Logistics Planning Analyst- Senior

Our Company:

Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. We employ over 140,000 people around the world, operate 3 technical centers and 178 manufacturing plants and sell products in more than 150 countries. "Serving Society with Superior Quality” has been our mission since Shojiro Ishibashi founded Bridgestone in 1931 and we look for individuals who share our passion to fulfill this mission.

Bridgestone Middle East & Africa (BSMEA) operates from locations in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, kenya and Ivory Coast. From these locations BSMEA covers 68 markets through 80 partners.

Role Summary:

This role is based in Dubai and reports into the LSCM Planning Manager, this role oversees short and mid-term planning, supporting the sales team in collecting customer orders and efficiently communicating with supplier partners. It involves analyzing variances in forecasts and supply plans, with a focus on process improvement for enhanced efficiency.

Responsibilities include facilitating and analyzing data for the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, managing the supply plan to ensure alignment with demand forecasts, and optimizing warehouse assortment for local supply. The role also involves analyzing supply plan variances, supporting KPI reporting, and driving continual improvement across the supply chain.

Key Result Areas (KRA):

1. Customer Demand Management:
   • Collecting and managing customer orders, supply allocation, and balancing supply/demand.
   • Coordinating with internal teams and suppliers to manage supply shortfalls and availability issues.
   • Setting and overseeing inventory targets and ensuring accurate materials planning.
2. S&OP:
   • Facilitating the S&OP process with a focus on supply and inventory planning.
   • Reviewing and taking actions on supply-related issues, ensuring supplier alignment.
   • Improving forecast accuracy and planning inventory for warehouses.
3. KPI Reporting & Data Management:
   • Achieving high levels of customer service through monthly contract deliverance, forecast accuracy, and on-time delivery.
   • Managing item and supplier master data and EMEA KPI reporting.

Job Requirements and Qualifications:

• Graduate with 3-5 years of experience in a complex supply chain environment.
• Proficient in ERP systems and analytical tools.
• Strong expertise in MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of advanced supply chain concepts and their financial impact (inventory turns, FC error/bias cash flow and working capital) is required
• Understanding of advanced supply chain concepts and financial impact.
• Fluent in English.

Bridgestone Behaviors:

Qualified candidates need to demonstrate the following behaviors:

• Agility – to work in a matrix, complex and fast paced environment.
• Courage – to share ideas, challenge the status quo.
• Ownership – to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role (self-starter).

Bridgestone Leadership Essence:

Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:

• Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision:  Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
• Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others:  Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
• Promotes and enhances company culture:  Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
• Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
• Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence:  Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.  Understands emotions and their effects
• Intellectually curious in support of learning agility:  Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application
• Embraces and leads change and innovation:  Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
• Identifies and develops organizational talent:  Attracts high calibre diverse talent , leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration.