Supply Planner

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive  Supply Planner  to handle the replenishment of finished goods across the supply network in our geographical region. This role ensures the right finished goods stock is in the right place at the right time to meet customer demand while optimizing inventory levels and supply chain efficiency. It includes enhancing production planning to meet efficient capacity utilization and ensure the efficient and timely supply of raw materials to support production, and business needs, ensuring there is constant alignment with supply and demand to meet service, cost, and inventory targets.

By using our Global Planning Digital tool, Kinaxis Maestro, the Supply Planners own the replenishment and production plan of finished goods and raw materials across all warehouses and source plants for a given portfolio of products.

Supply Planners ensure that medium to long term network capacity is available and play a vital part in the facilitation of constraints resolution across network capacity. They track the Capacity:
Demand (C:

D) ratio to supervise production capacity, and raw materials levels for our manufacturing assets. They work closely with deployment planners, MPS, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) planners, Plant schedulers, Procurement teams and the Supply Planning Delivery Managers in the markets to have timely production and raw material capacity modelling in place for Sales & Operating Planning (S&OP) process, through Rough Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP).

This position requires proven supply planning experience, combining strong analytical skills within our digital planning tool (Kinaxis) and the ability to foster collaborative working relationships with supply chain planning colleagues in local team and across other global markets.

What You Will Deliver (responsibilities)

Supply Network Replenishment Planning

Develop and complete Finished Good supply replenishment plans to balance supply and demand across regional warehouses and stocking points for the region, and ensure appropriate dependent demand is placed on our manufacturing and source sites using our Planning tool

Implement medium to long term supply network projections to identify constraints and possible mitigations to feed recommendations into the S&OP Supply Review

Support short term Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) deployment planners in facilitating resolution of any short-term constraints

Be responsible for the process for finished goods stock allocation for the PU, based on forecasted demand, service level targets, and inventory policies.

Own and ensure appropriate planning data is updated in line with global planning governance requirements (lead times, service levels, replenishment parameters)

Production Planning

Develop and manage mid-to-long-term production plans across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts and inventory targets.

Identify medium to long term constraints by carrying out RCCP to feed the monthly Supply Review conducted by the regional S&OP Manager.

Work with regional Supply Delivery Leads and MPS planners to identify mitigations and options to resolve capacity bottlenecks, raw material shortages and demand fluctuations.

Own and ensure appropriate and relevant production planning data that is updated in line with global planning governance requirements, working with Plant manufacturing, procurement and other teams to gather & maintain (e.g. batch sizes, confirmed and theoretical capacity, cycle times, calendars).

Raw Material Planning

Develop and lead mid-to-long-term raw material plans to meet the total market needs across all manufacturing sites and relevant 3rd parties, ensuring alignment with demand forecasts and inventory targets, working in collaboration with Procurement to ensure these are shared with suppliers and variance from month to month is understood and communicated

Support New Product Introductions or Tender opportunities, by scenario-planning and ensuring raw material readiness and availability.

Own and assess the process to understand raw material and supplier constraints and risk of disruption, to feed into the monthly Supply Review conducted by the S&OP Manager

Work with Delivery Leads and MRP planners to identify possible mitigations and options to resolve short-term disruptions, including raw material shortages, and demand fluctuations.

Own and ensure appropriate raw material planning data reflects reality, and is updated in line with global planning governance requirements, working with Procurement, MPS planners, Plant manufacturing, other teams to gather and maintain (e.g. order quantities, lead times, calendars)

Inventory & Stock Management

Ensure inventory availability while minimizing excess stock and obsolescence.

Identify and mitigate risks such as stockouts, overstocking, and supply constraints.

Collaborate with deployment planners, production planners, procurement, and Supply Planning Delivery leads in the market to ensure seamless product…