Associate Demand Planner (Bilingual English/Korean)

LG - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Full-time - Entry Level

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

1,001-5,000 employees

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Associate Demand Planner at LG Electronics is responsible for planning, scheduling, and monitoring the movement of shipments through the sales cycle. This role involves determining shipment requirements based on market demand and coordinating the efficient movement of demand and supply plans. The position requires maintaining data integrity in business systems and ensuring inventory availability across multiple distribution centers.

Responsibilities

• Manage, implement and enhance projects, sales forecasts, system updates and purchasing activities for products
• Develop consensus forecast based on the top down and bottom up forecast
• Make decisions on weekly purchase orders by SKU
• Drive effective and timely communication with order management, sales, customers, product planning, LG factories and HQ to maximize inventory availability while meeting performance targets
• Ensure all global demand management systems are updated with weekly and monthly sales forecasts
• Lead weekly meeting with HQ and factory to review shipment strategy, metrics and performance details
• Participate in cross-functional efforts to enhance supply chain, order management, and fulfillment activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field
• Bilingual in English and Korean
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent phone manner and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Strong presentation skills and ability to influence using data
• Demonstrated success in taking initiative and multi-tasking in a high pressure environment