Demand Planner - 1 Year Contract

About the position

At LG, innovation is the foundation of everything we do. We make products and services that make lives better, easier, and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we make “Life Good” – from home appliances, consumer electronics and vehicle components to business innovations in digital signage, air conditioning and solar. The Demand Planner is responsible for planning the demand and supply for a/multiple product category within LG Electronics’ business units. Ensuring that the business plans for continuous product supply meet the marketplace’s requirements for products. Responsible for forecasting volume, revenue, product movement and procuring supply. Bilingual Skills in both English & Korean is mandatory

Responsibilities

  • Analyzes sell-in and sell-out forecasting trends and aligns future demand to meet the trends and current market conditions.
  • Reviews current inventory levels and adjusts supply plans to align with target levels of safety stock and total inventory plans.
  • Takes the forecasted volumes and ensures purchase order generation occurs to procure products from the associated factories.
  • Troubleshoots coverage plans and supply disruptions on an on-going basis and re-aligns volume forecasts to match inbound supply plans.
  • Reviews the forecasting, sales capability, Inventory KPI’s for alignment and meeting business requirements
  • Prepares and analyzes the sales and operations for each product group; highlights and presents to the business the status of the business on a weekly basis and monthly basis.
  • Interfaces with installed ERP tools to control and run the business.
  • Sets and manages system operating parameters to align system(s) with the required and anticipated planning requirements; Lead time, safety stock, EOL timing, NPI timing, etc.
  • Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bilingual language skills in English and Korean
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business or Industrial engineering
  • 1-5 years of experience in product level forecasting or product supply planning in global sourcing organization.
  • 1-5 years of demonstrated experience working with MS Office Suite, Enterprise Resource Planning systems; SAP, Oracle-JD Edwards, Manugistics.
  • Must be able to operate with a high degree of urgency and integrity.
  • Must have strong analytics and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) utilization skills to be successful.
  • Prioritizing/Time Management Skills
  • Planning/Organizational Skills

Benefits

  • attractive compensation package that encompasses a competitive salary and excellent benefits.
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