
Finish Goods & DRP Planning Manager
- Petaling Jaya, Selangor
- Tetap
- Sepenuh masa
- Review/ update material planning and manage all materials availability: especially for finished goods & trading goods ensuring that the supply plan can be executed.
- Creation of purchase orders and inform production planning on timelines. Review the 12wk outlook for the material plan, taking into account capacity agreements and storage capacity on the site.
- Support the material controllers and the site with analyses when needed to create visibility
- Manage MRP exception messages.
- Drive gate keeping meetings with the other departments and support with providing relevant KPI's to measure performance.
- Provide impact analysis when needed to show the impact of decisions or scenarios to the plan. Support on reporting where necessary.
- Reviewing with Supplier flexibility to support Material Planning with respect to supplier capacity and supplier's 2nd tier material availability
- Link to Procurement and Inbound Supply Chain Manager to improve Supplier Performance and escalate in case of structural material availability issues (& inform stakeholders).
- Balance service level (OTIF) and inventory targets (OWC) of materials, whilst understanding cost impacts on manufacturing.
- Manage reduction and prevention of slow and obsolete stock. Ensure rework and scrapping at the site/primary DC.
- Inputs to inventory strategy including safety stock settings on materials for existing, new and phase-out products.
- Inputs and maintains inventory stocking policies of materials, safety stock levels in ERP system.
- Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
- Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required material planning activities.
- University Education (e.g. Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or other relevant discipline) with Degree or equivalent qualification
- Focused on results
- Good problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate analyses and synthesize recommendations
- Strong desire to challenge and improve status-quo
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and able to work under-pressure
- Fluent and able to work in English. Understanding and sensitivity to different cultural behaviours.
- At least 3-year experience in Supply Planning in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail
- Expert on Supply Planning in SAP and BI
- Experience on IBP processes, Advanced Supply Planning tools
- Project and Change Management skills
- Experience on coordinating teams and managing stakeholders
- Requires working in Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) time zone