Rotterdam, The Netherlands
As an Asset Planner you’ll be responsible to manage Supply Planning for European O&P assets in balancing short to medium term supply/demand, inventory levels and focusing on value optimization.
You coordinate response to operational issues/opportunities consistent with business strategy and constraints. And manage the day to day supply plan execution and allocation process to ensure the requested sales volume is available as per business requirements at the lowest cost.
Your primary business is to interface for short term execution and operational activities in supply planning is with monomer, manufacturing, supply chain and asset management. For sales plan execution the main interface is with sales, marketing and customer service.
Requirements and expertise
- Re-work the optimized supply plan into a monthly production volume and schedule for relevant assets, taking into account monthly demand plan, inventory levels and operational restrictions. Ensure product availability and sourcing at lowest overall cost, in line with the business objectives and agreed demand.
- Manage in-month execution (allocations, hand-backs) with sufficient product to meet the sales plan in-line with customer prioritization.
- Assess the impact of any in-month sales plan change on the supply plan and if necessary revise short term supply plan allocation, stock targets and supply. Take a decision if any change is needed to supply plan.
- Evaluate unplanned supply events on short term production plan and communicate any adjustments to the schedule to the production planning group.
- Co-ordinate with business stakeholders product shortage, and conflicts in grade availability; communicate events and consequences on short term sales and production plan and execute the required changes to the sales plan.
- Follow-up with asset management, marketing and sales on slow moving grades, blocked grades, excess and inactive inventory.
- Update the innovation grade forecast and availability for market introduction and communicate in a timely manner.
- Measure KPI’s for operational reporting to give transparency to performance versus targets. Reporting should include inventory quantity/quality, plant operating rates, number of plant changes and reasons for slow/shut down of responsible asset. Communicate daily plant status (grade and throughput) and any change to operational production capacity to update the Supply Demand files.
- Coordinate the definition of annual stock target setting.
Education
- Minimum BSc. in Logistics or Supply Chain Management or proven work experience on a similar level.
Work experience
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in a supply chain (supply and demand planning preferred), or manufacturing environment
- Very good working knowledge of SAP ERP / SAP IBP or similar ERP
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Excel and the other tools of Microsoft office
- Fluent in English, additional language German, French, Spanish or Dutch will be a plus
Critical Competencies
- You’re very well organized, able to deal with deadlines and you thrive in a dynamic work environment
- You have strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Very good communication skills and you are able to deal with various hierarchical levels within the organization
- You prove to be a team player and you are able to coordinate various tasks with stakeholders
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