Team Lead Supply Planning

The Head of Supply Planning is responsible for sustainable ensuring operative results and the target achievement within the NA region. Driving process discipline, system utilization, cost control, and planning optimization across the unit.

Your responsibilities:

• Leadership and build/optimize of the Trade support, material planning, and demand planning teams within North America.
• Define, implement and ensure an optimum exchange of information within the NA division and within all the interfaces (both internal and external).
• Support SAP system planning processes standardization and maintaining master data integrity.
• Interact with Sales and forecasting team on the demand side
• Able to conduct S&OP monthly meetings if/when necessary; and develop an S&OP process across regions and Bus.
• Continuously standardize and optimize processes and organizational structures and initiate corresponding measures, ensuring continuous improvement in the entire area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that Short-Term Planning balances the demand requirements across the network optimally.
• Implement concepts for global expansion and optimization of production capacities.
• Responsible for monitoring of all MRP Planning activities being driven by the raw material planners to ensure RM availability while ensuring cash flow/inventory targets are being maintained (managing execution).
• Perform monthly inventory obsolescence review & ensure right assessment of risk (Making decisions).
• Responsible for monitoring of all MRP Planning activities being driven by the raw material planners to ensure RM availability while ensuring cash flow/inventory targets are being maintained (managing execution)
• Maintain monthly supply chain reporting such as but not limited to; Exceptions report (used by warehouse, quality and manufacturing), In-transit report (produced for finance), Inventory Summary report (being informed & providing consultation), Planner performance report (being informed & providing consultation), Vendor performance report (being informed & providing consultation)

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering, or similar field
• At least 5 years’ professional experience in production planning, scheduling, materials management in food manufacturing
• Knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, BW)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent supervisory and interpersonal skills
• Ability of manage multiple complex tasks to completion
• Ability to energize, develop and build rapport at all levels with in organization
50% travel and the ability to manage and lead teams remotely

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Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.