Head of Business Planning & SCM (Korean speaker)

Position Summary Role and Responsibilities 1. Business Strategy & Planning Develop and execute the annual business plan and long-term strategic roadmap aligned with corporate objectives. Drive business growth initiatives by identifying market opportunities, competitive trends, customer insights, and commercial risks. Translate business intelligence into actionable strategies that improve revenue, profitability, market share, and operational efficiency. Lead the annual budgeting, sales target setting, business forecasting, and management planning processes. Develop business scenarios and contingency plans to respond to changing market conditions. 2. Commercial Planning & Performance Management Lead the sales forecasting and demand planning process to improve forecast accuracy across Sell-In, Sell-Out, Order Earliness, and inventory planning. Ensure effective collaboration between Sales and Product Marketing to achieve consensus demand planning aligned with product launch strategies and business priorities. Monitor and analyze key business KPIs including revenue, market share, profitability, inventory health, sales productivity, forecast accuracy, aging stock, and channel performance. Consolidate business performance reports and provide meaningful insights, executive commentary, and recommendations on business risks and growth opportunities. Develop executive dashboards and management reports to support timely business decisions. 3. Supply Chain & Demand Planning Collaborate closely with Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Sales, and factories to ensure demand and supply alignment. Liaise with RHQ, HQ, and manufacturing facilities to optimize product availability while minimizing inventory risk. Identify underperforming areas within the supply chain through data analysis and implement corrective actions to improve operational performance. Drive continuous improvements in forecasting processes, inventory management, supply planning, and order fulfillment. Ensure all SCM KPIs are achieved in accordance with company objectives and promote SCM best practices across the organization. Support RHQ and HQ reporting requirements, including preparing business reports and presentations in Korean where required. Act as the primary liaison between local management, RHQ, HQ, and manufacturing teams to ensure alignment on planning assumptions, demand forecasts, supply strategies, and business priorities. 4. Commercial Investment & Business Governance Lead the planning, governance, and optimization of Total Investment Marketing (TIM) to maximize business returns. Develop Management Plans covering: Total Mobile revenue planning and tracking, Sales target allocation, Channel allocation. Budget allocation across Sales, Product Marketing, Retail, and Marketing. Commercial investment prioritization. Performance tracking and ROI analysis. 5. Cross-Functional Leadership Build strong partnerships across Sales, Product Marketing, SCM, Finance, Operations, Retail, Customer Service, RHQ, HQ, and manufacturing teams. Lead cross-functional planning meetings to align product launches, promotional activities, supply readiness, and commercial priorities. Resolve business issues proactively by facilitating collaboration across departments. Represent Business Planning in leadership meetings and strategic business projects. 6. Business Analytics & Decision Support Provide strategic business analysis and recommendations to senior management based on commercial, operational, and financial performance. Identify business risks, operational gaps, and improvement opportunities through advanced analytics. Develop forecasting models and business scenarios to improve planning accuracy and business agility. 7. People Leadership Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Business Planning team. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Build organizational capability through coaching, succession planning, and talent development. Promote a data-driven mindset and encourage proactive problem-solving across the team. Set clear performance expectations and ensure alignment with company objectives. Skills and Qualifications • Leads small teams of professionals with limited control over budget spending or HR management such as recruiting or dismissal and supervises mentoring and coaching for team members. • Typically implements short-term action plans rather than developing policy, process or strategy. • Enhances or Improves methods or procedures and provides coaching to team members to ensure successful outcome. • Has expertise in most or all job areas within a job family. • Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments. • Typically requires a minimum 12 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree, or 10 years and a Master's degree, or a PhD with 7 years experience. * Please visit Samsung membership to see Privacy Policy, which defaults according to your location. You can change Country/Language at the bottom of the page. If you are European Economic Resident, please click here .