Job Description

Requisition ID: 53560
Position Type: FT Permanent
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-OnsiteAbout KerryKerry is the world\'s leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers\' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.About the roleThe Supply Planner will report to the Supply Chain Manager and be based at our Kerry Manufacturing site at Johar Bahru, Malaysia.Key responsibilities

• Develop continuous improvement activities to drive planning excellence through efficiencies in capacity plan. Main contact point for Customer Service/Transport Planning/Demand Planner/Inter-Kerry planner.
• Ensure the right capacity and capability in place to supply and deliver end products to customer. Ensure sales orders, inventories, supply plans are properly managed including close monitoring of excess, slow moving, aging and phase-in and phased-out models.
• Pro-actively identify and report order, capacity & inventory risks.
• Follow the supply plan to ensure there is an appropriate level of products available to support the sales and increase customer service level
• Executing the agreed standard supply planning processes, supporting the implementation of new projects and tools to ensure continuity of excellent supply plan
• Work with functional team and perform root-cause and gap analysis.
• Establish planning control check point and processes to drive and uphold commitment & supply integrity.
• Prepare RCCP overviews to drive S&OP meeting with Business, Operations and Finance to determine mid to long term business & operation strategy.
• Achieve FG inventory target set by Group, manage safety stocks & goods movement.
• Improve supply service level through administering operational terms & criteria, supply planning efficiency & flexibility, capacity optimization and lead-time reduction.
• Implement mechanism to capture exceptional orders, cost and risk of order changes impact to capacity and recommend solutions.
• Order management - advise Material Availability Date and work with cross functional team to ensure stock deliver according to promise.
• Work closely with cross functional team to deliver and manage New Product Introduction (NPI) timeline.

Qualifications and skills

• Candidate will be qualified to degree level in a Supply Chain, Business / Commercial or related.
• Minimum 1 years\' experience in Planning roles in Supply Chain function.
• Food manufacturing experience is preferable but not essential.
• SAP experience is highly advantageous.
• Possess planning and analytical skills and be able to take complex issues and break down actions for resolutions and working with tight deadlines.
• Strong communicator with a collaborative mind-set that enables working cohesively with people from different functions and levels.
• Possess an open nature and preferably a motivated and driven individual with the core competencies required to succeed in a demanding and challenging working environment.

Kerry is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Consistent with our policy of providing equality of opportunity for all, we are required to seek particular information from applicants. As part of your application you will be asked to answer a short number of questions. This information will be held separate to your application and treated in the strictest of confidence.Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a \xe2\x80\x9cstarter kit,\xe2\x80\x9d investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.Recruiter: #LI-SSM1
Posting Type: LI

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