Supply Planning Role

This pivotal role is responsible for providing strategic leadership and oversight for the market supply planning activities, specifically focusing on finished product planning executed by the Logistics Operations team. The Manager will be instrumental in driving the continuous enhancement and strategic evolution of planning capabilities, meticulously evaluating their impact on critical business KPIs. A key responsibility will be to champion global scalability and standardization initiatives across all planning functions. This role will foster strategic partnerships with regional planning teams and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to ensure the consistent implementation, optimization, and governance of global planning standards.

Key Accountabilities :

Supply Planning / Inventory Planning

- Own market supply planning including product availability management, inventory strategy definition and stock optimization

- Own supply chain interface between market SC and upstream (plants/ESC) supply

- Ensure timely and cost-effective replenishment of stock to origin W/H from plant based on Demand insights

- Minimize shortage risks and proactively communicate risks to market SC team

- Manage the stock policy & shelf life to ensure service and reduce product waste

- Accurate maintenance of supply parameters (master data) in SAP / OMP and other systems (MTS model)

- Collaborate with in market SC team to enable value through HMM & other initiatives