Regional Supply Planner

Responsibilities:
• Consolidating country forecasts for relevant technology.
• Convert the short term forecast into despatch plans / Category requirements based on agreed pipeline parameters.
• Managing a team of logistics coordinators in the OBS (ordering-billing-shipping) from source unit to market for respective categories.
• Leading the total supply planning cycle (GIT’s production delays, shortage/excess, listing samples and NPI s including supply input for respective categories.
• Leading relationship management with source units and work on developing and updating existing or creating new Standard procedures (SOP)s and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Gaining source units and co-manufacturers agreement in delivering and executing a lean pipeline and securing volume.
• Drive superior customer service through being accountable to achieve 95% OTIF on a monthly basis, across the technologies handled, while adhering to agreed stock covers.
• Manage the pipeline stock levels and ensure a lean pipeline and efficient working capital.
• Create and maintain a stock early warning system to manage product availability, freshness and recommend/drive actions accordingly.