8 On Demand jobs in Kuwait

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts based on historical data and market analysis.
• Utilize forecasting software and tools to generate accurate predictions.
• Work closely with procurement to ensure timely replenishment of inventory.
• Identify trends and provide insights to optimize inventory and minimize stockouts.
• Prepare and present demand forecasts for stakeholders and management.
• Continuously monitor and adjust forecasts based on changing market conditions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance overall supply chain performance.
• Analyze the impact of promotions and new product launches on demand.
• Track key performance indicators to measure forecast accuracy and effectiveness.

Profile

Requirements and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, or a related field.
• Understanding of inventory management practices and procedures.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Capable of conducting insightful research.
• Proven experience in demand planning or supply chain management.
• Proficiency in forecasting software and Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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Develop and maintain demand forecasts based on historical data and market analysis. Utilize forecasting software and tools to generate accurate predictions. Work closely with procurement to ensure timely replenishment of inventory. Identify trends and provide insights to optimize inventory and minimize stockouts. Prepare and present demand forecasts for stakeholders and management. Continuously monitor and adjust forecasts based on changing market conditions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance overall supply chain performance. Analyze the impact of promotions and new product launches on demand. Track key performance indicators to measure forecast accuracy and effectiveness. Profile

Requirements and skills Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Business, or a related field. Understanding of inventory management practices and procedures. Excellent analytical skills. Ability to communicate effectively. Capable of conducting insightful research. Proven experience in demand planning or supply chain management. Proficiency in forecasting software and Excel. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. To apply, kindly submit your CV in PDF format to

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About the Role

we are looking for a

Demand Planner

to support our supply chain team in Kuwait. You’ll play a key role in preparing demand forecasts, analyzing market trends, and ensuring products are available when and where our customers need them. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong analytical mindset who wants to grow within FMCG demand & supply planning. What You’ll Do

Collect and analyze historical sales, market trends, and seasonal data. Prepare and update demand forecasts by SKU, product, and customer. Work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to align demand plans. Monitor stock levels and raise alerts for shortages or excess inventory. Support monthly demand review meetings by preparing reports and insights. Track KPIs like forecast accuracy, fill rates, and inventory turnover. What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Statistics, or a related field. 2–3 years of experience in supply chain or demand planning (FMCG preferred). Strong Excel skills; ERP knowledge is a plus. Analytical, detail-oriented, and good at problem-solving. Strong communication and teamwork skills.

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Overview

Responsible for analyzing sales data to create accurate demand forecasts and act as the central communication link between suppliers/principals, internal teams, and customers in both private and public sectors. The Demand Planner ensures seamless coordination, timely resolution of shipment issues, and accurate reporting to support informed decision-making in the pharmaceutical division.

Key Roles and Responsibilities Demand Planning Activities

• Demand Forecasting and Analysis
  • Create, maintain, and communicate accurate product forecasts, analyzing sales trends, and applying demand assumptions.
  • Review monthly sales data for all products/SKUs and track forecasts for pipeline products, identifying reasons for growth or decline in sales.
  • Collaborate with Sales Management to ensure current product listings and build market share assumptions, adjusting forecasts to align with production plans and customer allocation.
  • Provide analytical support for Revenue Management and Marketing teams, contributing to the monthly Demand Review and annual Sales Planning process.
  • Adopt and manage forecasting tools (e.g., SAP Integrated Business Planning, Discontinuation tracking, Forecast templates) to improve forecast accuracy continually.
  • Conduct portfolio-level analysis, recommending actions for SKU rationalization, product optimization, and profitability improvements.
  • Lead the communication with principal to arrange their annual forecast and keep updating on a monthly basis.
• Stakeholder Coordination and Communication
  • Serve as the primary point of communication between customers in private and public sectors, including KOC, MOH, and suppliers, to ensure smooth order processing and follow-up on purchase orders’ status.
  • Coordinate with suppliers and principals on any supply chain issues.
  • Track all shipment data, including invoicing, quantity, and regulatory compliance, proactively addressing and resolving issues by coordinating with relevant stakeholders.
  • Manage new product setup within the system and maintain up-to-date sales trend analysis.
  • Regularly communicate shipment statuses and updates with the Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Directors.
  • Work as an intermediary between suppliers and the procurement team to resolve issues like expiries and Free of Charge (FOC) products, etc.

