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Weatherford Demand Planning Lead in KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

Overview

Weatherford is a leading global energy services company. Our world-class experts partner with customers to optimize their resources and realize the full potential of their assets. Across our operating locations, including manufacturing, research and development, service, and training facilities, operators choose us for strategic solutions that add efficiency, flexibility, and responsibility to any energy operation.

We are focused on technology development, digital solutions, and defining our footprint in the new energy space. Our ability to provide integrated solutions across our segments will be critical to growth in our core operations and the energy transition.

Energy producers face unique challenges every day, so it is our job to create solutions that enhance safety, streamline operations, and sustain uptime to meet or exceed their targets. We operate across the global energy landscape employing some of the best diverse talent in the industry. At Weatherford, we understand the value each individual brings to the table. We celebrate diversity in all its forms and are immensely proud of our workforce. We invite you to join our passionate, talented, world-class team.

When you join Weatherford, you instantly feel connected to something bigger – a community that is grounded by our core values and driven to create innovative solutions for our customers. We celebrate each other’s successes, grow together, and learn from each other constantly. Individually, we are impressive. Together, we are unstoppable. We are One Weatherford.

Weatherford offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits program and provides you a challenging and enriching career path, with a healthy balance of structure and flexibility to chart your own course.

Weatherford is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Responsibilities

  • Track and analyse forecast variance / bias and update forecasts to continually improve forecast accuracy.

  • Develops New Product Forecasts with other functions.

  • Identify best practices and improvement opportunities.

  • Balance supply with demand for the product line and identify constraints (rough-cut capacity planning).

  • Responsible for all demand/supply planning process for multiple product lines within a segment, including corresponding KPI’s.

  • Manage opportunities to improve inventory redeployments.

  • Work with manufacturing facilities to improve operational measures including OTD, Past Due, Lead Time etc.

  • Maintains safety and service quality as immediate priorities when working across all areas of the business.

  • Maintains the highest standards of corporate governance, ensuring that all activities are carried out ethically and in compliance with Company policies and procedures, relevant laws, regulations, standards and industry practices.

  • Collaborate with key internal and external partners to document changes / overrides, assumptions and inputs for Sales and Operations Planning meetings.

  • Add internal and external intelligence to the forecast such as impact of media, trade and consumer promotions, product launches and discontinuations, price changes, and competitive activity.

  • Works closely with Marketing, Account Planning, Operations and Replenishment to deliver accurate demand forecasts.

  • Present / review key changes in monthly meetings, highlighting significant impacts to Supply Chain and Financial projections.

  • Contribute to enhancements of demand planning systems, which includes participating in requirements definition, performing system checks and tests and developing reports.

  • Ensures forecasting processes and methods are followed and updated as needed.

  • Influence teams to adopt problem solving methodologies to identify root causes and improve processes, within the department and cross functional programs.

  • Develops scenarios and "what-if" analyses in conjunction with other functions as required.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, industrial management, supply chain or other relevant fields.

  • Minimum of five years’ experience in demand planning / inventory management roles.

  • Solid understanding of supply chain best practices and procedures.

  • Excellent communication skills, inclusive of verbal, written and formal presentations.

  • High level of intelligence - intellectually agile enough to be comfortable in participative problem-solving environments with other senior management.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with associates at all levels.

  • Strong process and continuous improvement skills.

  • Must have a supportive, positive attitude and approach to work.

  • Must be able to work independently or as part of a team.

  • Must possess candid, impeccable honesty and integrity.

    Preferred Requirements:

  • Supply Chain experience within automobile or advanced manufacturing industry.

  • Principles and practices of supervision, training and personnel management.

  • Oil and gas experience would be beneficial.

Job Locations MY-KUALA LUMPUR

ID 2024-269797

Category SUPPLY CHAIN

Position Type Regular Full-Time

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