Supply Planner

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Translate the demand plan into a purchase & inventory plan
• Validate Supply Value Plan & Demand over Capacity Files with demand analyst
• Organize / Prepare monthly Collaborative Supply Operation Planning (CSOP) meetings & minutes of meeting (in house or by suppliers, visit)
• Feedback / communicate supply issues to demand planning team
• Issue purchase orders & purchase plans to vendors (ZPOD)
• Follow up on spend
• Follow-up on outstanding purchase orders & chase suppliers
• Issue priority lists
• Vendor Shipping Performance & Past Due weekly reporting
• Clean up the order book (vendor reconciliations)
• Build / maintain good relation with suppliers (conference calls, emails, communicator)
• Monitor and redistribute excess inventory between different warehouses
• Stock redistribution / follow up on inventory target
• Analyze / recommend on prime warehousing strategy
• Monitor non/slow moving inventory and recommend actions (. repacking)
• Analysis / Follow up IQR (Inventory Quality Report)
• Coordinate repacking & rebranding initiatives
• Coordinate corrective actions to restore product & package quality
• Answer customer availability inquiries & Key Customer backorder follow up
• Follow up Customer Fill Rate, analyze missed lines (NNA) and root cause
• Coordinate with Product marketing on New Product Introduction and promotions
• Follow up NPI (GRE) – Place orders and communicate first delivery to Product Marketing
• Manage Master data & forecast availability
• Manage material master data
• Understanding master data + keep data base clean
• Coordinate with DC-staff and suppliers on physical logistics (lean supply program)
• MOQ / RV based on unit packs / layer sizes / pallet sizes
• Continuously improve processes
• Manage blocked invoice (Unipay) /follow up on EDI errors
• Assist product & purchasing team with YN parts / constraint parts

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

• Min: Bachelor degree preferably in business, logistics, supply chain orengineering
• Desirable: Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar represents an asset

EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ year related experience within supply chain environment or in an inventory position; experience in SAP/BW

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Good knowledge of MRP – preferable SAP (material master data knowledge)
• Elaborated Excel skills (> pivot tables)
• Fluent in English, other languages are an asset

COMPETENCES:

• Initiative and problem solving skills
• Analytical / Methodical thinking
• Action orientation
• Communicative
• Attention to details