daraz.com.np

E-Commerce/ E-Business

Strategy and Planning Manager

Views: 3582|Published on: Sep 08, 2020

General Mgmt. / Administration / Operations

Mid Level

Full Time

Vacancy: 1

Kathmandu|

Experience: More than or equal to 2 years|

Not Disclosed

Job Description

Roles and responsibilities of this job

We are looking for a candidate with superior analytical and planning abilities, and preferred experience in Forecasting, Sales and Operations Planning. You should have excellent technical, problem-solving and communication skills, and be able to find practical solutions to complex problems without sacrificing quality or functionality. You should be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a strong process improvement aptitude, and be willing to dive into any problem to independently find a solution. You should be detail oriented, and have strong business judgement, be able to successfully represent the performance goals and deliverables to senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Own the end to end strategy and planning process for Nepal Operations, working closely with forecasting stakeholders from Commercials and Logistics teams in areas such as demand planning, capacity planning, customer experience and backlog management to continuously optimize customer experience
Translate commercial forecasts to capacity and network operations requirements
Identify initiatives for increasing speed of delivery and reducing delivery errors, using end to end performance data across all logistics business units
Assist in implementation of financial models to project costs and determine the impacting business factors
Assist in comparison of forecasted budgets to financial actuals, identifying reasons behind department performance and results
Conduct feasibility & ROI analyses to support business units on various projects
Lead daily, weekly, monthly cycles with all stakeholders
Lead the alignment with Commercial teams to produce accurate sales forecasts, in-line with known operational constraints (capacity, hiring timelines, etc.)
Work with Fulfillment and Logistics teams to determine inventory targets, hiring goals, and planning of daily operations in line with forecasts and network capability
Develop and execute recommendations for supply/demand balance that achieve business line strategy
Implement innovate tools to successfully improve forecasting accuracy
Provide actionable insights into current delivery performance and improvement avenues
Lead the end to end planning for key events like 11.11, or other Tier 1 campaigns
Hold both Commercial and Operations management accountable for deviations from agreed forecasts or capacity/network expansion plans, and resultant decrease in operational efficiency and costs, escalating to the COO and MD as needed
Mentor, develop and train a team of Analysts to drive better business understanding and increased efficiencies

Benefits

An international working environment in a start-up setting, and the unique opportunity to learn from industry leaders, including Lazada and Alibaba teams
Work closely with country and group level management to build e-commerce in Nepal
Hands-on experience in leading a team and growing a business
Five days working week (Monday to Friday)
Benefit package: Social Security Fund, Fuel Expenses, Employee Discount Voucher, Mobile top ups and data pack, Accidental Insurance, Medical Insurance, Full annual health check-up

Job Specification

Required qualifications for this job

Required Education Level:Graduate (Masters)

Required Experience:More than or equal to 2 years

Other Specification

Master’s degree with 2+years’ experience/ Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years’ experience in planning, operations with data analytics experience with outstanding results in Business/Economics
Outstanding analytical, technical, problem solving, and organizational skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to successfully negotiate with different stakeholders
Detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow through on issues
Strong program management skills and ability to prioritize in complex, fast-paced environment
Adaptive to changing scope and evolving business environments

Skills Required

Required skills for this job

Communication

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

English Speaking

Salary

Offered financial and non-financial compensation for this job

Offered Salary:Not Disclosed

Applying Procedure

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Apply Before: Sep 17, 2020

About the organization

daraz.com.np

E-Commerce/ E-Business

Gairidhara, Kathmandu

Founded in 2015, Daraz is South Asia’s leading e-commerce platform in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Myanmar. It empowers more than 100,000 active sellers with world-class marketplace technology to reach the fast-growing consumer class in a region of 500 million people. Through Daraz Express and Daraz Pay, it operates the most efficient and digitalised logistics and payments infrastructure in its markets. Daraz’ vision is to be a champion of South Asia serving 100 million customers and businesses by 2030.

For more information, please visit www.daraz.com