Supply & Production Planning Manager

Henkel; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health coverage

Employee Share Plan

Discounts on Henkel products

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Henkel Malaysia is seeking a dedicated Production Planning Manager to lead a team of Production Planners. You will coach, develop, and ensure robust mid- and short-term production plans across assigned assets, aligning with S&OP and business priorities.

You will oversee RCCP standards, optimize planning performance, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement through collaboration with S&OP, Materials, and Operations teams. A strong leadership background and a Bachelor's degree are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5-8 years of experience in Production Planning and/or Supply Chain Planning, including leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Production Planners, building capability in end-to-end mid- and short-term production planning.
• Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and ensure performance management and coaching.
• Oversee development of feasible mid-term Production Plans (Month 4–18) and short-term Master Production Schedules (0–13 weeks).
• Ensure RCCP standards and correct modeling of capacities are applied.
• Review planning outputs, highlight risks and opportunities to leadership and S&OP.
• Collaborate with internal/external interfaces to meet customer needs vs supply capabilities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within planning and standardization.
• Define and execute rolls-out of regional best practices.
• Monitor team performance and adhere to productivity, timeliness, and quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Production planning

Stakeholder communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

APS

Job description

About this Position

Accountable for leading, coaching, and developing a team of Production Planners to ensure robust, accurate, and timely mid- and short-term production planning for the coming 0-18 months across assigned assets. 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 Production Planners, building capability in end-to-end mid- and short-term production 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 mid-term Production Plans (Month 4–18) and short-term Master Production Schedules (MPS, 0–13 weeks).
• Ensure application of Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) standards and correct modeling of machine, labor, supplier, and material capacities.
• Review and validate planning outputs, highlighting risks, opportunities, and scenario impacts to leadership and S&OP teams.
• Secure alignment of production planning with demand planning, material availability, inventory policy, and network constraints.

Issue Resolution & Escalation Management

• 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 vs. 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 Production 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.