Supply Planning Manager - La Lucia at UPL

Role Responsibilities

Financial

• Impacts of supply plan on financial performance - Supply risks and opportunities managed.
• Impacts of SC inventory levels being managed on Net working capital targets - process in place to manage inventory levels efficiently and reduce excesses in time.
• Yearly, Monthly and Weekly Forecasting & Budgeting of inventory, manufacturing, purchasing plans for the purpose of volumes assigned in overhead cost calculations and setting of net working capital budgets and all the drivers of net working capital.
• Drive cost effective product allocation in the internal network to low-cost alternatives regularly reviewing alternate routings for optimization and continuous improvement in the supply of products utilizing the UPL network.
• Responsible for accurate planning master data (e.g., SPK) to ensure product flows are planned accurately as these impacts on the availability of accurate costs in the system.

Customer

• Ensure products are available as per SLA to ensure efficient execution of customer orders, depot replenishment of commercial inventories on time and in full. Setting pro-active processes to manage flow of materials to and from plants and tracking of changes to plans impacting Nett working capital.
• Manage communication with internal customers with risks and opportunities identified in the planning and planning evaluation process. Propose solutions for gaps.
• Accountable for weekly planning process and coordination between factory and customer service teams to address shortfalls in supply.
• Support but also challenge the forecast collecting and update process in each cycle.
• Understanding major movements in markets and business to be managed in changes to plans – ensure DCR process is functionally correct and respond accurately to out of forecast requests without overcommitting.

Operations/Process

• Lead the design and execution of a Demand Management & Forecasting process on both aggregate (business) and granular (operations) level that drive  excellence in supply planning & execution  in a  high SKU and complex manufacturing environment
• Prepare consensus monthly purchase plan, production plan and updated inventory plan.
• Ensure medium term production plan is prepared, reviewed and agreed in S&OP forum.
• SNP super user – ensure regular review and checks of Planning master data including default routings is accurately reflected.
• Set up automated and efficient re-ordering processes and safety stocks as required.
• Create check and balances to ensure critical materials of Top 50 products are ordered on time and where there are changes review process includes all components in the BOM.
• New product introduction - manage supply planning inputs when new products are introduced – including ensuring all routing Master data is complete, planning data is accurate, and that product is placed in the correct manufacturing entity as per registration.
• Manage raw and packing material planning and replenishment to plants and contract manufacturers.
• APO-SNP - weekly planning cycle - managing governance and discipline for each planning run. Get an analyse output and discuss/implement actions as needed. Invent and improve tools available to ensure all planning requirements in the region can be met with minimal manual effort. In this regard advance excel and even Sequel experience may be essential on top of SNP and MRP experience
• Key super-user/trainer in the development of new tools and implementation thereof – core team member for any major implementation
• Process owner for PTS, PTP in SAP where implementations require UAT and user acceptance.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly Exception Reports are generated that identify potential deviations in advance and are acted upon promptly with countermeasures that avoid deviation from plans.  
• Actively champion Continuous Improvement, including Optimization initiatives that drive high performance in all areas of supply planning,

Individual / Team

• Lead and guide a small planning team in execution of plans.
• Engage with stakeholders at multiple levels to communicate, engage and find solutions for issues and gaps against demand, including managing allocations as required.
• Integration and key player in the sub-regional supply chain - to identify risks and opportunities and part of local leadership team.
• Implement and Monitor execution of agreed objectives of team as aligned with sub-regional and functional expectations.
• Drive implementation of key assigned projects, as either project leader or significant contributor
• Lead key supply planning and inventory sections of local and sub-regional S&OP forums.

Sales and Operational Process

• Leads the Supply and purchasing review to match demand with Supply.
• Contribute to demand reviews for updating the constrained forecast with supply issues.
• Sub-regional set-up of information flow standardized for communication to allow for regional and global consolidation for all plans generated including the valuation of inventory projections, production plans and purchasing plans as compared to budgets set.
• Manage Key Supply chain KPI such as OTIF, Inventory targets and planning accuracy measures.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required

• 5 years Supply planning experience in an SAP environment, some experience in managing small teams and presenting and communicating at executive level.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in chemical engineering, chemistry, industrial engineering, accounting, supply chain, preferable in agrochemical field involving thousands of SKU’s and global sourcing & supply.