148 Demand Planning jobs in the United Arab Emirates

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We serve the world by making food people love. As one of the world’sleading food companies, General Mills believes that food should make usbetter.

Food brings us joy and nourishes our lives, connecting us to eachother and the earth. General Mills operates in more than 100 countries andmarkets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios,Häagen-Dazs, OldEl Paso, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant and more.

We seek out the best talent, offer them great development, trust andsupport and the chance to lead something big. Choosing a career withGeneral Mills means joining a company where you can make a differencein the lives of millions of people. There is tremendous opportunity here forindividuals who want to advance food through innovation and serve theworld.

We are looking for a passionate Demand Planning Manager to manage Distributor Markets in Middle Eastern and African Markets, based out of Dubai, UAE.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the demand planning process for MEA markets using statistical capabilities, market data and inputs from all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Build 24-months rolling in market sales and shipment SKU level forecast for all relevant markets, provide visibility into demand risks and opportunities, including scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Partner with regional supply planners and Customer Service & Logistics team to ensure stock availability against the customer orders.
• Monitor inventory health metrics, including inventory days of coverage (DOH), availability, service levels and stock obsolescence risks.
• Provide insights to influence stock/shipment re-allocation decisions of internal or external stakeholders to maintain freshness and availability.
• Review and align the orders received from the customers with customers/commercial team to make sure they are in line with the prompted orders and business outlook.
• Ensure that supply related constraints are addressed, phase-in/phase-out plans are done and discussed with the relevant plant or supply chain teams and actioned.
• Be the supply chain spoke for new product launches ensure that these initiatives are executed as per the targeted volumes, values and timelines.
• Lead Demand Reviews and Demand Validation Meetings as part of our S&OP process, participate in Market Business Reviews
• Implement and manage CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment) processes with key distributor partners to enhance forecast reliability, availability and service levels.
• Champion continuous improvement in forecasting processes, planning tools, and data quality.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Economics or a related field
• 5-8 years’ experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, or S&OP within the FMCG sector
• Proven experience in distributor-led markets and managing demand processes across multiple geographies
• Strong analytical and numerical ability, proficiency in Excel and planning tools (SAP APO/IBP, OMP)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across functions and regions with effective negotiation skills
• A proven “doer” who acts with speed and agility to deliver results
• Deep understanding of forecasting methodologies, inventory dynamics and S&OP processes
• Experience in CPFR and collaborative forecasting with customers/distributors
• Attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Fluency in English

Required: Work Attributes/Qualities

• Interpersonal skills with the confidence to challenge.
• Proactive approach, working with minimum supervision
• Teamwork
• Results Orientation
• Multi-tasker
• Ability to work with tight deadlines
• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to influence

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together.Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surroundingourselves with peoplewho are hungry for what’s next.

The o9 Configuration Lead is responsible for end-to-end solution design, configuration, implementation, data analytics, testing, and stakeholder communication. This role involves gathering and analyzing data, configuring solutions, ensuring smooth deployment, and facilitating user training.

Qualifications:

Domain Expertise:

- 3+ years of experience incontrol tower, MEIO, financial planning, production scheduling, demand planning or supply planningrelated fields within the retail or consumer goods industry.

- Deep understanding of retail planning processes, challenges, and best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Solution Design: Participate in business requirement sessions, document processes, and design solutions based on industry best practices. Work with clients to gather operational data (sales, inventory, etc.) and convert business logic into technical platform designs.
  
• Configuration: Collaborate with architects to create functional and technical designs, document data requirements, and configure the o9 platform to address complex supply chain problems. Develop performance monitoring systems.
  
• Data Analytics: Data Analytics:Use mathematical models, statistical techniques, and optimization algorithms to analyze large datasets and provide actionable insights. Conduct data integration and generate time series forecasts.
  
• Testing: Work with R&D teams to resolve solution gaps and deploy fixes. Design, execute, and document test cases to ensure solution quality. Support junior analysts and contribute to test automation.
  
• Communication: Work closely with clients, cross-functional teams, and both IT and business stakeholders to ensure successful project planning and execution. Plan, develop, and deliver Super User and End User training for a global user base.
  

