[HCM] Demand Planning Executive

Company Description

4P’s, headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, operates 40 worldwide restaurants. Our main restaurant, Pizza 4P’s, has 35 stores in Vietnam and manages global franchises like IPPUDO and ABOUT LIFE COFFEE BREWERS. Our core products are food and beverages, specifically pizza, with key differentiators of "House-made cheeses", "Earth-to-people" and "Omotenashi" hospitality.

Pizza 4P’s is an innovative Vietnam-based Japanese Italian pizza restaurant that started in Vietnam with a simple yet powerful mission: “Delivering Wow, Sharing Happiness”. We are known for crafting artisanal pizzas, homemade cheese, and unique East-meets-West flavors while embracing sustainability and community impact at the heart of everything we do. Today, we operate restaurants across Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, India and Indonesia, and continue to grow with a vision of bringing people together through memorable dining experiences.

ROLE PURPOSE

- The Demand Planning Executive will ultimately be responsible for utilizing historical data, statistical forecasting, cross-function insight such as market trends, seasonal patterns to generate volume sales forecast across all menu categories.

- Support DSP manager to communicate the plan to operations team (front line) in S&OP meeting. This position’s primary goal is to ensure the restaurants have the right products at the right time to meet guest demand while minimizing food waste and stockouts, contributing to the ultimate company mission “No Unhappy Guest”.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Statistical Forecasting
  Develop yearly, quarterly, monthly and weekly demand forecasts at product and category levels using statistical tools and inputs from Restaurants, FMCG sales team, and Finance for 4Ps in Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia.
• FMCG Promotion & LTO Planning
  Collaborate with the R&D and production teams to prepare the plan of Limited Time Offers (LTOs/seasonal menu), price changes, and new grand menu launches/update. Account for promotions (if any), product launches, and discontinuations in the FMCG forecast.
• Inventory Optimization
  Monitor primary inventory levels across the stores to prevent overstocking (waste) or understocking (lost sales) and communicate the primary material reservation to the Procurement to secure the inventory.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (S&OP)
  Lead the Demand Review meetings in the S&OP cycle, facilitating monthly meetings with Finance, Operations, and Procurement to align on a "single version of the truth" forecast. Highlight the constrain demand and align on solution.
• Performance Tracking
  Analyze forecast accuracy and Bias. Perform root-cause analysis on significant "forecast misses" to improve future modelling.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education Background

• Graduate with Economics, Supply chain, Foreign Trade Bachelor
• Preferred: Certificate in Data Analysis , Supply Chain Management

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• Minimum Experience Duration
• 1+ years in demand planning or supply chain (Experience in F&B or Retail preferred).
• Stakeholder Influence & Collaboration
• Required: Experience collaborating with leaders and cross-functional teams to manage shipments/goods delivered on time and implement improvement initiative
• Industry or Domain Expertise
• Required: Experience in service-driven industries.
• Preferred: Strong ability to interpret complex data sets and translate them into actionable business insights.