Location: CN - Shanghai
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Amber Li
Sponsorship Available: No
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Facilitating the consensus plan. Manage, chair and coordinate regional demand planning activities both for Consumer and Commercial business. Facilitate a "single set of forecast" and communicate consensus plans and the assumptions behind them throughout the supply chain and drive alignment across business functions at country, cluster and regional levels.
- Maintaining demand planning process quality. Employ demand analytics at all significant levels (i.e. product line, rim size, target market segment) in order to drive discussion that are meaningful to a variety of users and which aid in the decision-making process. Track Forecast Value Add.
- Aligning Assumptions: Work with cross functional teams to effective articulate and quantify assumptions for Price, Place, Promotion, Product and External factors. Manage analytics and life cycle of existing and new products, consistent with the business product roadmap. Manage the strategic and tactical implementation of "new products" through the S&OP and RvsCC business processes. Maintain forecast system data integrity, collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure proper data maintenance. Track performance of assumptions
- Collaborate with business stake holders- Business Analyst, Marketing, Cluster Supply Planning to facilitae preparation of country MOR & S&OP decks and lead demand planning process for the PBU. Also work with broader SC team to improve safety stocks settings based on demand vraibility , reduce T&W cost impact due to forecast BIAS.
Required experiences/skills:
- Minimum 10-15 years combined experience in Supply Chain (Demand Planning function), Sales or Marketing, inclusive of 3-5 years solid experience in leading the demand planning function in mid- to large-scale organizations of repute.
- Major experience in forecasting, planning and leadership in a large organization.
- Experience working in a matrix organization of business units and business functions.
- Must have strong knowledge of Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Sales & Marketing. Must have strong project management, communication and integrative skills.
- Ability to interface with all levels across the company.
- Possess business acumen relating to vision and purpose, strategic thinking and problem solving, and creative/innovative mindset. Must be customer- and market-driven.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and demand planning modules of integrated planning systems – o9, Kinaxis, E2Open, IBP
- Expsoure to advanced analytics in forecasting , ML based forecasting approach.
Goodyear is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 68,000 people and manufactures its products in 53 facilities in 20 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate