Planning Manager

Role Purpose:

• Supply (Production & Asset) Planning for Toll Manufacturing
• Derive production plan through planning system against Demand & Production capacity. Ensure seamless supply with cross functional efforts.
• Define Production Capability to support growth plan & New Product introductions.
• To establish and maintain relationship with key functions within Country, Regional and Global level across the business in line with the strategic intent.

Accountabilities:

• Support the development and maintenance of planning capability (Process, People, Systems and Structure) to deliver an optimum balance between supply & demand for all supply chains in scope for the operational 0 to 36mth horizon
• Enable business optimised decision making through balanced supply-demand plans, anticipated supply constraints, analysis and counsel, the use of systems and business processes as well as proactive cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Manage inventory, considering sales forecast accuracy, production variances, capacity headroom, relevant trade-offs and the relationship between volumes and values.
• Derive Short term & Long term production plans to support sales demand & inventory target.
• Maintain close coordination with Toll Manufacturers to understand production capabilities & define weekly production plans to comply with supply commitments to commercial team.
• Track supply of input materials & any production challenges with cross functional efforts & deliver production plan as per commitment.
• Manage supply status reviews and reporting and closely collaborate with the relevant functions.
• Ensure that all planning processes throughout the integrated supply chain operate against MRP philosophies and principles, and ensure plans are reflected in SAP/APO, providing visibility of the supply plans to the wider organization.
• Encourage system derive planning, with good knowledge base in planning tools (SAP/APO) also with good analytical skills in Microsoft.