General Demand Planning Manager Job Listing at Flex in Shanghai, Shanghai (Job ID WD218105)

Description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add an [General Demand & Planning Manager] located in [Jiading, Shanghai]. Reports to Director of Sales Operation and Planning.

The General Demand & Planning Manager manages Power Module sales demand forecasting and Sales Operation Planning, contribute to support designing and executing the end-to-end supply chain strategies to achieve optimal balance between customer value creation and operational efficiency, supporting global business growth in highly volatile markets.

What a typical day looks like:

• Demand Management
  • Demand Planning and Accuracy:
    • Global Demand Planning, including demand forecasting management and demand allocation.
    • Own the 12-months rolling demand consensus process across Sales, Key Accounts, and regional teams, implementing standardized templates and data validation protocols.
    • Conduct gap analysis between sell-in forecasts and sell-out performance to identify systemic biases.
  • Demand-Supply Risk Mitigation:
    • Establish early-warning triggers for big demand deviation, driving root cause analysis and corrective actions.
    • Deliver executable recommendations to align supply chain capabilities (capacity, network design) with demand scenarios.
    • Develop phase-gated demand management for NPI, maturity, and EOL stages, integrating PLC into S&OP decision-making.
• S&OP Excellence & Global Capability Orchestration
  • Global capacity planning, allocation, incl. balancing site loading and customer priorities
  • Maintain Power Module S&OP process, from Demand Review, Supply Review, to Executive Reconciliation, ensuring cross-functional accountability, especially for the new sites.
  • Responsible for capacity and material allocation, inventory targets, and priority decisions (cost vs. service level or business targets etc).
  • Multi-site optimization, develop business-led allocation logic balancing capabilities among the sites (material supply, capacity, cost, lead time) with customer demand priorities.
  • Define segment-specific inventory targets for Power Module, monitor inventory trend, drive FPM KPI for LvC, ITO, E&O, IOH and optimization.
  • Define product supply lead time targets, monitor actual supply LT trend, drive the optimization of LT accuracy and supply LT reduction.
  • Partner with site SCM, Procurement, Sourcing to optimize planning and procurement parameters, to increase supply flexibility for high-mix environments.
• Overall responsibility to the processes within General Demand Planning Management.
• Lead and coordinate work in the function according to department requirements and guidelines.
• Continuously improve and develop processes which related to FPM forecast, Sales & Operation planning, and Inventory management.
• Other tasks assigned by Director of Sales Operation and Planning.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Education: BS/MS in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, International Business or related technical fields.
• Experience: 7+ years in demand/supply planning roles within industrial electronics, semiconductor, or related sectors. Global S&OP leadership experience preferred.
• Technical Skills:
  • Advanced proficiency in SAP, Kinaxis Rapid Response.
  • Experience in predictive analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau) and statistical forecasting methods would be a plus.
• Leadership Competencies:
  • Strategic Agility: Translate market dynamics into executable supply chain activities.
  • Influence without Authority: Navigate matrixed organizations to align with cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Customer-Centric Mindset: Balance operational excellence with customer experiences
• Excellent oral and written English skills.
• Excellent Communication and negotiation skills.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Social Insurance
• Commercial insurance
• PTO
• Transportation allowance
• Annual medical check-up

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email accessibility@flex.com and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).