Senior Demand Planner

About EDGE Group

At EDGE bold ideas are engineered into technologies that protect, improve and save lives.

Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, EDGE is a leading advanced technology group working at the forefront of defence and emerging technologies. Spanning more than 35 specialised companies and multiple centres of excellence, we are purpose-built to move fast. Free from heavy legacy processes, we give our people the autonomy, accountability, and agility to bring breakthrough technologies from concept to reality.

Based in Abu Dhabi, a globally connected hub at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, EDGE is home to a truly multicultural community where bold ideas thrive, and the future is shaped.

Together, we are shaping the future.

About the role

To work closely with Sales, Program and engineering to gather and Consolidate the demand. Prepare and maintain Master schedule to support operations and satisfy the sales demand in SAP. Coordinate the customer projects with Supply Planning to ensure the demand is fulfilled. Manage operations planning, control and manage operational parameters and provide production and material status communications to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.

Responsibilities

• Responsible to consolidate the total demand and to initiate downstream planning with supply planning.
• Creating production schedules based on demand projections in order to meet consumer demands.
• Manage, modify and adapt the master production plan due to engineering changes and material shortages.
• Serves as primary point of contact for and liaison with Program, engineering, SCM and Manufacturing department
• Ensure the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System is aligned and provided real time data for activity confirmations and material consumption.
• Developing demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons
• Development of the demand plan and it’s validation from various sources and preparation of multiple levels
• of aggregation for a variety of time horizons as part of the demand planning function
• Analyse and provide insights on supply and demand constraints, potential risks and opportunities, and inventory optimization
• Compile monthly KPI’s through metrics and system data from various departments.

Basic Qualifications

• 5-8 years experience demand planning and scheduling multiple projects with a proven track record of delivering results
• Experienced in using SAP software
• Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualification

• Prior industry and regional related experience in planning and scheduling multiple projects.

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Why Choose EDGE?

Working at EDGE comes with a package that genuinely reflects how much we value our people. Salaries are highly competitive and tax-free and, depending on your role and seniority, benefits can include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependants, and education allowances for your children.

But the real investment goes further than compensation. Through our own learning academy and digital learning platform, there are extensive opportunities to develop your skills and advance your career. Add to that the freedom to innovate, strong career guidance, and the chance to work alongside world-class talent from across the globe, and EDGE becomes a place where you can keep growing, keep learning, and keep turning bold ideas into something real.

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