Platform Supply Planning Manager - Jurox Australia Pty Ltd - Rutherford, New South Wales Plant
We have an exciting opportunity for a new Platform Supply Planning Manager, working with the Jurox Rutherford, New South Wales, manufacturing plant.
The Platform Supply Planning Manager (PSPM) has overall responsibility for all assigned products (SKUs) at a certain site or network of sites. Their primary role is to ensure and improve product supply to customers.
The PSPM identifies and addresses long-term, medium-term and short-term supply chain risks and is a change agent for supply chain improvements along the supply chains and underlying value streams for their products.
The PSPM is also accountable for the management of the Rough Cut Capacity Planning, Master Production Planning and the Constrained Supply Planning with the support of BT systems.
The PSPM supports the S&OP process. The PSPM summarizes actions, for their site and follows through on key supply/capacity decisions.
The PSPM will actively participate in any change activities such as new product introductions, site transfers, packaging changes, format harmonization, etc. to optimize supply and minimize business impact from a supply perspective. The PSPM facilitates the respective discussions to resolve problems with manufacturing site and Demand Planners.
The PSPM will support SAP integration efforts for site. In the interim period, they will be responsible for managing inventory levels vs forecasts, reporting supply issues/backorders, and managing purchase orders
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain long-term capacity and volume plans and drive the resolution of identified gaps
- Identify opportunities in supply planning, product formats, inventory management, campaigning strategy, to improve SCL performance in key areas such as reliability, lead times, responsiveness, cost, on-time delivery, inventory levels
- Coordinate the establishment and maintenance of Supply Chain Agreements with Sites and Markets
- Define and maintain the APO_SNP supply chain setup and associated supply chain parameters to fulfil these
- Monitor site/supply performance against KPIs. Identify and understand trends in performance & identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide the data to support the Global Supply reviews for their site and follow appropriate action from reviews
- Collaborate with site to understand root causes of supply issues, define, and follow through corrective actions plans
Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum 5 years experiences in supply chain with knowledge on logistics+ 2/3 years in business working in an international organization with a fast evolving environment.
- Bachelors required with Masters or MBA preferred
- Proficiency in English
- Deep functional knowledge and experience in Supply Planning and other aspects of SC incl. RCCP, Master Scheduling, Forecasting, Demand Planning and S&OP.
- Prior experience with APO and track record of leading SAP implementations is a plus
- Ability to collaborate cross functionally
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Detail oriented, organized, reliable, resourceful with a relentless focus on outcomes
- Good communication skills