Supply Network Planner

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**ROLE SUMMARY**

**What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?**
- Execute activities to support the delivery of Cash, Cost, Service, and SNO KPIs for the assigned Area
- As SNO SPOC working with factory/specific end market to help achieve Area, Direct Reporting Business Unit (DRBU) & Region’s targets
- Actively adopt and implement digital transformation initiatives (Integrated Planning Transformation, Hive, Clear Metal, PBI, and other online tools) for the assigned factory/end market
- Continuously upskill the technical capabilities and commercial understanding
- Continuously seek and explore process simplification within Area & DRBU

**What is the direct impact of this role on the team or organization?**

Execute the Area plan in line with DRBU & Regional direction

**Reports to**

Supply Network Manager or Supply Network Executive

**Number of Direct Reports
**No

**Core Relationships**

**Internal **-** **SNO, Area, DRBU & factory team, Logistic

**External **- Suppliers, Logistic providers

**Geographic Scope
**Area

**Travel Required**

No

**ACCOUNTABILITIES**

General Accountabilities:

- Responsible for communication with the customer and/or customer service.
- Responsible for overall inventory within the supply network
- Responsible for managing and validating the cumulative planning lead-times
- Responsible for resolving and communicating supply issues the impact external demand
- Responsible for the planned orders (deployment) for inter and in-market inventory deployment
- Responsible for demand & distribution exceptions
- Responsible for execution of distribution orders within the firm zone
- Responsible for collaborating with the demand planner, master planner (or SNP) and local distribution orders in the scheduling zones
- Responsible for ensuring constraint availability
- Responsible for transactional and master data
- Responsible for demand analysis
- Selects scenarios in case of resolution

Specific accountabilities for the Master Planner
- Responsible for firming and aligning planned orders (for purchasing) in the planning zone
- Responsible for monitoring and actioning supply exceptions
- Responsible for collaborating with Master Planner Production (or SNP), purchasing planner, production scheduler and D&I Planner.
- Responsible for ensuring visibility for the supplier capacity and supplier raw materials availability
- Responsible for achieving optimal plan for the entire planning horizon (FG, WMS, SFG)
- Responsible for firming and aligning supply and planned orders (for production and purchasing) in the planning zone
- Responsible for defining and maintaining the resources that are not in source system
- Create Planning BOM and new constraint in KXS Rapid Response

Specific accountabilities for the Distribution & Inventory role:

- Responsible for the supply chain networks and maps
- Responsible for calculating stockholding policies and (MEIO FG) managing inventory service levels, safety stock and inventory levels
- Approval of parameter automation policies due to segmentation
- Approval of stockholding or other policies

**EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE**

**ESSENTIAL**

**Experience Required**
- 1-3 years across Planning, Logistic, NPI (Manufacturing & Commercial experience would be an advantage)

**Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required**
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good analytical and digital skills
- Good Supply Chain knowledge (process, metrics)
- Good knowledge in IWS, CI tools, and agile concept
- Some evidence of leadership capabilities, for example:

- Resilience
- Ability to make smart decisions in the face of ambiguity.
- Curiosity to seek out new ideas and knowledge.
- Challenging complexity and seeking out simpler / faster ways of working.
- Setting high standards and delivering outstanding results.

**Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required**
- University degree (Supply Chain related major could be an advantage)
- Mastery in advanced planning system could be an advantage

**BENEFICIAL***
- Experience with ERP / Planning systems.
- FMCGs experience

**QUALIFYING QUESTIONS FOR APPLICANTS**
- How experienced are you in managing small sized, diverse teams?
- What FMCG Supply Chain knowledge / experience do you have? Especially in the area of Supply Planning?
- Are you familiar with E2E Synchronised Supply Chain?
- Do you have any experience of working as part of an above market business unit?

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