Materials Planning Manager

Henkel; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work hours

Hybrid work model

Global growth opportunities

Health & preventive care

Parental leave

Employee Share Plan

Medical coverage

Additional EPF contribution

Dental, Health & Eye Screening

Product discounts

Job summary

Henkel Malaysia is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a team of Material Planners, shaping mid‑ to long‑term planning and ensuring supply continuity across 0‑18 months. You’ll coach, develop, and align the team with S&OP and production priorities.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years in material or supply chain planning with leadership experience, plus a Bachelor degree. This role offers a hybrid work model and opportunities for regional growth within Henkel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required.
• 5–8 years in Material Planning/Supply Chain Planning with leadership experience.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop a planning team.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Material Planners and set performance expectations.
• Oversee feasible, optimized Material Plan and align with production and inventory policies.
• Escalate and resolve supplier constraints impacting mid- to short-term horizons.
• Collaborate with S&OP, Production Schedulers, and Operations to mitigate risks.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes and standardization.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Team coaching

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Project management

Analytical thinking

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

APS

Job description

About this Position

Accountable for leading, coaching, and developing a team of Material Planners to ensure robust, accurate, and timely mid‑and short‑term material planning for the coming 0‑18 months. Responsible for creating team capability, optimizing planning performance, ensuring supply continuity, and aligning planning outcomes with S&OP, Supply Review, and business priorities.

What you’ll do

Leadership & People Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Material Planners, building capability in mid‑and short‑term material planning. Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and ensure effective performance management, coaching, and skills development.
• Ensure adequate resource allocation, workflow prioritization, and resilience within the planning team.
• Drive team engagement and foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Governance

• Oversee development of feasible, optimized Material Plan.
• Ensure application of Material Planning standards and correct modeling of supplier capacities.
• Review and validate planning outputs, highlighting risks, opportunities, and scenario impacts to leadership and S&OP teams.
• Secure alignment of material planning with production planning, inventory policy, and network constraints.

Issue Resolution & Escalation Management

• Act as the point‑of‑escalation for supplier constraints impacting mid‑ or short‑term horizons.
• Work with S&OP Manager, Production Schedulers, Material Planners, and Operations to resolve major constraints and propose options with quantified impact.
• Ensure structured, timely communication to stakeholders and proactive risk mitigation.

Collaboration

• Close collaboration with internal/external key interfaces, mainly via APS, judging and aligning priorities to meet customer expectations and needs versus supply chain capabilities; monitor and ensure delivery of other functions’ commitments.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within planning, including workflow optimization and standardization, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements. Define and execute projects; act as facilitator for roll out of identified regional best practices.

Performance Management

• Monitor and prioritize own and team’s performance; allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure the required standards of productivity, timeliness, and quality; contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal; use KPI’s, performance management systems and reports to improve personal and team’s performance.

Time Management & Activities Planning

• Plan resources/activities according to demand to ensure business continuity, enhance efficiencies and improve service levels. Actively prepare and participate in team meetings to align priorities.

Compliance

• Ensure that planning activities comply with corporate standards, SHE requirements, and sustainability policies.

What makes you a good fit

• Minimal education required for the position: Bachelor degree.
• Minimal work experience required in years: 5‑8 years of experience in Material Planning and/or Supply Chain Planning, including leadership experience.

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year.
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities.
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs.
• Gender‑neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks.
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares.
• Medical Coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• Additional EPF Contribution.
• Dental, Health and Eye Screening etc for employees and eligible dependents.
• Discounts on company products.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.