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Head of Demand Planning – Greater China | Shanghai | ¥700K–¥1.1M + Bonus + 13th Month

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Head of Demand Planning – Greater China

📍 Location: Shanghai, China
💼 Employment Type: Full-time, Senior Leadership
💰 Salary Range: ¥700,000 – ¥1,100,000 annually + 13th month salary + bonus
🎯 Experience Level: 10–15 years in Demand Planning / Supply Chain

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic and data-driven Head of Demand Planning to lead the Greater China region. This role is critical in shaping and driving the demand planning strategy across both Consumer and Commercial business units. You’ll be responsible for creating a unified forecast, aligning business assumptions, and ensuring that demand planning becomes a central enabler of growth and operational excellence.

As a senior leader, you will manage a team of demand planners, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and influence at the highest levels of the organization to align strategy with execution.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead Demand Planning: Chair and coordinate regional demand planning activities, ensuring alignment between country, cluster, and regional levels.

  • Consensus Forecasting: Drive “one set of numbers” by facilitating collaboration across business functions and clearly articulating assumptions.

  • Forecast Accuracy & Analytics: Employ advanced analytics and ML-based forecasting to improve accuracy, reduce bias, and add value at product line, market, and segment levels.

  • New Product Integration: Manage lifecycle forecasting and integrate new product launches seamlessly through S&OP processes.

  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, Sales, Cluster Supply Planning, and Finance to align on forecasts, improve safety stock settings, and reduce costs tied to forecast variability.

  • Data Integrity & Reporting: Ensure system accuracy in demand planning tools (Kinaxis, o9, E2Open, IBP), track performance metrics, and report meaningful insights.

Requirements

  • 10–15 years of combined experience in Supply Chain (Demand Planning), Sales, or Marketing within mid-to-large multinational organizations.

  • Minimum 3–5 years in a leadership role heading demand planning.

  • Strong expertise in forecasting, planning, and analytics.

  • Proven ability to lead within a matrix organization.

  • Solid knowledge of Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Sales & Marketing.

  • Skilled in Microsoft Excel and demand planning tools (Kinaxis, o9, E2Open, IBP).

  • Experience with advanced forecasting analytics and ML-based approaches.

  • Fluent in English; strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.

Ideal Candidate

  • A strategic thinker with the ability to translate insights into action.

  • Strong leadership and influencing skills, able to communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

  • Data-driven mindset with exposure to advanced forecasting and digital tools.

  • Experienced in balancing short-term operational needs with long-term strategic goals.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base Salary: ¥700,000 – ¥1,100,000 per year

  • Annual Bonus: 1 month

  • 13th-month salary

  • Full benefits package including:

    • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

    • Retirement plan

    • Paid Time Off & Holidays

    • Hybrid working options

    • Equity program eligibility

👉 This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a seasoned demand planning leader to shape the future of supply chain strategy across Greater China.

 

Procurement Specialist – Manufacturing & Supply Chain | San Diego, CA | $108K–$163K

🌟 Exciting Opportunity: Procurement Specialist
📍 Location: San Diego, California, United States
🏢 Office-based (not a remote role)
💼 Industry: Manufacturing & Production | Category: Supply Chain & Materials Management
💰 Base Salary: $108,834 – $163,252
📈 Employment Type: Full-time | Mid-Senior Level
🎓 Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
🧳 Travel: Occasional

🚀 Make a Global Impact in Supply Chain

Join a high-performing team as a Procurement Specialist, where you'll directly influence supplier performance and ensure the seamless availability of materials to worldwide production locations. This dynamic role combines strategy and execution — from negotiating contracts to resolving critical supply chain issues — all in a fast-paced environment driven by innovation and customer satisfaction.

🔧 What You’ll Be Doing

  • Manage day-to-day and strategic supplier relationships across the forging and machining supply chain.

  • Lead purchase order processes, demand forecasting, contract negotiations, and risk mitigation.

  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including sourcing, planning, engineering, and quality.

  • Drive supplier performance improvements in cost, delivery, and quality.

  • Actively participate in supply chain transformation projects from inception to execution.

  • Support global procurement objectives while ensuring compliance with internal policies.

✅ What You'll Bring

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5–7 years of purchasing experience
    or
    Master’s degree with 3–5 years of relevant experience.

  • Strong background with ERP systems and Microsoft Office Suite.

  • Fluent in professional Business English, written and verbal.

Preferred:

  • Supply Chain certification (e.g., ASCM, APICS, ISM, or equivalent).

  • Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma (Blackbelt or Greenbelt preferred).

  • Experience with Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) modeling and cost reduction strategies.

  • Strong communication, analytical thinking, and stakeholder influencing skills.

  • Membership in professional procurement associations a plus.

🎁 Perks & Benefits

  • Competitive base salary with room for growth

  • Comprehensive benefits package

  • Dynamic, collaborative work environment

  • Opportunities for professional development

  • Impactful projects with global reach

Ready to take your procurement career to the next level? Apply now and bring your expertise to a team that values innovation, precision, and operational excellence.

 

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Supply Chain Manager / Purchasing Manager | San Diego, CA

Position: Supply Chain Manager / Purchasing Manager

Location: San Diego, CA (Scheduled work from home days available)

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Supply Chain Manager / Purchasing Manager to join our dynamic team. This role involves managing the order-to-delivery supply chain to ensure the availability of necessary commodities to support manufacturing or distribution. You will develop, implement, and manage supply chain strategies, ensuring alignment with business growth and cost reduction targets while delivering continuous supplier performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure supplier value stream performance aligns with company demand.

