Supply Planner

Job description

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:** - Translate the demand plan into a purchase & inventory plan • Validate Supply Value Plan & Demand over Capacity Files with demand analyst • Organize / Prepare monthly Collaborative Supply Operation Planning (CSOP) meetings & minutes of meeting (in house or by suppliers, visit) • Feedback / communicate supply issues to Demand Planning team • Issue purchase orders & purchase plans to vendors (ZPOD) • Follow up on spend • Follow-up on outstanding purchase orders & chase suppliers • Issue priority lists • Vendor Shipping Performance & Past Due weekly reporting • Clean up the order book (vendor reconciliations) • Build / maintain good relation with suppliers (conference calls, emails, communicator) • Monitor and redistribute excess inventory between different warehouses • Stock redistribution / follow up on inventory target • Analyze / recommend on prime warehousing strategy • Monitor non/slow moving inventory and recommend actions (e.g. repacking) • Analysis / Follow up IQR (Inventory Quality Report) • Coordinate repacking & rebranding initiatives • Coordinate corrective actions to restore product & package quality • Answer customer availability inquiries & Key Customer backorder follow up • Follow up Customer Fill Rate, analyze missed lines (NNA) and root cause • Coordinate with Product marketing on New Product Introduction and promotions • Follow up NPI (GRE) Place orders and communicate first delivery to Product Marketing • Manage Master data & forecast availability • Manage material master data • Understanding master data + keep data base clean • Coordinate with DC-staff and suppliers on physical logistics (lean supply program) • MOQ / RV based on unit packs / layer sizes / pallet sizes • Continuously improve processes • Manage blocked invoice (Unipay) /follow up on EDI errors • Assist product & purchasing team with YN parts / constraint parts **KEY INTERFACES:** • Internal: Internal stakeholders (Plants, Marketing, Product Management, Purchasing, Pricing, Finance, Logistics, management) • External: Suppliers **REQUIREMENTS:** **EDUCATION:** • Minimum/Essential: Bachelor’s degree preferably in business, logistics, supply chain or engineering • Desirable: Master’s degree in applied economics, engineering or similar **EXPERIENCE:** • Minimum/Essential: 1+ year related experience within supply chain environment • Desirable: 2+ years in inventory position, experience in SAP **JOB REQUIREMENTS**: • Good knowledge of MRP: SAP (material master data knowledge) • Elaborated Excel skills (> pivot tables) - Power BI visualization skills are considered a plus • Fluent in English, other languages are an asset **CORE COMPETENCIES:** • Analytical / Methodical thinking • Action oriented & Problem solving • Communicative • Attention to details