Senior Planning Executive

Spritzer; Selangor; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Spritzer in Malaysia is seeking a hands-on planning and procurement professional to oversee finished goods movement, production scheduling and inventory health. You will coordinate forecast-driven production, monitor demand trends, and lead monthly S&OP meetings to minimize obsolescence and liability.

You will also manage data accuracy in ERP systems, consolidate demand plans, and work with suppliers on pricing, delivery and terms.

Responsibilities

• Review, plan, control and monitor finished goods movement for smooth order fulfillment.
• Schedule production based on forecast and sales movements.
• Track production output performance.
• Order packaging materials and maintain stock at healthy levels.
• Maintain finished goods stock at healthy level.
• Minimize pallet transfers through proper lead-time planning.
• Track production volume and monitor demand patterns and purchasing trends.
• Organize monthly sales forecast meetings and SLOB reviews.
• Minimize obsolete stock and minimize liabilities.
• Identify and manage risks to protect production schedules and reduce downtime.
• Support ERP/IT data accuracy and resolve issues.
• Consolidate data to create demand plans using historical sales, trends, seasonality and promotions.
• Translate demand into final plans for capacity, production and inventory planning.
• Provide monthly overall capacity plans to SCM for review.
• Implement cost control in energy and overtime during production planning.
• Lead continuous improvement of daily activities and training.
• Coordinate with relevant departments in production planning.
• Ensure procurement follows documented procedures and uses sufficient data.
• Liaise with external providers on pricing, delivery and terms; negotiate professionally.
• Maintain procurement data such as provider info and prices; keep confidential.
• Analyze current procurement activities and propose cost-saving improvements with operations.
• Coordinate external provider evaluation, monitor performance and develop providers.
• Perform ad-hoc special tasks as required.

Job description

To review, to plan, to control and to monitor the finished goods movement for the smooth order fulfillment to market

Production schedule base on forecast and sales movement

Production output performance

Packaging material ordering and scheduling at healthy stock level

Final product at health stock level

To minimize the pallet transfer process on finished goods by proper planning on order received with enough lead time

Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.

To arrange monthly sales forecast meeting & SLOB (Slow moving and obsolete inventory) meeting

Minimize obsolete stock and ensure business is left with minimum liability.

Understand and manage risks to minimise impact on production schedule & to minimize planned downtime.

Tracking production volume and monitoring customer demand patterns and purchasing trends.

Utilize any ERP or IT system that is in place and ensure that data is accurate and up to date and resolve any issues as required.

Consolidate needed data to create the demand plan such as historical sales, market trends, seasonality, promotions, budget sales targets and inventory targeted levels.

Based on sales demand, translate into final demand plans to be used in capacity planning, production planning and inventory planning.

Monthly provide overall capacity plan to SCM for review purpose

To implement cost control in energy and overtime concept during production planning

To lead and continuous improvement on daily activities and training

To coordinate and liaise with relevant department in production planning

To ensure that procurement activities has been conducted according to documented procedure and sufficient procurement data are gathered before the purchase of goods.

To liaise / negotiate with external providers on matters relating to pricing, delivery and terms and condition. Negotiation shall be conducted in an open and professional manner where no deception shall be allowed.

To upkeep all procurement data which shall include but not limited to external provider information, purchase price, etc. All this information shall be treated as private and confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party without the consent from management of the company.

To analyze current procurement activities and recommend improvement plan, also work with the operations team on cost-savings initiatives.

To coordinate external provider evaluation activities, monitor the performance and implement improvement plan or develop potential external providers

To be assigned with special tasks on an ad-hoc basis should there’s need arises.