Compliance and Process Improvement

• Ensure compliance with internal policies, including the Global Business Ethics and Compliance Program, Global Quality policies, Safety and Environmental standards, and HR policies.
• Identify and implement process improvements within demand planning and communication processes to optimize efficiency and accuracy.

Reports

The Demand Planner is responsible for preparing comprehensive reports on sales data, demand forecasts, shipment statuses, and issue resolutions, ensuring that key stakeholders are informed and aligned with ongoing supply chain and compliance activities.

Qualifications and Skills

• Skills
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a related field is preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in demand planning or forecast analysis.
  • Preferred experience with forecasting in the pharmaceutical or biologics industry.

Behavioral Competencies

• Planning and organizing
• Delegation
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Decision making
• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills

Language Skills

• Proficiency in English and Arabic languages.

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Overview Responsible for analyzing sales data to create accurate demand forecasts and act as the central communication link between suppliers/principals, internal teams, and customers in both private and public sectors. The Demand Planner ensures seamless coordination, timely resolution of shipment issues, and accurate reporting to support informed decision-making in the pharmaceutical division.

Key Roles and Responsibilities Demand Planning Activities

Demand Forecasting and Analysis

Create, maintain, and communicate accurate product forecasts, analyzing sales trends, and applying demand assumptions.

Review monthly sales data for all products/SKUs and track forecasts for pipeline products, identifying reasons for growth or decline in sales.

Collaborate with Sales Management to ensure current product listings and build market share assumptions, adjusting forecasts to align with production plans and customer allocation.

Provide analytical support for Revenue Management and Marketing teams, contributing to the monthly Demand Review and annual Sales Planning process.

Adopt and manage forecasting tools (e.g., SAP Integrated Business Planning, Discontinuation tracking, Forecast templates) to improve forecast accuracy continually.

Conduct portfolio-level analysis, recommending actions for SKU rationalization, product optimization, and profitability improvements.

Lead the communication with principal to arrange their annual forecast and keep updating on a monthly basis.

Stakeholder Coordination and Communication

Serve as the primary point of communication between customers in private and public sectors, including KOC, MOH, and suppliers, to ensure smooth order processing and follow-up on purchase orders’ status.

Coordinate with suppliers and principals on any supply chain issues.

Track all shipment data, including invoicing, quantity, and regulatory compliance, proactively addressing and resolving issues by coordinating with relevant stakeholders.

Manage new product setup within the system and maintain up-to-date sales trend analysis.

Regularly communicate shipment statuses and updates with the Pharmaceutical and Supply Chain Directors.

Work as an intermediary between suppliers and the procurement team to resolve issues like expiries and Free of Charge (FOC) products, etc.

Compliance and Process Improvement

Ensure compliance with internal policies, including the Global Business Ethics and Compliance Program, Global Quality policies, Safety and Environmental standards, and HR policies.

Identify and implement process improvements within demand planning and communication processes to optimize efficiency and accuracy.

Reports The Demand Planner is responsible for preparing comprehensive reports on sales data, demand forecasts, shipment statuses, and issue resolutions, ensuring that key stakeholders are informed and aligned with ongoing supply chain and compliance activities.

Qualifications and Skills

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a related field is preferred.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in demand planning or forecast analysis.

Preferred experience with forecasting in the pharmaceutical or biologics industry.

Behavioral Competencies

Planning and organizing

Delegation

Problem analysis and problem solving

Decision making

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Language Skills

Proficiency in English and Arabic languages.

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VAC9502 - Senior Engineer Demand & Delivery Management

Field: Technology

Contract Type: Full Time - Permanent

Location: Kuwait - Kuwait City

Closing date: 31-Jan-2025

The Company:

Ooredoo is an organisation on the move. Thanks to our dedicated employees, we continue to move closer towards our vision to be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world.

We are a dynamic global telecommunications player operating in 17 countries across the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) and Asia. We cover a population of more than half a billion people and serve more than 68 million customers.

In Kuwait, we employ approximately 1,000 talented people, all of whom are driving Ooredoo to be the number one choice for world-class communications services in Kuwait.

Ooredoo's future is bright, and you can be part of our ongoing success.

The Role:

1. Responsible for understanding and analyzing business requirements and converting them into technical requirements and providing end to end solution.
2. Technology Single Point of Contact with business units to understand the requirements and provide optimum solutions in cost effective and improved time to market.
3. Responsible to facilitate all Digital Initiatives of the company.
4. Responsible to adapt Agile and DevOps concepts to improve Time to Market.
5. Responsible to communicate the feasibility and cost estimate to business unit based on the requirements.
6. Responsible for solution Design and implementation for Digital platforms (Mobile App, Portal) middleware and associated IT nodes.
7. Responsible for Business as Usual task and Change Request within the agreed SLA.
8. Responsible for ADM vendor management, communicate the business requirements and technical scope, approve the end to end solution (HLD & LLD), optimize man days effort.

