system owners.
• Review and maintain finished goods SLAs with factory and market supply chain teams, ensuring coverage of co-manufacturing and other applicable supply arrangements. Digital Enablement & Capability Development
• Lead the deployment and adoption of the Control Tower (Wit-eye) and Standard tools related to Inventory Management & Supply Matrix.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities across supply matrix maintenance and inventory reporting.
• Coordinate regional communities of practice to embed best practices and strengthen inventory management capabilities.