Supply Planning Manager

Main Purpose of the Role

The Supply Planning Manager is the lead of the category for the Supply Planning process and is responsible to optimise the E2E supply chain of that category.

Ensuring the balance of demand and supply optimizing the service, inventory and (supply chain) costs, connects local S&OP / production planning (supply) with regional S&OP (supply) and global S&OP (supply) for the relevant category and connection with Scheduling&MRP teams of the producing countries.

Ensures execuion of the MPS at the production plants. Main contact for factories & Co-manufacturers on supply planning activies.

What you will do

• Leads the regional supply planning activities (DRP/Deploy, MPS, RCCP) for the specific category, including stock level setting and optimizing the E2E supply chain mid and long term;
• Creates and execute the DRP and Deployment plan following the business rules and S&OP decisions for prioritization (e.g., execute temporary product allocation, time phased safety stocks, etc.);
• Manages the SLA agreements and distribution planning parameters with the local Ocs (both factory and commercial);
• Reviews and understand the top net demand deviations and contact OCs for supply priority decision;
• Collaborates with other Supply planners (incl. Co-pack Supply planner) to share priorities, understand feedback from the plants and assess possible scenarios;
• Assess the end-to-end allocation and the mid / long-term prioritisation based on margins, financial impact and customer segmentation (incl.penalties);
• Expert and Key user of supply planning tool O9 for the related category;
• Follows up on inventory planning and deployment planning metrics and reporting.
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Our Perfect Candidate

• Degree in Business, Engineering, Econometrics, or related field;
• 7/8 years of experience in Supply Planning and Demand requirements planning in FMCG industry;
• Experience with planning tools;
• Knowledge of O9;
• Experience with SAP4HANA and Power BI;
• ERP/Planning Tool implementation experience will be consider a plus;
• Stakeholder management and problem solving;
• Proficiency in English.
  
  

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