Distribution Planning Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Reef Group is seeking a Distribution Planning Manager to join our team in Riyadh. This full-time role involves leading and optimizing the planning of finished-goods distribution across our extensive network, including warehouses, branches, countries, and multiple sales channels. The manager will be responsible for ensuring efficient product flow and inventory utilization to support business growth and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of distribution plans across multiple warehouses, branches, countries, and sales channels.
• Develop product allocation and replenishment plans based on sales demand, inventory levels, business priorities, and operational capacity.
• Determine distribution requirements for Retail Stores, B2B, B2C, and E-commerce channels.
• Manage inventory allocation across locations to maximize product availability and optimize inventory utilization.
• Monitor inventory levels and identify replenishment requirements, analyzing stock availability, slow-moving items, excess inventory, and stock-out risks.
• Develop replenishment strategies to maintain optimal inventory levels and identify inventory imbalances, recommending corrective actions.
• Coordinate closely with Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production, Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics, Sales, B2B, and E-commerce teams.
• Ensure distribution plans align with sales forecasts, production plans, inventory targets, and business priorities.
• Continuously improve distribution planning processes, methodologies, and allocation rules, and develop strategies for multi-warehouse, multi-country, and multi-channel networks.
• Analyze distribution performance, identify improvement opportunities, and develop data-driven planning models and reports.
• Monitor key distribution and replenishment KPIs, including Product Availability, Distribution Plan Accuracy, Stock-out Rate, and Service Level.
• Prepare regular management reports on distribution performance, inventory status, and improvement opportunities, providing data-driven recommendations.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of relevant experience in Distribution Planning, Replenishment, Inventory Planning, or Supply Chain Planning.
• Proven experience in Retail, FMCG, Beauty, E-commerce, or multi-channel environments.
• Experience managing distribution planning across multiple warehouses, branches, and locations, preferably multiple countries.
• Strong understanding of Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP), Replenishment, Inventory Allocation, and Stock Transfer Planning.
• Experience working with ERP, WMS, and supply chain planning systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English.

Preferred Skills and Background

• Experience in multi-country or regional distribution networks.
• Experience supporting Retail Stores, B2B, B2C, and E-commerce channels.
• Experience with large-scale retail networks and multiple distribution centers.
• Experience with ERP and planning platforms such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle, or Odoo.
• Strong knowledge of inventory optimization, replenishment methodologies, and distribution planning tools.

About Reef Group

Reef Group is focused on building a scalable and agile supply chain organization to support its rapid growth across beauty, fragrance, retail, B2B, B2C, and e-commerce markets. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to building and optimizing a multi-warehouse, multi-country, and multi-channel distribution planning function that directly supports the company's growth and customer experience objectives.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application for consideration.