Factory Planner at Nestle

Position Summary
Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the successful incumbent will be part of the Co-manufacturing team, s/he will be responsible for the following:

• Provide consistently short term finite capacity-constrained production plans with feasible and realistic sequenced materials in accordance with the availability of resources (production lines/ labour) and materials.
• Report back to all planning and manufacturing partners on its status.
• Ensure availability of raw and pack materials availability including imported commodity materials according to stock keeping parameters that will support production plan.

A day in the life of

• Create feasible detail production plan taking into account capacity constraints for material, packing and processing.
• Continuously improving planning method targeting full pull-planning.
• Operational Buying experience is important and essential
• Follow-up daily production schedule via DOR meetings and update planning if necessary.
• Run MRP calculation, ensure availability of R&PM, resolve the issues with suppliers for deliveries
• Ensure optimum stock levels for R&PM (usage of RPIO)
• Manage packaging orders for receiver markets (domestic & IMS)
• Follow-up blocked & obsolete materials, freshness of materials, take actions for to prevent write-off due to shelf life problems.
• Follow-up corrective actions with suppliers to match quality standards.
• Prepare destruction forms when necessary.
• Maintain necessary master data and follow up workflows in the system for semi-finished and R&PM.
• Manage call-offs for materials required.
• Resolve the issues related to blocked, parked invoices for quantity related problems, clear PO

What Will Make You Successful

• National Diploma / Degree in Logistics Management, Supply Chain , purchasing, procurement or equivalent
• Minimum 3 -5 years’ experience in supply chain, Purchasing or Procurement environment./market
• Good communication and leadership skills.
• Very good analytical skills
• APO Planning System experience is a must