Supply Planner
Barcelona (Spain)
Ref: KI3932
November 8, 2023
MASS COMMODITIES
FUNCTIONS
Responsabilities:
• Responsible for maintaining inventories, developing the supply plan to reduce out of stocks in the HUB to increase service levels while minimizing impact in Factory change overs.
• Proactively utilize MRP’s and other tools to review inventory projections & supply-demand summaries to prevent potential shortages or excessive inventory and demurrage.
• Implement and maintain inventory strategies by regular review and optimization of inventory parameters and levels (e.g. reorder pt, safety stock, ABC categorization, forecast bias, etc…). Set up inventory targets and monitor actual inventory levels vs. targets.
• Conduct root cause analysis for supply chain issues/variances and define corrective action plans to avoid reoccurrence. Review out of stock situations or shortage of supply issues and recommend mitigations. Utilize exception reports to identify and correct potential out of stock issues.
• Responsible for overall master data maintenance in systems associated with supply planning such as lead times, sourcing information, safety stocks, etc.
• Conduct regular business and performance reviews with Demand Planning, Sales and Operations, including participation in S&OP processes.
• Identify and manage potential inventory obsolescence to minimize aged inventory and eventual write-offs.
• Review and update inputs monthly to calculate safety stocks and inventory targets.
• Track and reconcile weekly/monthly metrics versus established targets.
• Weekly/Monthly meetings with his/her count part in the factory to improve the inventory investment and factory KPIs.
Requirements:
• Graduate caliber.
• 1-2 years work experience in a similar role.
• Experience of using MRP planning system, SAP and JDA.
• Project/Timeline management experience ideal.
• Must be fluent in English.