Supply Planning Manager
About this position
Responsibilities
• Ensuring consistently high service to our customers by proactively identifying and solving short-term supply/demand mismatches.
• Accountable for very short-term service by proactively monitoring and mitigating risks, and resolving supply/demand gaps.
• Responds to daily constraints to ensure perfect execution of business plans, acting as central contact between the local team and the CoE.
• Ensure stock availability to deliver service level target by daily review and reports to MU regarding OOS tracking and stock availability (daily sales dynamics).
• Find products to compensate the missing sales or understand whether we can wait for the next shipment (provide the timing of the arrival); in some markets especially valid for “end-of-month” NS achievement.
• Follow up availability for products in OOS improving the availability date to reduce Fill Rate impact, not only Service Level.
• Translation of volume risk/impact into Net Sales. Answering the questions whether due to OOS we can still achieve the plan.
• Feedback to local organization and CoE about risks & incremental opportunities; the point of contact on short term stock unavailability and mitigation options.
• Input Service Level comment to customer service on the cut related to supply. Supports local allocation/reservation, as well as VAS Planning and Execution process, by providing information about product availability (volume & time).
• VAS FG Inventory Management (incl potentially SAS).
• Supports effective decision-making process within the local organization to improve management of obsolete, ageing and blocked stock & communicates those decision to Demand Planning & CoE for perfect execution.
• Facilitates the inventory management for Marketing and VAS materials and communicates those decisions to the respective functions.
• To propose airfreight request for approval to mitigate risk on supply and tracking spending.
• To estimate provision and request for provision reservation as well as confirm write off.
• Clear understanding of E2E planning, including Demand planning, S&OP, VAS Planning & Execution, Innovation planning and Supply planning.
• Bottleneck management, support communication to business and an operation allocation management.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain or other related fields.
• Preference to candidates with 3-5 years’ experience in demand and supply planning.
• Production planning, Master production scheduling and/or capacity planning would be a plus.
• Experience in FMCG would be a plus.
• Knowledge of SAP APO and/or R3.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint (VBA and Query is preferable).
• Possess analytical & problem-solving skills with commercial thinking.
• Stakeholder management, conflict management and influencing skills.
• Manage high complexity, use continuous improvement and digital solutions to step-up business delivery.
• Decision making and leadership.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to work under pressure, manage multiple urgencies, and sometimes conflicting priorities.
• Excellent in communication and presentation skill in English.