2 Strategic Planning jobs in Bangladesh

**Role & Responsibilities:**
+ Oversees the completion of the PO management process
+ Communicate with Brand, Regions and Vendors to manage exceptions and order change requests
+ Support Direct Line Manager in the driving continuous improvement initiatives/processes for your country
+ Vendor Management
+ Change Management & Process Improvement Implementation
+ Provides team members with timely, constructive feedback and coaching
Position Definition (Key Purpose of the Position):
You will support the execution of PO management process including PO creation, handling exceptions and overseeing the completion of order change request for your country. This role requires ability to work collectively with Brand Operation Teams in the four regions (NORA, CASA, APAC & EMEA) and Vendors ensuring deliveries are met on time, and the team maintains an effective and timely communication with key stakeholders
You will be responsible for executing the PO management process in order to ensure a smooth and effective buying process. You will support a sustainable performance management cycle while providing relevant and accurate data, highlighting risks and opportunities, for internal and external stakeholders, and manage systems for effective KPI reporting/production tracking tools to provide effective visibility to Brand & Regions
As a People Leader, you will be accountable on guiding your Team members by giving timely, constructive feedback and coaching
Key Result Areas:
+ Own & drive the execution of PO management process including purchase order creation (where applicable) and change memo issuing in accordance with business requirements
+ Supervise team in execution of weekly exception and unconfirmed PO's ensuring the timely execution of actions to resolve issues and maintain CRD dates. Provide guidance to team members as appropriate
+ Collaborate with Global Material Supply, QA and vendors to ensure on time deliveries and escalation of reporting where required
+ Partner with VF Logistics and Vendors to optimize delivery times ensuring on time delivery
+ Measure factory KPIs and ensure that Vendor scorecards are maintained
+ Build, maintain and elevate factory audit activities (where applicable)
+ Coordinate with Sourcing Leaders and CSR Team with vendors, to ensure that all factory audit activities are relevant, appropriate and timebound
+ Ensure detailed analytics with clear action points is prepared on a continuous basis including production tracking tools to provide effective visibility to Brand & Regions
+ Manage Factory Ledger (where applicable), ensure current year running balances are settled by the end of the fiscal year
+ Act as a change agent/ambassador throughout the Product Supply and Supply Chain organization by building trust with various levels in the organization, communicate clearly and consistently business objectives and management vision.
+ Support Direct Line Manager in building a sustainable organization that is empowered, passionate and meets or exceeds business performance expectations
+ Provide feedback, coaching and mentoring to Team members for personal development, growth and opportunity. Ensure a clear succession plan is in place for Managers and above
+ Supports Team members on their development needs by providing ideas for development opportunities and internal mobility
**Competency Requirements:**
Behavioral Competencies -
+ Execute Business strategy and vision
+ Enable operational results
+ Embrace change and be aware of changes in market, business, customers and proactively takes action to to prepare the team to respond to changes
+ Ensure effective internal and external communication
+ Build internal and external collaboration
+ Provide guidance to team
+ Understand and support talent development
+ Support continuous learning
+ Able to work under pressure with multiple tasks simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines
+ Strong logic to provide the solution / mitigation plan in solid detail number.
+ Experience with working in a team spread out in various geographical locations
+ Value diversity - working effectively with individuals of diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations, or backgrounds.
+ Highest level of integrity, ethics, and honesty
+ High learning agility
+ Drive and passion - presents a positive outlook at all times and demonstrates a growth mindset
Functional Competencies -
+ Excellent English (writing and speaking) skills. Other Asian language a plus
+ Excellent Excel, Power Point and Presentation skill.
+ Data modelling and forecasting experience
+ Shown capability of data analysis and insights to solve business problems
+ Manage ambiguity
+ Supply Chain Planning and Retail Knowledge preferred
+ KPI management
+ Actively provide input on planning system transformation, for example S2A (Supply Chain Platform), demonstrating business acumen and constructing resource implication plan.
**Experience**
Minimum Relevant Experience: Experience in planning, with ideally some exposure to manufacturing and/or consumer goods such as apparel, footwear or equipment
Minimum Supervisory Experience: Leading teams and organizations
Nature of Work: full-time
**Academic Qualifications**
Minimum Degree Held: University Degree in BA, Bachelor or Master level
Subject Expert In: Operations, Supply Chain, International Business
Certifications Required:
**Specific Working Conditions**
Frequency of Travel: As required
Other Specific Working Conditions:
_*If the position requires a person to work in special working conditions this should be stated in the position description. Special working conditions cover a range of circumstances from regular evening and weekend work, shift work, working outdoors, working with challenging clients, and so forth._
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