Head of Planning - FMCG at Corporate Staffing

The candidate will be responsible for creating a feasible supply plan driven through interpreting differentiated planning strategies, satisfying customer requirements, optimizing stock and asset.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Distribution Requirements Planning / Replenishment

• Determines and ensures execution of deployment strategies for Finished Goods i.e. push vs pull
• Understands and influences the planning parameters (In-House and External) and assumptions i.e. production cycle time, sequencing, volatility
• Derives Finished Goods (FG’s) stock policy using inventory planning models by stock holding location and determines gross requirements by distribution center or market
• Understands warehouse and transportation capacity planning as well as customer requirements in the short term (e.g. Lead time / min max stock)

Master Production Scheduling (MPS)

• Understands and influences the planning parameters (In-House and External) and assumptions e.g. changeovers, stock-building, warehouse Constraints etc
• Develops and implements the run strategy, Creates and understands rough cut capacity plan (RCCP)
• Creates cost contingency plans and scenarios, supported by the Finance team
• Communicates the Master Production Schedule and consequences to the business

Production Scheduling

• Optimizes and communicates the line schedule taking into account sequencing
• Creates feasible production schedules, considers constraints, e.g. line capacity, labour, batch sizes, run rates, bottlenecks, planned downtime
• Understands difference between re-order point and fixed cycle scheduling, and when to apply the relevant strategy
• Executes agreed manufacturing run strategy and updating the bill of material in system
• Influences the safety-stock holding of suppliers for Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
• Managing Inventory Planning, Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), Material Call Off
• Ensure of production compliance on the SOPs of operation process and usage of material

Agreeing Constrained Supply Plan

• Conducts effective dialogue on assumptions and articulation of facts and evidence
• Optimizes production and inventory to deliver the demand plan
• Negotiates and influences the decision making process and raises future capacity and stock issues
• Understands and manages the functional and individual biases
• Determines and agrees key outputs e.g. constrained supply plan, cost supply & inventory plan
• Determines continuous improvement plans and raises for discussion in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) meeting
• Managing the end of month stock take and to be carried as per the SOPS

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor Degree in supply chain, materials management, industrial engineering or other business related field. Masters is a plus
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management
• 3-5 years of experience in production planning/ Master production scheduling/ capacity management in FMCG companies
• Must be familiar with OPM/ERP systems and PP/MM modules in sap
• Familiar with creating dashboard report in excel and other software
• Preference to Supply Chain Professionals/ CPIM holders