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4Homes is looking for an experienced Demand Planning Co-ordinator to join its Brand team. This role covers demand forecasting, ordering and inventory management. Extensive knowledge of kitchenware/bakeware brands and products is key to a candidate being successful in this role.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

·Managing inventory levels across all channels, ensuring over and under stock situations are avoided or quickly rectified

·Preparing orders based on expected sell out, seasonality, and promotions

·Effectively communicate with stakeholders on important brand matters and provide routine reports on KPIs

·Conducting regular inspection of the products in the warehouse

·Support the sales team with training, promotions, product selection, and marketing and sales materials

·Work very closely with the Ecommerce team to ensure stock availability

Qualifications

·3 years or more in Buying, Demand Planning or Procurement

·Fluency in English

·Experience and/or deep knowledge in kitchenware/bakeware products

·Experience in the GCC

·Passion for Cooking/Baking is a plus

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Management and Manufacturing
• Industries Retail

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**Job Description**

• We are looking for an Inventory Management Specialist to join our team. The right candidate will be responsible for monitoring and controlling the flow of inventory across multiple stores.

The role involves a high level of responsibility, requiring the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and maintain accurate records.

**Key Responsibilities**

• Monitoring stock movement and running daily reports on inventory adjustments
• Providing detailed stock reports at the category level for all stores
• Guiding store teams on receiving deliveries, returning POs, and resolving operational issues related to stock
• Conducting regular stock takes and cycle counts for operating stores
• Matching invoices with financial records and investigating discrepancies
• Preparing weekly reports for management, including total inventory adjustments and shrinkage percentages
• Spot checking stores for inventory discrepancies and investigating root causes
• Reporting system issues affecting store operations and stocks
• Performing monthly reconciliations with finance and preparing inventory turnover reports

**Requirements**

• At least 1-2 years of experience in inventory management
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• Able to interact with senior-level executives and manage stakeholder expectations
• Detail-oriented, structured, and able to prioritize tasks effectively
• Fluent English and Arabic language skills are highly advantageous

**What We Offer**

Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, a leading local delivery platform with a mission to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door.

Our team operates in over 70 countries worldwide, with a strong presence in the Middle East region.

**Join Our Team**

We are passionate about innovation, customer satisfaction, and employee growth.

Inventory Management Professional

We are seeking a skilled Inventory Management Professional to join our team. As an essential member of our operations, you will be responsible for managing stock levels across all outlets, warehouses, and central kitchens.

• Conduct regular cycle counts and monthly/quarterly stock audits to ensure accuracy and minimize discrepancies.
• Implement inventory control procedures to prevent wastage, shrinkage, and obsolescence, and maintain accurate records of stock movements in ERP systems.
• SOURCE AND EVALUATE SUPPLIERS TO SECURE THE BEST PRICING AND QUALITY FOR OUR PRODUCTS.
• Manage purchase orders and ensure the timely delivery of goods, tracking supplier performance and maintaining approved vendor lists.
• CONDUCT MARKET RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY NEW SOURCING OPPORTUNITIES AND COST EFFICIENCIES, AND GENERATE AND QUALIFY NEW B2B SALES LEADS THROUGH PROACTIVE OUTREACH.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of stock levels, transactions, and movements, ensuring seamless integration with our ERP system.
• Prepare weekly and monthly inventory reports for management, providing actionable insights and recommendations to optimize our inventory management practices.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a high level of flexibility and adaptability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and experience with ERP systems.

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• The opportunity to work with a dynamic and innovative team.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career progression.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

You will be reporting to the Manager – Supply Chain and will lead the S&OP process, ensuring optimal stock levels, and balancing supply with demand to support business growth and customer satisfaction. This role will drive demand planning, network optimization, and capacity planning while ensuring cross functional alignment, including monthly demand plans, consumption models, new product launches, etc.

• Develop and lead the end-to-end Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, between sales forecasts, supply plans, inventory, and financial plans through facilitating clear communication and data flow
• Facilitate monthly S&OP meetings, ensuring data-driven decision-making.
• Lead the preparation of the Product Portfolio, Demand Review, Supply Review, and S&OP decks within the planning cycle.

Demand & Supply Planning:

• Continuously improve the quality of demand forecasting by measuring forecast accuracy and bias, delivering root cause analysis, and preparing and executing action plans.
• Improve the efficiency of supply planning and purchasing to minimize excess stock and stockouts by fostering close collaboration between the supply chain, marketing, and commercial teams.

• Analyze fill rates and on shelf-availability rates and develop and execute action plans to minimize sales losses due to stockouts.
• Drive continuous improvement of key supply chain metrics by mastering the supply and demand planning processes and tools and facilitating data-driven decisions.

