Job Description

Company Description

Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.



Role purpose

• To support the overall FF&P production plan across an asset or groups of assets, executing options on formulation and packaging components to meet variances in demand and supply.
• Schedule and order all required components provided by Syngenta to asset locations (in-house and/or 3rd party manufacturers) to meet production plans.
• Maintain accurate master data in SAP.

Accountabilities
In support of the regional and global FPP strategy, business priorities and budget target.

• Place orders (and run MRP for material orders) accordingly in SAP to ensure formulation and packaging components are available at asset(s) for production.
• Collaborate with asset planners, other internal supply chain stakeholders, and suppliers to ensure delivery dates and OTIF are met and discrepancies to plans escalated.
• Ensure the optimization of inventory of components and formulated bulks, with Supply Planner to minimize working capital.
• Reconcile and maintain accurate inventory records and vendor performance for respective asset(s).
• For 3rd party manufacturers (tollers), collaborate with asset(s) to ensure timely reporting of production, receipts, and shipments.
• Monitor design and regulatory changes to all lower level components and ensure that all materials used in production are in compliance.
• First point of contact for day to day operational issues with suppliers.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies with appropriate stakeholders.
• Ensure SAP master data is maintained accordingly, including efficient introduction and removal of products (SKUs) according to the Range Management Process, including AGI code creation and extension.
• Ensure that all processes operate against Syngenta\xe2\x80\x99s Material Requirement Planning (MRP) philosophies & principles.

Qualifications

• Experience with the key interfaces within a Supply Chain
• Planning parameters, master data management, and data integrity
• Material Requirement Planning (MRP) principles

• Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in a supply chain, manufacturing, or planning role

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