Job Title: Supply Planning Assistant Manager. Department: Supply Chain. Location: New Cairo,Egypt.

Job Purpose :
The Supply Planning Asst. Manager is the supply planning focal point for assigned markets, accountable for the alignment between demand forecasts and supply availability across perishable and non-perishable ranges. The role manages replenishment cycles, drives inventory efficiency and waste reduction, coordinates local supplier execution with Procurement, and leads market-level improvement projects. As a people leader in development, the role mentors planners and coordinators, building the planning capability that keeps every market's availability standard high - because customers experience the supply chain one order at a time. The role works through a small team of planners while staying close to the market's daily flow, and represents the market in the network planning cycle. Success looks like a market whose availability holds through peaks, whose waste keeps falling, and whose people are growing into the next level.
Key Responsibilities :
Market Supply Planning & Execution Own market-level supply plans aligned with demand forecasts, sales targets, and inventory norms. Manage purchase cycles for perishable and non-perishable products, ensuring consistent replenishment. Coordinate stock transfers across operational centers to balance inventory within the market. Monitor inbound deliveries and lead times; resolve escalations before they reach the customer. Plan market peaks end to end: volumes, storage, receiving capacity, and contingency triggers.
Inventory Health & Waste Reduction Track and analyse inventory levels to prevent both stockouts and overstock. Implement spoilage and damage reduction practices with particular rigour on perishables. Review and report inventory turnover, wastage, and fill rate; lead corrective actions on misses. Lead root-cause analysis of inventory discrepancies through to durable fixes. Chair the market ageing review and hold owners to agreed clearance and redeployment actions.
Supplier Coordination & Cost Efficiency Manage local supplier execution with Procurement to secure quality, timeliness, and competitive terms. Conduct supplier performance reviews and recommend improvements with evidence. Ensure compliance with procurement policies and contractual agreements across the market. Feed market-level supplier intelligence into procurement reviews and negotiations. Track local landed costs and challenge increases with data before accepting them.
Data Management & Reporting Use ERP and advanced Excel to manage supply data and prepare market performance reporting. Report supply performance, inventory health, and demand-supply reconciliation on the agreed rhythm. Identify trends and insights that improve planning accuracy and reduce cost to serve. Audit ERP planning data quality for the market and close gaps at the source. Standardise market reporting so leadership compares markets on identical definitions.
Leadership & Team Development Act as the market focal point aligning procurement, logistics, and warehouse teams on supply priorities. Lead market-level improvement projects with quantified outcomes. Mentor planners and coordinators on ERP use, planning craft, and the standard of follow-through. Build peak-readiness plans covering coverage, escalation paths, and pre-agreed contingencies. Run weekly one-to-ones reviewing plan quality, workload, and development progress.
Qualifications & Experience :
Education Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field. Experience3-4 years in supply planning, demand planning, or inventory management; perishables experience highly preferred. Skills Advanced Excel; ERP system command; strong analytics with BI tool exposure an advantage; market peak planning; root-cause facilitation; coaching and feedback skills; landed cost awareness.
About Floward :
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Founded in 2017, Floward is an online flowers and gifting company; we pride ourselves in creating a seamless experience for our customers and making sending flowers and gifts as enjoyable as receiving them. We source our flowers daily from the best growers and farmers around the world to create one of a kind stunning arrangements and plants that fit every occasion. We also partner with local and international brands to offer a wide range of gifts including chocolate, perfumes, cakes and more, coupled with our arrangements to create the perfect gift. Operating in 36 cities in nine countries across the MENA region and UK, we guarantee same-day delivery across the board through our own refrigerated fleet to ensure our arrangements arrive fresh to the customer.