Job Requisition ID: 153771

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A\xe2\x80\x9drab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world\'s most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group\'s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role:

• The primary focus of the role will be to manage the planning of passenger vehicle supply and demand for multiple Trading Enterprise brands in the UAE and international markets, accountable for demand management, sales planning, sales operations for Retail, Corporate or Fleet customers.

What you will do:

• Responsible for the key functions of annual sales plan and demand order plan.
• Sales Planning by using best available data to forecast market and segment model mix volume and using the information to establish appropriate budget and forecast assumptions for sales and stock planning.
• Developing of the annual, quarterly sales and demand plan with the detail by models and channels.
• Prepare forecast data and evaluate forecast results.
• Develop demand and sales forecasts at multiple levels across distribution channels.
• Improve the stock turnover by reducing the risk of excess and obsolete stock.
• Develop and measure key performance indicators to track and evaluate forecast made.
• OEM and internal liaison, reporting and forecasting.
• Regularly review stock levels.
• Managing campaign management and vehicle life cycle support.
• Creating of dashboards.
• Sales planning utilizing the best available data to forecast market and segment model mix volume and using the information to establish appropriate budget and forecast assumptions for sales and stock planning.
• Perform Kaizen and projects to reduce operational costs.
• Overseeing supply chain to ensure healthy balance sheet position and cash management with efficient stock from factory order to final customer delivery.

Required Skills to be successful:
1.- OEM experience in sales and demand planning.
2.- Strong expertise in data analytics.
3.- Experience in reporting and forecasting for multiple brands.
4.- Experience in driving commercial results.

About the Team:

• Reporting to the Regional Managing Director and will work closely with multiple Brand team, Sales Planning team and the broader internal and external stakeholders.

What equips you for the role:

• Bachelor\'s Degree (MBA / MSC Preferred).
• 5 -10 years\' work experience in a multinational Sales and Marketing environment in leading Automotive brands.
• Experience in sales planning and demand order plan.
• Extensive knowledge of inventory management systems and supply chain modules in other ERP system.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint/ MS Projects) Power BI.

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