Planning Manager
Mars
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 4 أشهر
• Responsible for all planning operations and frameworks design for confectionary and DCD categories in KSA while maintaining the total targeted pipeline.
• To deliver superior customer service levels and drive for continuous improvement and optimization for stock levels while maintaining product availability across KSA.
• Managing the relationship with source unit through designing and implementing SLAs followed by all stakeholders.
• The first level of escalation for supply planning, reference for technical expertise and lead continuous improvement initiatives for both processes and tools used.
• Manage the pipeline stock levels and ensure a lean pipeline and efficient working capital.
• Partner with Sales & Marketing to identify and exploit market opportunities working cross functionally to ensure that opportunities are delivered and to mitigate risk.
• Implement the weekly and/or periodic ordering planning cycle with all relevant source units.
• Own all activity management relevant processes from supply side, by being the link between the factory and demand community.
• Design, document and implement ways of working with internal stakeholders (Demand, CCL, Activity, Sales and Finance).
• Ensure compliance to S&OP cycle - Maximum commitment/participation of all essential business functions (Sales, Marketing & Finance)
• Identify opportunities to effectively shape demand to influence service and / or cost (i.e. inventory).
• Prepare budget and trend information to Financial community
• Continuously suggest and lead improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of processes.
• Create and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures for demand planning processes and systems.
• Supply management end to end Ordering, Dispatching and Receiving
• Manage National and regional availability in all KSA warehouses.
• Share short and long term risk assessment to management.
• Short and long term stock projections to Hub, Factory and 3rd party.
• Weekly meetings with Key Accounts to discuss and share issues, opportunities & improvements.
• Being a Key User of our ERP Forecast software Future master, ensure maintenance and full utilization of the demand management module.
• Coach and work with the Demand & Supply Planners to achieve business & personal objectives.
• Prepare 24 Months rolling forecast for 700+ SKUs considering historical sales and building blocks
• Work with the regional sales team for 100% achievement of sales targets by assisting them with day to day operational/business requirements
• Ensure effective communication of daily/weekly/monthly reports with detailed analysis and executive summary
• Work closely with supply planning team to achieve regional availability
• Highlight improvement areas in the S&OP process and work on short & long term projects to drive improvements
• Present the forecast outlook with analysis in the forecast validation/sign off meeting to the Division GM
• NPI/EPD forecasting and ensure timely execution in trade
• Participate in the monthly Canvas/activity meeting
• Ensure inventory management by monthly reporting of SLOB (Slow and obsolete) SKUs and drive actions to deplete inventory.
• Manage smooth PIPO (Phase in-Phase out)
• Responsible for generating 8 quarter rolling SKU-wise forecast on weekly basis using SAP APO.
• Ensure continuous improvement of forecasting methodology, assumptions and accuracy.
• Generating and managing baselines and event calendars for over 100+ SKUs comprising of 5 brands.
• Maintaining forecast bias with target of +/- 5% by using the forecast bias loss tree and focus action plans to eradicate the root cause of losses.
• Monitor and control full pipeline inventories to ensure availability as per requirements and minimize business waste.
• Execute smooth transition management of new innovations, re-launches & delisted SKUs.
• Leading and facilitating the team of all stake holders in monthly S&OP cycle to get sign off from board members.
• Updating demand plans adjusting for variances and sales actualizations in order to balance cash-ups and keep these categories in line with corporate ambitions.
• Responsible for preparing and analyzing KPIs achievement & suggest action plan.