E-commerce Supply Planning - Operations, Shopee

About the team

The E-commerce Supply Planner plays a critical role in ensuring optimal inventory availability for an e-commerce business managing thousands of SKUs. This position focuses on developing and executing replenishment strategies by leveraging large datasets, historical trends, and sales forecasts. The role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong logical thinking, and advanced data processing skills to maintain balanced stock levels and drive operational efficiency.

What you'll do

Replenishment Strategy & Execution:

• Develop and implement replenishment strategies using sales forecasts, historical data, and demand patterns.
• Create and maintain advanced planning tools to ensure accurate and scalable replenishment processes.
• Generate and manage purchase requisitions, resolving discrepancies in pricing, quantities, and delivery timelines.
• Collaborate with suppliers to streamline purchase confirmation and ensure timely stock replenishment.
• Monitor replenishment accuracy and proactively address gaps to minimize stockouts and overstocking.

 

Inventory management

• Analyze large-scale inventory data to provide actionable insights for stock optimization.
• Coordinate stock transfers between warehouses to maintain balanced inventory levels across multiple locations.
• Work closely with the Warehouse team to ensure accurate and timely physical stock movements.
• Identify slow-moving or excess inventory and recommend corrective actions.

 

Supplier & Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Act as the primary point to support replenishment goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., Marketing, Business Development, Ops KAM...) to optimize supply chain performance.
• Detect and resolve supplier-related issues efficiently to ensure seamless operations and customer satisfaction.
• Support ad-hoc projects and requests from the team lead to enhance replenishment processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Economics, Business or a related field.
• From 2 years of experience in replenishment planning, supply planning strategy, or inventory optimization, ideally in e-commerce, retail, or manufacturing.
• Experience in e-commerce supply chain dynamics and high-SKU environments.
• Familiarity with demand forecasting tools or inventory management software
• Comfort working with cross-functional teams and external partners in a dynamic setting.
• Advanced proficiency in data analysis and processing tools such as VBA, Power Query, Python, or similar (required for handling large datasets) is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage and analyze large volumes of data (experience with 20,000+ SKUs is a plus).
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong logical reasoning skills.
• Excellent communication skills, including strong English listening and speaking abilities to effectively collaborate with regional teams and stakeholders.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, with experience presenting data-driven replenishment insights
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel), Google Sheets
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and adaptability to a fast-paced e-commerce environment.
• Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.