Planning Manager

Responsible for the Demand, Production and Supply Planning for all operations of Ahadukes Food Products SC. Manages planning on a country basis.

1. Integrated Production Operation Vision

The Planning manager achieves the best overall planning result for the organization by balancing customer service levels, working capital, asset utilization and operating cost

 

·         Create a vision of world class Supply Chain Planning (people, processes, systems and agreements/targets) and engage the rest of the organization in realizing this.

·         Create awareness on costs and benefits of improving planning performance.

·         Mobilize other departments/functions in order to achieve a better planning performance.

 

1. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

The Planning Manager is responsible for the S&OP process integrating the different operations of Ahadukes.

 

·         Create a vision on S&OP and apply it within the organization.

·         Create company-wide awareness on benefits of improving S&OP performance, and the required effort/cost.

·         Run the monthly S&OP process linking supply chain, commercial and financial departments and data.

·         Translate S&OP decisions into high-level consequences for every individual functional discipline.

 

1. Operation Planning – monthly, weekly & daily

Creates an optimal sales, inventory and production plan to achieve required customer service levels, taking into account production constraints and available resources.

 

·         Translate demand plans into inventory plans/stock plans/capacity plans for production resources (on aggregate and detailed level).

·         Generate balanced production plans minimizing overtime and idle capacity.

·         Create detailed operation plan.

·         Make cost-optimal decisions regarding production allocation and order quantities (call-offs).

·         Define optimal inventory policy of the Factory and the distribution network.

 

1. Planning Process Execution

The Planning Manager has to improve the quality of the plans by ensuring the appropriate planning process is followed.

 

Project Management

 

·         Apply project management methodologies to set up and/or improve the Planning process in a structured way.

Planning Process

 

·         Ensure that the information flow related to the various planning processes is respected.

·         Ensure information is shared in a timely and accurate manner.

 

1. Coordinate activities of the Planning organization

 

·         Functionally manage and enable to execute activities in the Planning process.

·         Organize the activity of the team so that all objectives are fully reached.

·         Escalate issues to senior MT/GM S&OP management when required.

·         Ensure that the information flow related to the various planning processes is respected.

 

1. Planning Tools and Method

 

·         Enable an efficient and effective planning process by applying the right tools/methods in the right way.

·         Identify gaps between actual and required performance of planning tools/methods.

·         Improve the performance of existing tools/methods and initiate activities to explore the usage of alternative planning tools/methods when required.

 

1. Commercial Alignment

 

The Planning Manager has to trade off commercial and supply chain objectives.

 

·         Collaborate to define optimal customer service levels (e.g. order size, order frequency).

·         Effectively cooperate with Commercial Department to ensure an accurate forecast and feasible demand plan.

·         Ensure the effective incorporation of the NPI process within the Supply Chain Planning processes.

 

1. Financial Alignment

 

The Planning Manager effectively incorporates the financial impact of planning decisions.

 

·         Decide on planning issues taking the financial impact into account.

·         Define the impact of supply chain performance on financial performance.

·         Ensure the decision-making process in the planning area is based on sound financial analysis and information.

·         Measure financial impact of planning decisions in terms of working capital, operational cost, asset utilization, investments and revenue.

 

1. Stakeholder Management

 

The Planning Manager incorporates the interests of all stakeholders to create company-wide awareness and alignment on the plans.

·         Cooperate with various departments within the organization on the planning process by challenging the underlying parameters.

·         Create awareness on the advantages of an effective Planning process by reporting quantitative and qualitative information to relevant stakeholders.

·         Influence people’s behaviour in the Planning process by aligning targets and enforcing personal involvement from stakeholders.

·         Conduct training sessions or workshops to create awareness within the organization.

 

1. Management Reporting

 

The Planning Manager facilitates optimal decision-making by regular reporting.

 

·         Achieve a common and accepted KPI dashboard giving clear insight into company performance on commercial, supply chain and financial areas.

·         Establish a common S&OP deck in line with Company standard.

·         Establish and improve the reporting structure needed to support the S&OP scenario analysis and the decision making process.

·         Achieve the required level of detail which gives the best possible insight into S&OP related topics and performance in the most effective way.

 

1. Personal Development

 

Develop and monitors own Personal Development Plan

·         BSc Degree in Economics or equivalent

·         5 – 8  years experience in Sales, Production & Supply Planning in an industrial environment