Demand and Inventory Planner Job Jeddah area,Saudi Arabia,Supply Chain/Logistics

SADSCO is appointing a Head of Demand & Supply Planning to own the end‑to‑end planning engine that converts commercial ambition into secured, saleable stock.
The role is a Demand & Planning Manager position, consolidating demand forecasting, supplier and principal management, inventory and expiry control, and government/tender fulfilment under a single accountable leader.

Key Responsibilities Rolling Forecast & S&OP Ownership

Own a rolling demand forecast at SKU, channel and customer-group level, refreshed monthly with a locked short‑horizon window and an unconstrained long‑horizon view for principle capacity booking.
Chair the monthly Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) cycle end‑to‑end: data refresh, statistical baseline, demand review with Sales and Marketing, supply review with Procurement and Warehouse, pre‑S&OP reconciliation, and executive S&OP with the Head of Commercial.
Produce a single consensus demand plan that Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain are jointly aligned
Build and maintain the statistical forecasting baseline (seasonality, trend, promotional and tender uplift, new‑launch curves, cannibalization) and apply structured commercial judgement on top of it.
Own forecast accuracy and forecast bias as published KPIs by channel and by planner; run monthly bias reviews and drive root‑cause correction where a channel persistently over‑ or under‑calls.
Model demand scenarios; base, upside and downside, for budget cycles, new product introductions, tender awards and principal negotiations, and quantify the stock and cash implications of each.
Translate the agreed demand plan into a constrained supply plan, explicitly flagging where principle capacity, lead time or registration status makes the commercial target undeliverable.
Act as the primary planning‑side owner of the relationship with international principals and suppliers: forecast submission, purchase order placement, order confirmation, production slot booking and shipment follow‑through.
Negotiate and then enforce commercial supply terms, lead times, minimum order quantities, order frequency, allocation in constrained periods, minimum remaining shelf life at dispatch, and returns or expiry‑share provisions.
Build and run a formal supplier scorecard covering On‑Time‑In‑Full delivery, order fill rate, lead‑time reliability and variability, documentation accuracy, and shelf‑life compliance; review performance formally with each principal on a defined cadence.
Escalate and resolve supply disruption, allocation, batch failure, shipping delay, port or customs hold with a defined escalation ladder and a documented recovery plan communicated to Commercial within agreed response times.
Provide principals with the forecast quality and consumption visibility they require to reserve capacity for SADSCO, strengthening SADSCO’s standing as partner of choice versus competing distributors in their network.
Support Business Development on supply‑side due diligence for new principals, in‑licensing and MAH candidates: manufacturing capability, capacity, lead‑time realism, quality track record and continuity‑of‑supply risk.
Maintain a supplier risk register with single‑source dependencies, geographic and geopolitical exposure, and defined mitigation or dual‑sourcing options for critical SKUs.

Inventory, Expiry & Working Capital

Set and govern inventory policy: target days of stock cover, safety stock levels, and reorder parameters differentiated by SKU criticality, demand variability, lead time and shelf life.
Own the inventory investment position against approved targets and report monthly on stock value, cover, ageing and composition to the Head of Commercial and Finance.
Drive down expiry write‑offs through early short‑dated stock identification, structured monthly slow‑mover and near‑expiry review, and coordinated commercial disposition plans with Sales and Marketing.
Eliminate avoidable stock‑outs on priority brands and maintain product availability and service level as headline KPIs of the function.
Balance service against cash: improve availability without unmanaged growth in inventory value, and make the trade‑off explicit and quantified whenever…