Role description

Responsible for ensuring consolidated order planning of truck deliveries to various regions are well accounted for including logistics, invoicing instructions, order planning/ order book/ order intake/ invoices/ inventory follow up and estimates for Business Controller.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for consolidating all order information to track lead time information and trucks in transition to end user.
• Change management due to agile changing environment and situations for sales and order planning, and provide warnings and advice to regions.
• Secure order planning activities in accordance to target delivery date through working level coordination via cross functional teams to production and regional S&OP personnel.
• Provide solutions for Hub APAC S&OP activities including delays, order swapping, cancellation etc. to mitigate and secure replacement slots to fulfil demand order.
• Create and develop a demand program for Hub APAC to optimize allocated program to achieve sales target and profitability.
• Chair the Demand Review Meeting for Hub APAC, consolidate sales summary report by region with respective order intake, order book, invoices and inventories at hub/ regional/ importer level.
• Act as the point of contact for Hub APAC to coordinate on truck logistics related matters and ensure effective information flow between factories, order planning, delivery and invoicing.
• Consolidate all Letters of Credit (LC) opening requests and organise the process according to UD protocol, including secure LC confirmation from trade finance and ensuring timely shipment.
• Consolidate monthly market share report and seek to analyse the trends in the market against orders place per market.
• Evaluate insights on information on commercial vehicle market trend across regions and segmentation to internal stakeholders to strategize and support Hub APAC sales targets.
• Analyse the volume, product mix and price per region/ market for estimations including market retail information.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in logistics/ order to export processes, preferably in automotive industry.
• Understanding of Oceania and Asia import procedures.
• Existing experience and business acumen of Japanese truck brand in Oceania and Asia will be a major plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (including Sharepoint, Outlook, Powerpoint, Excel, Word etc.)
• Customer orientation, well-structured and organized.
• Team player, high integrity, conscientious, meticulous, and on time delivery of tasks.
• Ability to manage and drive a wide range of diverse issues.
• International experience and multi-cultural competence.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken. Any other additional Asian language will be a plus.