Supply Planning Specialist

Henkel; Ümraniye; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse growth opportunities

Global wellbeing standards

Parental leave

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a skilled Supply Planner to own weekly supply planning for Finished Goods within the IMEA scope and coordinate with the manufacturing site in South Africa. You will align weekly and monthly plans with the factory, monitor capacity and material constraints, and address bottlenecks proactively.

The role requires collaboration with multiple functions and strong communication skills to ensure on-time delivery and cost-effective supply; English proficiency is essential.

Qualifications

• University degree in IndustrialEngineering or related departments.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in supply planning, ideally in FMCG and/or Chemical sector.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office; SAP know-how is desirable.
• Experience in supply planning within a manufacturing/plant environment is preferred.
• English with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude in building relationships across functions.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for weekly supply planning of Finished Goods materials; creates planned orders and STOs between plants.
• Checks daily production quantities and follows up on open process orders to prevent stockouts.
• Communicates with production, RPM planners, PD, CS, S&S, logistics and sales teams across the country.
• Leads daily and weekly meetings to monitor plans, shortages, rework trends, and inventory levels.
• Leads S&OE meetings to ensure necessary actions are in place.
• Ensures FG portfolio is supplied cost-effectively with target service levels, and prepares weekly/monthly KPI reports.

Skills

English proficiency

Strong communication

Interpersonal skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

University degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

About this Position

In this position, you will takeownership of supply planning activities within the IMEA region, includingplanning responsibility for Henkel’s manufacturing site in South Africa. Youwill work closely with the factory to align weekly and monthly plans, monitorcapacity and raw material constraints, and proactively address potentialbottlenecks. Previous experience working closely with factory planningoperations will be key to succeeding in this role.

What you´ll do

• Responsible for weekly supplyplanning of Finished Goods (FG) materials. Creates planned orders as wellas STOs between plants.
• Checks daily production quantities and follows upon open process orders, if any preponement needed, communicates withproduction and RPM team to take prompt actions to avoid stock out.
• Communicating with variouspeople/functions across the country (production, quality, RPM planners,PD, CS, S&S, logistics and sales teams).
• Leads daily and weeklymeetings and follows up production plans and priorities, RPM shortage& AF options, rework trend, blocked stock status, bin availability andinvestments etc.
• Leads S&OE meetings to ensurenecessary actions are in place.
• Ensures that the FG portfolio issupplied in the most cost-effective way, kept at target service andinventory levels.
• Escalates availability anddelivery issues to FG MEA Planning Manager, especially if shortage couldbe an issue for customer line stop.
• Ensures the KPIs are aligned withthe targets (Write-off, Slow Mover, DOS, Customer Service Level) andportfolio is supplied in the most cost-effective way, kept at targetservice and inventory levels and prepares weekly and monthly reports aboutthose KPIs
• Maintains material master data andplanning parameters; defines safety stock norms, reduces slow- andnon-moving products in IMEA.

What makes you a good fit

• University degree in IndustrialEngineering or related departments
• Minimum 4years of experience in supply planning, ideally inFMCG and/or Chemical sector
• Advanced user of MSOffice applications, SAP know-howis desirable
• Experiencein supply planning within a manufacturing/plant environment is preferred.
• English with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with aptitude in building relationships with professionals of all o

Some perks of joining Henkel

• 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

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 look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.