Supply Planning Specialist

Manpower

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

Our general qualifications

University Degree, 2-3 years of operational management experience with demand & supply planning processes, Work experiences in an international environment, Experience with IBP, Upper - intermediate or intermediate English

What are we waiting for?

Planning and monitoring partial elements of the Category Supply Planning technology platform, i.e. a number of production lines in Mdlz plants, medium size Mdlz plants in whole and/or medium size 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)

• Contribute relevant input for the monthly creation of Executive Supply Reviews

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for the weekly creation and execution monitoring of production capacity plans for Finished Goods across the MEU technology platform – excluding 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 MEU technology platform

• Run monthly the plant specific Supply Reviews and contribute to the consolidated Hub input to IBP reviews 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 the relevant forum 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 MEU R&P Replenishment strategies with suppliers, ensuring optimal MRP set up/forecast provision/contract coverage and expected upstream communications are harmonised with liabilities transparent