Mars, Incorporated Manufacturing

Regional Planning Manager

Seoul, South Korea +1 In person Full-time

Location: CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai-Fengxian

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.

Additional Locations: KOR-Seoul-Seoul

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