Assistant Supply Planning Manager

Unilever; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Assistant Supply Planning Manager to optimize supply chain operations and enhance inventory management. This pivotal role involves coordinating between demand planning and manufacturing to ensure efficient production and inventory levels while adapting to market volatility. You will be responsible for establishing supply requirements, managing exceptions, and leading supply planning operations. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will drive impactful results and contribute to the success of innovative projects in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of experience in supply chain planning, preferably in FMCG.
• Strong business-partnering skills with a proven track record.

Responsibilities

• Establish supply requirements for manufacturing SKUs and manage execution.
• Liaise with sourcing units to review supply plans against forecasts.
• Monitor and lead offshore supply planning operations.

Skills

Supply Chain Planning

Business Partnering

Inventory Management

Demand Forecasting

Process Improvement

Tools

SAP-RIP

Kinaxis

Coupa

DCIW

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Supply Planning Manager

Location: Malaysia

The Purpose of Role

The Supply Planner role is responsible for devising a production plan and managing the execution of the plan in order to support business needs. A Supply Planner acts as a key connector between Demand Planning and Manufacturing. It is the responsibility of the Planner to understand the business and to build a responsive network that can react to the volatility of the market while managing inventory levels, non-finished good material availability, and waste implications.

Team Structure:

• Reporting to: HC & FOODS Supply Planning Manager

• Direct reports: NIL

• Indirect reports: NIL

Your Role/Key Responsibilities:

• Establish supply requirement (RR) for Import & local manufacturing SKUs

• Review RR for DC - for the short term and long-term horizon.

• Analyze and evaluate the supply plans and net despatch requirements from SU.

• Manage exceptions via DRP alerts on incoming despatch plans from SU.

• Consistently achieve sustainable Customer Service Level for domestic by ensuring that the weekly planning process is executed on time.

• Operational Supply Planning

• Liaise regularly with sourcing units to review supply plans against customer forecasts and orders.

• Attend Regional Category Demand and Supply Reconciliation meetings and identifying short-term capacity constraints, highlighting these to the business and providing contingency plans.

• Prepare the loss-tree analysis for all the non-supplied orders.

• Review KPIs with the sourcing units at the end of each planning cycle.

• Monitor and lead the offshore supply planning operations.

• Product Transformation (Co-Packing Job)

• Product transformation at DC.

• Master data creation in liaison with MDM e.g. BOM, Master recipes, etc.

• Conversion of planned orders into process orders for subsequent activity to proceed.

• Communication of job order issued to relevant stakeholders e.g. co-packers, warehouse operations & Supply Operation Coordinator.

• Verify job order completion by co-packers and communicate to Supply Operation Coordinator (Promotion Administrator).

• Inventory Planning

• Determine the stock policies for Domestic Finished Goods using MEIO.

• Assist to conduct periodic review on stock cover policy for Domestic Finished Goods.

• Monitor days-on-hand against target and identify improvement opportunities.

• Manage slow-moving and obsolete stocks (SLOB) by highlighting slow and non-moving stocks to the business to generate appropriate actions.

• Assist on planning aspects in new product development (NPD Launch / Relaunch).

• Work closely with Project Lead to complete relevant planning information as required in the NPD GANTT Chart.

• Work closely with Export Manager / Local 3PM to ensure timely launch of new products in collaboration with Factory Planning Team and Demand Planners.

• Follow up closely with materials workflows and update master data set up timely.

• Communication on plan transition & clearance plan from business.

• Manage Exceptions

• Demand Plans exception – review with Demand Planning Team on stock availability via D&SP / WORM meeting.

• Production/material shortfalls and Quality non-conformance – review with SU Planning Team / Local 3PM on the possible actions for speedy recovery.

• Supply shortages – review with various stakeholders on the possible actions to identify and close gaps.

• Champion in supply planning

• Governance on process flow to ensure the planning team adheres to the correct process.

• Backup as MDM advisor when SP has issues on master data before issuing ticket to support team.

• To be SAP & Kinaxis champion in supply planning area.

Key Stakeholders:

Internal:

• Demand Planners

• SU Planners and SU Export CS Planners (Imported SKUs)

• CSP

• Marketing

• R&D

• QA

• Collaborative Manufacturer team

• Customer Service team

• Warehouse & Logistic team

• Procurement team

External:

• Co-packers

• Forwarding agents for imports

• Local 3PM

Travel:

10% of the time for travelling.

Essential Experience/Skill/Knowledge:

• 4-6 years of experience in supply chain planning, preferably within the FMCG industry.

• Strong business-partnering and proven track record is a must.

• Supply Planning Systems (e.g. SAP-RIP, Kinaxis, Coupa, DCIW, BOT)

• Inventory Management practices (e.g. MEIO adoption)

Desirable Experience/Skill/Knowledge:

• Demand forecasting and Supply Planning

• Innovation / New Product Development Project Management

• Inventory Optimization

• Process improvement experience

How to Apply:

Please apply online and add your updated resume. Your application will be reviewed against our requirements and we will be in touch to provide you with an update on the status of your application if shortlisted.