SCP Supply Planner

Overview

The Finished Goods Supply Planner is responsible for the end-to-end finished goods supply plan for assigned manufacturing facilities, ensuring target service levels are achieved while balancing capacity, inventory, and waste risks. The role translates the rough-cut capacity plan provided by the network modeling team into a detailed, daily supply plan within the 0-16 week planning horizon, including the creation of distribution plans and support for operational planning and exception management. This role requires flexibility, adaptability, and a continuous improvement mindset, as processes are first stabilized and subsequently enhanced across strategy cycles.

Responsibilities

Supply & Production Planning

• Create and maintain optimized, cross-site finished goods production plans that are schedulable and aligned with target inventory levels to meet BU service requirements.
• Develop constrained capacity production plans within the defined planning horizon.
• Review and validate detailed line scheduling plans to ensure feasibility and alignment with supply plans.
  
  

Inventory & Waste Management

• Manage inventory projections and identify risks related to excess, shortages, and business waste in collaboration with market teams.
• Monitor and proactively manage inventory and waste exposure to support service and cost objectives.
  
  

Integrated Planning & Performance Management

• Prepare and execute the Supply Review for the assigned Platform/Hub as part of the monthly iS&OP cycle.
• Monitor key service KPIs and identify worst-performing SKUs or flows in collaboration with the Integrated Planning Lead and senior stakeholders.
• Perform root cause analysis for service or supply performance issues and support the definition and execution of corrective action plans.
  
  

Stakeholder Integration & Communication

• Act as the key integration point between Market teams and GBS, ensuring alignment and effective information flow.
• Clearly communicate supply plan changes and impacts to scheduling teams through established governance and communication channels.
  
  

Change, Innovation & NPD Support

• Enable product supply for the commercial change agenda, including promotions, portfolio changes, and strategic initiatives.
• Support NPD launches and phase-in/phase-out activities by ensuring supply planning systems and master data are set up in advance.
• Ensure timely communication of changes to all relevant operational and planning teams.
  
  

Qualifications

Experience

• 2 - 3 years in associated function
  
  

Qualifications:

• MBA Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics / Engineering (preferred)
• Any relevant industry specific Certifications/Memberships (desirable)
• Very experienced in Supply Planning (incl. inventory mgmt.)
• Proficiency in product category planning - FMCG background preferred
  
  

Abilities:

• Experience of planning in supply planning tools - preferrably JDA-BY
• Strong Analytical skills
• Masters planning methodologies, optimization etc
• Very good collaboration skills and ability to interact with multi-cultural teams spread across geographies
• Experience in ERP (SAP) usage is a must
• Excellent numeric abilities;
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel