Temporary MRP Planner

Nestle; Shah Alam; On-site; MYR 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Nestlé Manufacturing Sdn Bhd in Shah Alam seeks a Temporary MRP Planner to ensure stock availability at the right location and to support accurate demand forecasting and supply planning. The role emphasizes improving DPA and enabling efficient planning processes across the network.

Responsibilities include communicating the consensus Demand Plan to senior management, driving corrective actions for deviations, and balancing inventory costs with service levels.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of relevant operational experience in DSP or related areas.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in supply chain.
• Exposure to LEAN concepts and tools in a production environment.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate Demand Plan and improve Demand Plan Accuracy (DPA).
• Advance Demand and Supply Planning processes and tools for efficiency.
• Capture and analyze demand events and market trends impacting plans.
• Communicate consensus Demand Plan to senior management and stakeholders.
• Drive timely actions to address deviations from the plan.
• Utilize Demand Planning system to support exception-based management.
• Balance stock levels to satisfy customer needs while controlling costs.
• Review supply plan and net despatch requirements across the network.

Skills

Demand & Supply Planning

Project Management

LEAN Principles

Leadership

Cross-functional Collaboration

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or related field

Job description

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Temporary – Full Time

Position Summary

We are looking for a Temporary MRP Planner to ensure the right stocks are available at correct location to meet customer demand and to best estimate projection forecast is released to supply planning effectively and efficiently.

A day in the life of...

• Consistently achieve sustainable Demand Plan Accuracy (DPA) improvement.
• Implement improvements to Demand and Supply Planning processes and tools to deliver tangible benefits (e.g.: time savings, increased efficiencies etc).
• Capture, prioritize, analyze and input Generating Demand events; customer, consumer & competitor information; other external / internal trends and influences, which impact demand plan.
• Communicate relevant information to Senior Management in accordance with the Consensus Demand Planning process;
• Drive fast, appropriate actions to minimize the impact of deviations from the Demand Plan and communicate these actions to stakeholders.
• Effectively use all Demand Planning system functionality to enable an exception based management approach.
• Consistently achieve sustainable Customer Service Level for domestic within the Working Capital and Freshness objectives by ensuring that the weekly planning process is executed on time.
• Inventory Management: Balance the need for product availability versus the need to minimise costs of inventory to ensure optimum stocks of the right material in the right location
• Analyze and evaluate the supply plan and net despatch requirements to satisfy customer needs taking into account the network complexity and the supply constraints.
• Establish stock policies for Finished Goods. To do this for Inter Market Supply together with Planners of Producing Markets.
• Periodically review the stock level of the domestic to pro-actively look for solutions in case of deviations.
• Analyse and effectively communicate relevant information highlighting all supply issues and detailing impacts of proposed actions and related trade offs;
• Ensuring actions and Supply Plans are realistic and achievable In accordance with the Business Planning process

Responsibility

Position Snapshot

Location: Batu Tiga Factory, Shah Alam

Company: Nestlé Manufacturing Sdn Bhd

What Will Make You Successful

• Two or four years of relevant operational experience at market/business level is useful, in at least one of the following areas: Demand & Supply Planning, Project Management in the area of DSP.
• Leadership role in one of the functions across Generating Demand or other Ensuring Supply areas of: Sales / Marketing, Technical & Production, Customer Service, Demand & Supply Planning, Supply Chain Development, Purchasing.
• Desirable to have had worked in a LEAN organization, who has adapted LEAN concepts and tools as part of their way of working.
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Has 2+ years of working experience in related field.