Regional Retail-Supply Chain Manager
Lazada
Date: 3 weeks ago
Area: Singapore, Singapore
Contract type: Full time
Location:
Singapore
Department: Commercial
Location: Singapore
Job Description
Key Pillars of the Role
Demand Forecasting & Sales Planning
Drive the design and evolution of high-impact regional demand forecasting algorithms and increase adoption across our six Southeast Asian markets, ensuring precision, adaptability and strong alignment with commercial priorities. Partner closely with local Supply Chain and commercial teams, along with regional stakeholders, to translate market insights and growth plans into data-driven and executable forecasts.
Play a leading role in campaign readiness and strategic planning, while continuously enhancing and scaling sales planning SOPs to elevate our performance and operational maturity across the region.
Planning & Replenishment Execution
Act as the central driver of planning and replenishment alignment, ensuring operational consistency across all markets. Champion the effective use of internal planning systems and data-driven demand methodologies to enable informed decision-making.
Partner with local teams and tech functions to fine-tune replenishment models, optimize planning parameters and resolve executional challenges swiftly.
Inventory Health & Performance Management
Oversee critical inventory health metrics, including days of inventory, aging, overstocks and wastage, with a sharp focus on minimizing losses and maximizing inventory efficiency. Lead performance reviews to ensure visibility, accountability and alignment on key inventory metrics across all markets.
Play a pivotal role, partnering with local commercial and sales planning teams to enable precise SKU-level forecasting, real-time campaign visibility and actionable post-campaign performance insights through post-mortem reviews.
Supply Chain Integrity & Data Accuracy
Act as a key guardian of Supply Chain data integrity by supporting local teams in resolving operational and system-related issues across our regional network. Collaborate with supporting functions to troubleshoot and maintain the accuracy of critical systems managing inventory synchronization, presell stock, COGS calculations and product master data.
Oversee essential control points, such as product exclusions and warehouse inventory grouping, to ensure clean, reliable data and efficient, resilient Supply Chain operations.
Regional Capability Building
Deliver targeted trainings that empower local Supply Chain teams with best practices, shared learnings and continuous improvement mindsets. Lead onboarding and capability-building initiatives for local sales planners to foster consistency and capability uplift regionally.
System Enhancement Rollout
Lead the end-to-end rollout and optimization of internal retail Supply Chain systems and tools. Translate complex operational needs into clear, actionable system requirements in collaboration with local operations and regional product. Drive key initiatives, from BRD preparation and UAT to implementation and performance monitoring, ensuring all tools are scalable Job Requirements As a Regional Supply Chain Manager focusing on Supply Chain Planning (SCP), you will be at the core of optimizing and streamlining our Supply Chain operations across our six Southeast Asian markets. Your mission is to enhance demand forecasting accuracy, sales planning and inventory management, collaborating closely with our local retail teams and regional cross-functional stakeholders.
You will play a central role across six key pillars:
- Demand Forecasting & Sales Planning | Planning & Replenishment Execution | Inventory Health & Performance Management | Supply Chain Integrity & - Data Accuracy | Regional Capability Building | System Enhancement Rollout
This role is vital in aligning inventory levels with market demand, driving seamless system operations and continuously improving key Supply Chain KPIs. You will lead initiatives that combine operational excellence with data-driven insights, enabling our overall Supply Chain function to be agile, transparent and scalable.
We are looking for a team member who can make a meaningful impact by innovating at scale, shaping strategy, leading with data and driving a competitive edge across diverse markets.
What You Bring
The ideal candidate is a driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset and a strong sense of ownership, eager to shape this role within our experienced retail Supply Chain team. You thrive in cross-functional environments, are comfortable with ambiguity, and are unafraid to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.
Based in Singapore or one of our five Southeast Asian offices, you will demonstrate high levels of autonomy, flexibility and adaptability, while collaborating effectively across diverse markets and functions.
Qualifications
Demand Forecasting & Sales Planning
Drive the design and evolution of high-impact regional demand forecasting algorithms and increase adoption across our six Southeast Asian markets, ensuring precision, adaptability and strong alignment with commercial priorities. Partner closely with local Supply Chain and commercial teams, along with regional stakeholders, to translate market insights and growth plans into data-driven and executable forecasts.
