Supply Planner

Review planning and forecasting outputs and communicate KPIs to relevant team members
• Work closely with Demand Planners to understand expected forecasts
• Assist in the development of the Demand Plan where needed; determine what is required in the demand, supply, and inventory plans to support business needs
• Support demand team in the mitigation of specific factors (demand drivers, supply constraints) relevant within the category which must be carefully managed in the S&OP process
• Support any action plans involving price adjustments
• Inventory Management & Fulfilment:
• Develop and test different options for stock size, composition and age profile and recommend optimum stock model to support agreed Demand and business plans
• Identify constraints and options on available space and alert the business to impending issues
• Develop suppliers to achieve capability levels required to support our business
• Secure supplier involvement in internal company initiatives where relevant (joint planning and stock management, new product development, etc) to give the business a strategic advantage
• Lead the specification and agreement of KPIs and SLAs with key suppliers ensuring legal compliance
• Conduct an assortment of negotiations to accomplish organization objectives
• Create options for contracting, sourcing, relationships or risk improvement, using the category sourcing frameworks
• Assist in the setting of sourcing strategies to develop new and emerging sources of supply
• Validate assumptions and robustness of sourcing strategies
• Assess existing and prospective suppliers’ capabilities against evolving business needs and ensure that the business has an adequate and sustainable supply base
• Ensure gaps in current and/or potential capabilities are identified and plans are developed to deal with them
• Partner with Group Logistics and Group Legal to determine the appropriate standard Incoterms approach to use for each type of cargo and address any violations or code of ethics breach
• Implement inventory strategies based on cost-benefit analysis as defined by the strategic objectives and goals
• Set KPIs that align with multiple stakeholders’ objectives for inventory optimization to attain short-term and long-term goals
• Lead supply planning efforts across functions to optimally fulfill business needs, including leading the S&OP process where required
• Identify supply constraints that are business critical and work with supply partners to try and improve them to enable improved planning, inventory, and service levels
• Identify gaps in current supply or Demand plans and propose remedial action
• Leverage order generation algorithms to ensure stock availability
• Monitor supply planning adherence to the demand plan
• Communicate to all relevant stakeholders about adherence to agreed inventory levels to ensure maintenance of performance and immediate response to developing issues
• Manage the transportation of a portfolio of different cargo types including optimizing fleets and maintaining a distribution network
• Challenge selected methods of transportation and recommend alternative approaches
• Prepare backup transportation routes to mitigate any potential risks
• Establish storage strategies and plans; set KPIs to ensure transactions, costs, and health and safety strategy expectations are met
• Optimize stock allocation in warehouses
• Select the appropriate options to maximize efficiency and service levels
• Ensure strategies, resources, and business processes are developed and in place to accommodate inventory returns and ensure inventory planning adjustments are made accordingly
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify secondary markets or disposal facilities for unsold goods
• Apply cost modeling techniques to the internal flow of money and explain implications on revenue to management
• Implement financial analysis methods such as cost volume profit and cost/price models
• Identify, propose and, if required, implement agreed changes of portfolio mix in order to optimise the price/mix ratio
• Assess sources of supply and costs using multitiered supply chain costing approaches and apply them throughout the life of a supply agreement
• Identify and implement, where required, opportunities to reduce cost and/or supply risk
• Assess macro-economic factors impacting the costs of products and follow trends to identify potential issues and opportunities
• Leverage market data to analyze any type of external risk (macro-economic risks, foreign exchange risk) and recommend action plan to mitigate risks