Senior Supply Planner

Manpower

We are looking for our Senior Supply Planner teammates for our international sweet and confectionery producer (Food Company) business partner.

Our general qualifications

University Degree, Minimum 3 years of operational management experience with demand & supply planning processes, Work experiences in an international environment, Experience with IBP and at least intermediate upper intermediate level English

What Are We Waiting For

Planning and monitoring important parts of the Category Supply Planning technology platform, e.g. big Mdlz factories in whole and/or major external suppliers, with all activities related to

·        Short/ Mid / Long term Finished Goods production requirement planning and Materials planning across the MEU category technology platform network – with strong linkage into Plants to ensure conformance to schedule and drive labour / capacity plans and into Areas to secure customer service delivery .

·        Manage Inventory levels to target expectations and customer service availability agreements

·        Manage Category Planning Process performance and efficiency in the MEU platform network.

·       Management of significant capacity challenges across all country markets in MEU and lead communication to business contacts across impacted countries.

·       Assessment of Short term feasibility requests from all countries (where necessary)

·       Provide consolidated hub input for the monthly Executive Supply Reviews

·       Mentoring/coaching within the platform team supply planners on junior planning level

·       Right hand and potential deputy to the Hub Platform Manager

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for the weekly creation and execution monitoring of production capacity plans for Finished Goods across the MEU technology platform – including daily scheduling activities in the factories.

• Highlight production planning issues / bottlenecks / propose-initiate immediate action to secure business continuity

• Monitor logistics supply flows to the destination warehouses and resolve planning issues / bottlenecks / propose-initiate immediate action to secure customer service availability

• Also responsible for weekly monitoring and tracking of capacity plans for FG at nonMondelez plants and third party suppliers for the technology platform

• Provide consolidated hub inputs for Executive Supply Reviews as part of the monthly IBP cycles to agree upon effective capacity plans that balance customer service, supply cost, and inventory targets as well as to ensure that all derailing issues are effectively framed and escalated to relevant forums for resolution.

• Develop strong linkage with manufacturing sites and ensure the plants are following latest supply plans with appropriate labour and technical resource through regular working sessions.

• Provide the hub related inputs to Category NPD from a capacity/material planning perspective and also ensure an efficient execution of in/out-phasing processes within a short/midterm production horizon.

• Manage processes to deliver the defined working capital targets for finished goods, WIP, R&P with minimising stock obsolescence.

• Implement the required R&P Replenishment strategies with suppliers, ensuring optimal MRP set up/forecast provision/contract coverage and expected upstream communications are harmonised with liabilities transparent.

• Act as mentoring and coaching within the platform team for other supply planners with a junior planning level, like trainees or new beginners