Key Accountabilities and Activities:

1. Understand the business requirements and perform feasibility study and provide feedback to the stakeholders with appropriate solution and recommendation with Time To Market (TTM).
2. Support and coordinate with all stakeholders to align with the expected business unit requirements.
3. Manage technical deliverables right from new products/services feasibility study to implementation, based on business unit’s requirements.
4. Communicate with the ADM (Application and Development Management) vendor the priority and requirement pipeline to manage resource capacity.
5. Convert the business requirements to functional/technical requirements to prepare feasibility study & High Level Design (HLD).
6. Responsible for developing cost analyses, design considerations, and implementation time-lines.
7. Agree with the ADM vendor on the complexity level of the solution and expected man days.
8. Responsible to manage relationships with ADM vendor and technology partner to align technology capabilities to support marketing/product needs.
9. Manage and co-ordinate the inter-departmental functionalities and communications between the Technology and Business Teams within Ooredoo Kuwait for realizing strategic service/product launches.
10. Manage and drive the SLA/KPI for ADM and highlights project issues to higher management and provides recommendations for improvements.
11. Responsible for setting up acceptance criteria and post development/deployment check of feature/products.
12. Responsible for quality check and performance KPI for delivered products to business units with supporting documents.
13. Responsible for seeking approval from Design and Control (DAC) & Change Approval Board for smooth deployment.
14. Responsible for solution delivery timeline, performance, SLA management, and Quality control of all solution deliveries which will be covered with all testing phases until UAT and regression testing.
15. Discuss or Validate on the business requirement for the requested BAU’s/TMO’s and assign it to vendors and make sure it should be delivered as per business requirement.
16. Responsible to capture Configuration Management changes and proper documentation.
17. Supervise System integration/ Functional testing & Deployment to UAT environment.
18. Assists the management in developing and implementing procedures and standards that will improve efficiency.
19. Bringing in cost saving measure by Identifying and implementing measures to ensure future proof solution within budget.
20. Responsible for Vendor management.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor Degree in Telecommunication/Computer/ Electronics Engineering or related discipline and appropriate registrations with recognized professional institute.
2. Degree shall be duly approved by Kuwait Society of Engineers (Not required for Non-Engineers).
3. Should be certified in Oracle SOA.
4. Trained in DevOps tools and Agile Methodologies.

Other Information:

1. Experience in Demand Planning & Development for Senior Engineer DDM.
2. Experience in Demand Planning & Development for Senior Technical Specialist DDM.
3. Advance working knowledge in Ericsson CS, Matrix, ESM, SBP, NGVS, ETOPUP, BSCS, Mediation.
4. Advanced working knowledge in Billing and charging system, Subscription Management, CRM, Mobile app and relevant core areas.
5. Advance working knowledge in Digital platforms (Mobile App, Portal), middleware (OSB), Oracle Fusion: Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, BPEL, OBR, Service adapters, OWSM, WebLogic Server.
6. Work experience in Self-service portals/Kiosk/Mobile, CRM, Order Management, Product.
7. Experience as Solution Architect for Digital and middleware technologies.
8. Experience in E2E Solution design experience across BSS & OSS domain.
9. Experience in Vendor management.
10. Ability to operate in a diverse multicultural, multinational work environment, exhibiting appropriate sensitivities.
11. Advanced working knowledge in DWH, APP Functionality, OSB, CRM, VAS, Core, Product Catalogue, Order Care, Provisioning System, Middleware, Mobile Application.
12. Advance working knowledge Siebel CRM and extensive knowledge in CRM concepts.
13. Advanced working knowledge of GSM, UMTS, LTE networks.