  • Develop and execute supplier sourcing strategies that support business growth and cost reduction.

  • Provide internal consultation on the availability of future commodities and the impact on design programs.

  • Identify performance gaps within the supply base and develop improvement plans.

  • Lead, mentor, and train a high-performing team to drive business results and build a strong global supply chain.

Required Skills and Experience

  • Planning: Ability to contribute to operational, tactical, and strategic planning. Develop and communicate tactical plans and ensure alignment with the overall business plan.

  • Critical Thinking and Decision-Making: Apply decision-making techniques and analyze situations to reach informed, productive decisions.

  • Negotiating: Proven experience negotiating internally and externally, ensuring win-win outcomes.

  • Leadership: Ability to motivate and lead a team, utilizing leadership styles and strategies to achieve objectives.

  • Contingency and Disaster Recovery Management: Develop and maintain plans to ensure business continuity, working with other teams and customers.

  • Contracts Management: Experience in managing contracts and ensuring compliance with organizational protocols and regulations.

  • Strategic Sourcing: Ability to improve procurement processes through data analysis and market research.

  • Supply Chain Management: Extensive experience in managing and optimizing the entire supply chain process, from planning to execution.

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $140,964 to $211,446

  • Benefits: Full benefits package

  • Relocation Assistance: Not provided

  • Security Clearance: Not required

This position offers an exciting opportunity to develop and implement strategic supply chain solutions while leading a dynamic team. If you have extensive experience in supply chain management and are eager to contribute to business success, we encourage you to apply!

 

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Category Manager – Subcontracting (Outsourced Manufacturing) | Manufacturing Procurement

Job Title:
Category Manager – Subcontracting (Outsourced Manufacturing)

Location:
Multiple Locations (Hybrid – Office and Remote Work)
Magnolia, AK – Industry, CA – Saint Augustine, FL – Rosemont, IL – Connersville or Elkhart, IN – Delhi, LA – Monett, MO – Sidney, OH – The Dalles, OR – Lancaster County – Mountain Top or Pittsburgh, PA – Yankton, SD – Spanish Fork, UT

Industry:
Manufacturing & Production

Job Category:
Engineering – Industrial / Manufacturing

Job Summary:

The Category Manager – Subcontracting (Outsourced Manufacturing) is responsible for overseeing procurement activities for external vendors providing surface treatment (anodizing, coating) and fabrication services. This position plays a key role within the central procurement team, working closely with internal stakeholders such as supply chain, operations, finance, and sales, as well as business unit and plant procurement teams. The role will have a primary focus on North America while collaborating with teams across multiple business units.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or a related field.

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supply chain, or plant operations (10+ years preferred).

  • Experience managing subcontracting (outsourced manufacturing) categories.

  • Strong project management skills with the ability to lead and participate in cross-functional teams.

  • Proven ability to develop strategic approaches to spend categories and supply bases.

  • Ability to travel up to 30% as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • High proficiency in Microsoft Office and video conferencing tools.

  • Experience with Should-Cost Modeling, Total Cost of Ownership, and ROI analysis.

  • Strong analytical skills, including expertise in creating and managing complex spreadsheets.

  • Experience with business operating systems such as Oracle or SAP.

  • Certification(s) such as CPSM, CPSD, or C.P.M. preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

Category Strategy Development and Implementation

  • Define category strategies using supply market intelligence, vendor knowledge, and procurement best practices.

  • Lead procurement category deployment and supplier management to align with business strategies and minimize total cost of ownership (TCO).

  • Prioritize internal production capacity before considering external suppliers, ensuring optimal plant utilization.

  • Collaborate with stakeholders across procurement, supply chain, operations, finance, and sales to drive cost reduction strategies while ensuring vendor compliance with capacity, service levels, and safety requirements.

  • Monitor and enforce compliance with category strategies, taking corrective actions as necessary.

Supplier Relationship Management

  • Lead strategic sourcing initiatives to establish competitive sourcing environments.

  • Conduct fact-based negotiations based on supplier and industry analysis, benchmarks, and cost structures.

  • Establish long-term contractual agreements with strong commercial and legal terms.

  • Implement supplier performance management through Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

  • Develop tools to support plant procurement teams in negotiating with local subcontracting vendors.

Cost Optimization and Process Improvements

  • Act as a leader in managing total cost of ownership (TCO) within the category.

  • Identify and lead initiatives related to specification, demand, and process improvements.

  • Continuously assess internal production versus external sourcing opportunities to optimize cost and capacity.

  • Measure and track category performance to identify opportunities for further efficiencies.

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Base Salary: $140,000 – $150,000 USD

  • Relocation Assistance: Possible for ideal candidate

  • Bonus Eligible: No

  • Overtime Eligible: No

  • Travel Reimbursement: Yes

  • Full Benefits Package

Ideal Candidate Profile:

  • Not a traditional buyer role; requires expertise in outsourced manufacturing and supplier engagement.

  • Strong analytical mindset with experience in change management.

  • Ability to develop and execute supplier strategies while optimizing costs.

  • Travel up to 30% required.

This organization is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.

 

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