Supply Planning Fulfilment Lead

Supply Chain Maidenhead Full-time United Kingdom Job Description

The Supply Planning Team lead is leading and managing a team of Supply Planners and is part of the Supply Chain organization supporting the Marketing & Sales Unit. Supply Chain is part of the Operations function which aims to ensure the integration of all key business processes from supplier to customers, providing products, services and information that add value for customers and stakeholders.

Operations manages sourcing, procurement, manufacturing, supply chain (supply chain planning, customer service, warehousing and logistics) and ensures optimal alignment between demand and supply at a global scale, taking into account efficiency, required flexibility, security of supply and considering costs, working capital, quality levels, service levels, company and society values.

Objective of the Job is to;

• Lead the Supply Planning team
• Manage and represent the local Supply Chain Planning team
• Develop individuals to create a high performing organization
• Maximize customer service level
• Monitor slow moving-, obsolete- and aging stocks and propose improvement actions with stakeholders
• Identify service issues and risks by monitoring of out of stock issues & take preventive actions
• Support and contribute to financial targets
• Create clarity and transparency on the Supply Chain Performance and communicated accordingly towards the business and Supply Chain

Key Accountabilities are;

• Team Management
• People Development
• Organizational design and improvement
• Improve customer service level
• 3rd party planning
• Copack planning
• Identification, analysis and resolution of service risks
• Communication of product availability vs demand to the MSU
• Manage phase in/-out of SKUs
• Quality Issue Management
• Project support

Raise expected service issues and inform MSU stakeholders with projected stock availability and information on root cause analysis

Manage 3rd party supply by creating purchase orders, FOF, initiate transport in close co-operation with 3rd parties. Support procurement/invoicing

Execute stock aging and slow moving & obsolete investigations and propose actions to the Central Supply Planner to improve the quality of the stock. The Central Supply is responsible for the stock quantities in terms of weeks coverage and absolute value. Create overview of the stock to be scraped and create scrap request with logistics team.

Propose safety stock settings by determine ABCD classification by applying Pareto analysis and service level requirements. Safety stock settings have to be agreed and maintained in the system by Central Supply Planning

Monitor inventory coverage on SKU level. Identify supply risks and initiate short term activities in cooperation with central Planning HUB and/or suppliers (MUs, 3rd party suppliers).

Provide functional support to project teams (e.g. portfolio-, sourcing-,process changes etc.)

Lead and develop Supply Specialists team. Manage stakeholders & suppliers

Must have:

• Minimum 5 years Supply Chain experience in a planning function
• Experience in leading and managing a team
• Experienced with SAP APO & SNP or equivalent planning tools (
  OMP Knowledge an advantage)
• Highly analytical and accurate
• At ease with complexity and change
• Eager to take ownership and initiative
• Capable of influencing others
• UK right to work

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