Note: You will be required to attach the following:

1. Resume / CV

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VAC9502 - Senior Engineer Demand & Delivery Management Field:

Technology Contract Type:

Full Time - Permanent Location:

Kuwait - Kuwait City Closing date:

31-Jan-2025 The Company: Ooredoo is an organisation on the move. Thanks to our dedicated employees, we continue to move closer towards our vision to be among the top 20 telecommunications companies in the world. We are a dynamic global telecommunications player operating in 17 countries across the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) and Asia. We cover a population of more than half a billion people and serve more than 68 million customers. In Kuwait, we employ approximately 1,000 talented people, all of whom are driving Ooredoo to be the number one choice for world-class communications services in Kuwait. Ooredoo's future is bright, and you can be part of our ongoing success. The Role: Responsible for understanding and analyzing business requirements and converting them into technical requirements and providing end to end solution. Technology Single Point of Contact with business units to understand the requirements and provide optimum solutions in cost effective and improved time to market. Responsible to facilitate all Digital Initiatives of the company. Responsible to adapt Agile and DevOps concepts to improve Time to Market. Responsible to communicate the feasibility and cost estimate to business unit based on the requirements. Responsible for solution Design and implementation for Digital platforms (Mobile App, Portal) middleware and associated IT nodes. Responsible for Business as Usual task and Change Request within the agreed SLA. Responsible for ADM vendor management, communicate the business requirements and technical scope, approve the end to end solution (HLD & LLD), optimize man days effort. Key Accountabilities and Activities: Understand the business requirements and perform feasibility study and provide feedback to the stakeholders with appropriate solution and recommendation with Time To Market (TTM). Support and coordinate with all stakeholders to align with the expected business unit requirements. Manage technical deliverables right from new products/services feasibility study to implementation, based on business unit’s requirements. Communicate with the ADM (Application and Development Management) vendor the priority and requirement pipeline to manage resource capacity. Convert the business requirements to functional/technical requirements to prepare feasibility study & High Level Design (HLD). Responsible for developing cost analyses, design considerations, and implementation time-lines. Agree with the ADM vendor on the complexity level of the solution and expected man days. Responsible to manage relationships with ADM vendor and technology partner to align technology capabilities to support marketing/product needs. Manage and co-ordinate the inter-departmental functionalities and communications between the Technology and Business Teams within Ooredoo Kuwait for realizing strategic service/product launches. Manage and drive the SLA/KPI for ADM and highlights project issues to higher management and provides recommendations for improvements. Responsible for setting up acceptance criteria and post development/deployment check of feature/products. Responsible for quality check and performance KPI for delivered products to business units with supporting documents. Responsible for seeking approval from Design and Control (DAC) & Change Approval Board for smooth deployment. Responsible for solution delivery timeline, performance, SLA management, and Quality control of all solution deliveries which will be covered with all testing phases until UAT and regression testing. Discuss or Validate on the business requirement for the requested BAU’s/TMO’s and assign it to vendors and make sure it should be delivered as per business requirement. Responsible to capture Configuration Management changes and proper documentation. Supervise System integration/ Functional testing & Deployment to UAT environment. Assists the management in developing and implementing procedures and standards that will improve efficiency. Bringing in cost saving measure by Identifying and implementing measures to ensure future proof solution within budget. Responsible for Vendor management. Qualifications: Bachelor Degree in Telecommunication/Computer/ Electronics Engineering or related discipline and appropriate registrations with recognized professional institute. Degree shall be duly approved by Kuwait Society of Engineers (Not required for Non-Engineers). Should be certified in Oracle SOA. Trained in DevOps tools and Agile Methodologies. Other Information: Experience in Demand Planning & Development for Senior Engineer DDM. Experience in Demand Planning & Development for Senior Technical Specialist DDM. Advance working knowledge in Ericsson CS, Matrix, ESM, SBP, NGVS, ETOPUP, BSCS, Mediation. Advanced working knowledge in Billing and charging system, Subscription Management, CRM, Mobile app and relevant core areas. Advance working knowledge in Digital platforms (Mobile App, Portal), middleware (OSB), Oracle Fusion: Oracle SOA Suite, OSB, BPEL, OBR, Service adapters, OWSM, WebLogic Server. Work experience in Self-service portals/Kiosk/Mobile, CRM, Order Management, Product. Experience as Solution Architect for Digital and middleware technologies. Experience in E2E Solution design experience across BSS & OSS domain. Experience in Vendor management. Ability to operate in a diverse multicultural, multinational work environment, exhibiting appropriate sensitivities. Advanced working knowledge in DWH, APP Functionality, OSB, CRM, VAS, Core, Product Catalogue, Order Care, Provisioning System, Middleware, Mobile Application. Advance working knowledge Siebel CRM and extensive knowledge in CRM concepts. Advanced working knowledge of GSM, UMTS, LTE networks. Note:

You will be required to attach the following: Resume / CV

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