Supply Chain Planner

Responsibilities

• Steer the planning process for production units with the sales team, Business and Product Manager as well as the operations team.
• Propose the allocations of products on different production units to deliver required customer service levels and minimize total cost.
• Ensure the business strategy is implemented through continuous interaction with Business, Product Manager and other functional teams.
• Ensure full product availability at all times, taking into account shutdowns, flexibility and constraints of the business and other Oxide related businesses.
• Manage the entire unit planning including Terminals, managing the balance of products on the unit originating across the sites to optimize margin and minimize total cost.
• Coordinate and challenge production and sales forecasts to provide the latest view update to the business.
• Optimize overall performance of the production sites by continuous monitoring, allocating, optimizing orders and transport means to the sites.
• Seek, propose and implement creative solutions to overcome short-term supply interruptions due to external factors/plant shutdowns.
• Manage operational variances in the months versus supply/sales forecast and continuously ensures the supply/demand balance is up-to-date.
• Work with and challenge the sales team to ensure sales forecasts match sales and business targets.
• Control and monitor sales allocations when production falls short.
• Support the product and business manager in identifying and executing co-producer contract/swap deal opportunities.
• Organize and plan shutdown cover in order to ensure continuation of supply bearing in mind minimal distribution costs via optimal supply.
• Issue a monthly and yearly raw material requirement plan.
• Steer raw material procurement in ensuring the correct amount of raw materials is made available.
• Lead the weekly meeting with the sites and report to business.
• Work with the Business Manager to implement new products.
• Ensure effective usage of the logistics fleet – where applicable.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives linked to Planning such as on-site logistics improvements.
• Cover for the other Product Planners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, applicable work experience, or combination of education and equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Previous related experience preferred in Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Site Logistics, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
• Understanding of supply chain / logistics and customer specific requirements.
• Understanding of the logistics, and technical standards and regulations.
• Understanding of basic product characteristics and high consequence dangerous goods logistics (i.e. flashpoints, freezing points, ADR etc.).
• Ability to work with MS-Office and SAP IT tools efficiently and effectively.