• Optimize inventory levels across stores, warehouses, and e-commerce channels.
• Develop strategies for new product launches, seasonal stock planning, and slow-moving inventory management.
• Work closely with logistics and warehouse teams to improve replenishment efficiency

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication

• Drive collaboration and transparency across departments such as sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, and retail teams to prioritize and create a consensus-driven demand plan and align business goals.
• Provide insights on sales trends, risks, and opportunities to leadership for strategic decision-making.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Define and track KPIs such as forecast accuracy, inventory turnover, and service levels.
• Use data analytics and forecasting tools to drive continuous improvement in the S&OP process.
• Present regular reports on supply chain health, demand trends, and inventory optimization.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in S&OP, demand planning, or supply chain management, preferably in the beauty, fashion, or FMCG industry.
• Strong knowledge of demand forecasting models, ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar), and planning tools.
• Experience working in omnichannel retail (offline & online markets).
• Excellent analytical skills with proficiency in Excel, Power BI, or other data visualization tools.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Knowledge of global supply chain best practices and inventory optimization techniques.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic retail environment.

• Supply Chain Management Applications
• Planning, forecasting and budgeting
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation and MD compliance
• Analytical Thinking

What we can offer you

With us,you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employeediscounts.

We Invite All Applicants to Apply

It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.

We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age, race, religion, national origin or disability status.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). The successful candidate will play a critical role in optimizing our supply chain and operational processes while supporting the alignment of sales forecasts, production plans, and inventory management.

This position requires a keen analytical mind, strong leadership qualities, and an ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency. As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in strategic decision-making and contribute to the broader business goals by ensuring alignment between various departments, enhancing efficiency, and driving overall company performance.

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, production, and logistics teams to ensure alignment of goals.
• Analyze and forecast sales trends to aid in inventory management decisions.
• Lead monthly S&OP meetings to review overall performance and address challenges.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve production efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Monitor and report on key performance metrics to help guide strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely receipt of materials and products.
• Optimize supply chain processes to reduce costs and enhance delivery timelines.
• Resolve conflicts between capacity constraints and demand fluctuations effectively.
• Prepare detailed reports on sales, inventory, and operations planning for stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication and problem-solving processes across various business units.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement initiatives within the S&OP framework.
• Provide training and mentorship to junior team members in the S&OP process.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in sales & operations planning or similar role.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in utilizing data to drive decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Proficient in S&OP software and tools, along with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to lead and facilitate meetings and workshops with diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines efficiently.

• Supply Chain Optimization
• Operations Planning
• Strategic Decision Making
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Data Analysis

The ideal candidate will have the opportunity to work with a talented team, develop new skills, and contribute to the growth and success of our organization.

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Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Associate for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to join our team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in optimizing our supply chain and operational processes while supporting the alignment of sales forecasts, production plans, and inventory management. This position requires a keen analytical mind, strong leadership qualities, and an ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency. As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in strategic decision-making and contribute to the broader business goals by ensuring alignment between various departments, enhancing efficiency, and driving overall company performance. This role is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise in sales and operations planning in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Associate for Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) to join our team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in optimizing our supply chain and operational processes while supporting the alignment of sales forecasts, production plans, and inventory management. This position requires a keen analytical mind, strong leadership qualities, and an ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency. As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in strategic decision-making and contribute to the broader business goals by ensuring alignment between various departments, enhancing efficiency, and driving overall company performance. This role is a unique opportunity to apply your expertise in sales and operations planning in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with sales, marketing, production, and logistics teams to ensure alignment of goals.
• Analyze and forecast sales trends to aid in inventory management decisions.
• Lead monthly S&OP meetings to review overall performance and address challenges.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve production efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Monitor and report on key performance metrics to help guide strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely receipt of materials and products.
• Optimize supply chain processes to reduce costs and enhance delivery timelines.
• Resolve conflicts between capacity constraints and demand fluctuations effectively.
• Prepare detailed reports on sales, inventory, and operations planning for stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication and problem-solving processes across various business units.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement initiatives within the S&OP framework.
• Provide training and mentorship to junior team members in the S&OP process.
  
  

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in sales & operations planning or similar role.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in utilizing data to drive decisions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Proficient in S&OP software and tools, along with Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to lead and facilitate meetings and workshops with diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines efficiently.
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Sales and Business Development
• Industries IT Services and IT Consulting

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