Supply Planner

About the role:

Handling the overall Supply planning activities for JA RDC, in coordination with demand planning, sales team, category management, and all involved departments to ensure a healthy forecast accuracy and to secure the requested product availability for MEA countries from POD Jebel Ali.

Responsible for MRP controlling for JA RDC.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Initiate, own, and influence availability at RDC JA for planned demand via APO as well as programmed orders.
2. Special attention to secure complete delivery of project channel orders as per committed MAD.
3. Prepare and manage forecasting process within APO with effective participation in S&OP meetings.
4. Responsible for MRP operations with effective control on replenishment orders & daily follow-up with supplying plants / CDC to secure committed availability.
5. Monitor backlog and engage in timely escalations to help deliver on business commitments.
6. Analyze business trends to identify emerging issues and opportunities.
7. Support in launch planning with timely securing availability ahead of product launches.
8. Evaluate & discuss rolling value planning with market leaders and controllers.
9. Participate in the financial & inventory planning process.
10. Comply with laws, rules & regulations & meet cost, productivity, accuracy & timelines targets.
11. Identify excess stocks and secure liquidation plan with relevant stakeholders (sales, demand planning, demand balancing by switching availability to other POD’s).
12. Drive KPI related to DIO (Days Inventory Outstanding).
13. Identify and implement lean projects for the planning and forecasting processes.
14. Drive safety stocks and replenishment settings for A cats and B cats SKU’s and determine MTS/MTO strategy.

Organisation unit: GROHE MENA FZE

Function: Supply Chain Management

Reports to: Leader Supply Chain MEA

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Logistics or Supply Chain.

Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.

Excellent communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.

Experience:

Proven working experience of 3-5 years in the same or similar position.

1. Knowledge:
2. Good understanding of product life cycle.
3. Expertise in MRP and supply planning roles.
4. Proven ability to implement process improvement initiatives.
5. Working with SAP / APO is an added advantage.

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