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The Supply Planner role is responsible for devising a production plan and managing the execution of the plan in order to support business needs. A Supply Planner acts as a key connector between Demand Planning and Manufacturing. It is the responsibility of the Planner to understand the business and to build a responsive network that can react to the volatility of the market while managing inventory levels, non-finished good material availability, and waste implications.
Job Responsibility:
Devise a production plan and manage the execution of the plan to support business needs
Act as a key connector between Demand Planning and Manufacturing
Understand the business and build a responsive network that can react to market volatility while managing inventory levels, non-finished good material availability, and waste implications
Drive initiatives to meet team goals, ensure continuous improvement of processes and outcomes, optimize delivery of service, inventory and production planning
Work collaboratively on new product development plans
Interact with demand planning, factories, suppliers, procurement and logistics teams
Prepare capacity-constrained supply plans using planning tools
Organize and coordinate meetings with 3PMs to build a “partner to win” relationship
Identify future customer service risks and work with cross-functional teams to quantify and reduce impact on customers
Ensure maximum stock availability for retailers’ orders at the right Distribution Center
Act as a key connector with Marketing, Trade Marketing, alerting local internal teams about restricted supply situations and recovery plans
Ensure SKU level demand signal is produced and supplied on time in full
Manage SKU's entire life cycle, setting up new products and managing exit of SKUs
Proactively identify and mitigate future risks to the business
Translate customer demand into a supply plan
Ensure stocks are available as per delivery schedule to fulfil sales requirements
Monitor production output and ensure to meet Output Reliability targets
Coordinate with production on the capacity and production on the weekly schedule
Monitor short and long capacity planning via Capacity Planning Tool and the category business waste number
Measure and work on improvement of Supply Network Planning in SAP via accuracy of master data
Coordinate with cross-functional on new product launch/promotion/packaging changes to ensure delivery on time and in full
Ensure the right quantity is produced for the right plant location in the system
Measure production plan conformance and ensure production meets the schedule
Active involvement in relevant Change Request testing and SAP system go-live activities
Prepare monthly reporting
Share insights on driving better, healthier stock levels
Ensure safety, health and environmental compliance as required by National legislation and Unilever standards
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Logistics, Operations Planning, Supply Chain or related fields
Work experience in production planning and supply planning
Good quantification and analytical skills in a dynamic environment require the ability to be flexible and work in “gray” areas
Operational Process Planning and experience with SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) and Kinaxis planning
Good Planning and Analytical Skill
Strong growth mindset and team spirit, proactive approach to issues and opportunities