Play a leading role in campaign readiness and strategic planning, while continuously enhancing and scaling sales planning SOPs to elevate our performance and operational maturity across the region.
Planning & Replenishment Execution
Act as the central driver of planning and replenishment alignment, ensuring operational consistency across all markets. Champion the effective use of internal planning systems and data-driven demand methodologies to enable informed decision-making.
Partner with local teams and tech functions to fine-tune replenishment models, optimize planning parameters and resolve executional challenges swiftly.
Inventory Health & Performance Management
Oversee critical inventory health metrics, including days of inventory, aging, overstocks and wastage, with a sharp focus on minimizing losses and maximizing inventory efficiency. Lead performance reviews to ensure visibility, accountability and alignment on key inventory metrics across all markets.
Play a pivotal role, partnering with local commercial and sales planning teams to enable precise SKU-level forecasting, real-time campaign visibility and actionable post-campaign performance insights through post-mortem reviews.
Supply Chain Integrity & Data Accuracy
Act as a key guardian of Supply Chain data integrity by supporting local teams in resolving operational and system-related issues across our regional network. Collaborate with supporting functions to troubleshoot and maintain the accuracy of critical systems managing inventory synchronization, presell stock, COGS calculations and product master data.
Oversee essential control points, such as product exclusions and warehouse inventory grouping, to ensure clean, reliable data and efficient, resilient Supply Chain operations.
Regional Capability Building
Deliver targeted trainings that empower local Supply Chain teams with best practices, shared learnings and continuous improvement mindsets. Lead onboarding and capability-building initiatives for local sales planners to foster consistency and capability uplift regionally.
System Enhancement Rollout
Lead the end-to-end rollout and optimization of internal retail Supply Chain systems and tools. Translate complex operational needs into clear, actionable system requirements in collaboration with local operations and regional product. Drive key initiatives, from BRD preparation and UAT to implementation and performance monitoring, ensuring all tools are scalable Job Requirements As a Regional Supply Chain Manager focusing on Supply Chain Planning (SCP), you will be at the core of optimizing and streamlining our Supply Chain operations across our six Southeast Asian markets. Your mission is to enhance demand forecasting accuracy, sales planning and inventory management, collaborating closely with our local retail teams and regional cross-functional stakeholders.
You will play a central role across six key pillars:
- Demand Forecasting & Sales Planning | Planning & Replenishment Execution | Inventory Health & Performance Management | Supply Chain Integrity & - Data Accuracy | Regional Capability Building | System Enhancement Rollout
This role is vital in aligning inventory levels with market demand, driving seamless system operations and continuously improving key Supply Chain KPIs. You will lead initiatives that combine operational excellence with data-driven insights, enabling our overall Supply Chain function to be agile, transparent and scalable.
We are looking for a team member who can make a meaningful impact by innovating at scale, shaping strategy, leading with data and driving a competitive edge across diverse markets.
What You Bring
The ideal candidate is a driven self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset and a strong sense of ownership, eager to shape this role within our experienced retail Supply Chain team. You thrive in cross-functional environments, are comfortable with ambiguity, and are unafraid to roll up your sleeves to make things happen.
Based in Singapore or one of our five Southeast Asian offices, you will demonstrate high levels of autonomy, flexibility and adaptability, while collaborating effectively across diverse markets and functions.
Qualifications
- Solid experience in demand forecasting, Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), inventory management or related Supply Chain roles, ideally within retail, e-commerce or other fast-paced, tech-driven environments
- Proven ability to deliver results in dynamic and ambiguous settings, with sharp attention to detail and strong analytical capabilities
- Deep understanding of key performance indicators, continuous improvement frameworks and operational excellence principles
- Strong project management skills, with a track record of leading cross-functional initiatives and driving collaboration across business and technical teams
- Experience in building, reviewing, and improving SOPs, conducting training sessions and implementing robust reporting and monitoring processes to support scalable operations
- Familiarity with product development lifecycles and hands-on experience in UAT
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- High proficiency in Excel and data handling; working knowledge of SQL is a plus
- Experience working in multi-country environments is welcomed
- Fluent in English; Chinese proficiency is a strong advantage
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