SUPPLY PLANNING SUPERVISOR

The candidate is responsible for, under the supervison of Logistics and Supply Chain Lead and in collaboration with cross-functions at different Market/ Regional/ HQ levels, the Raw Material Supply Planning, Semi-finished goods and Finished Goods Production planning amongst other related activities of JTI business in Vietnam, contributing to ensure market demands are supplied in a timely, sufficient and efficient manner. The first and foremost objective is to ensure no out-of-stock in a rapidly changing business environment.

As the Supply Planning Supervisor you will: 

• Primary and Finished Goods Production Planning & Outbound Logistics (Main stakeholders: Marketing & Sales, Regional functions, Factories)
  • Responsible for the monthly production planning of Semi-FG and FGs across 2 factories, to ensure safety inventory levels are maintained at factory & distributor warehouses yet in balance with stock freshness and minimized write-offs.
    Main scope include:
  • Given the inputs of market demands (product variants, quantities, timing), calculate and communicate monthly Semi-/ FGs production plans to factories, liaise with internal & external stakeholders to ensure sufficient materials are in place for required production.
  • Continuously monitor inventory and production status, making adjustments or cancellation if critically required by business (e.g. sales execution exceeding plan, ad-hoc machine break-down, etc.)
  • Responsible for monthly planning cycles to ensure placements of raw materials are calculated & executed in a timely, sufficient and accurate manner to accommodate market demands & business sensitivities, yet at optimum lot size & costs. Main scopes include:
  • Obtain from Sales thorough understanding of Market's demands including business scenarios and sensitivities, from Marketing timely updates of product portfolio requirements, from Factories updates of inventories across locations.
  • Analyze the gaps between demands vs. supply capacities and facilitate solutions/ action plans throughout the supply chain processes.
  • Support and supervise the placement of raw materials (executed by regional designated functions) as per market's instructions.
  • Support Marketing in multiple projects such as new launch, product / packaging rejuvenation; looking for creative ways to minimize  out of stock and write-offs.
  • Continuously liaise with Logistics & related functions to ensure on-time arrival of raw materials for production (e.g. re-prioritize shipments or cancellation of orders if required by unexpected market needs)
  • Ensure business opportunities and/or potential issues are identified and appropriately escalated to stakeholders, preferably with recommended solutions.
• Primary and Finished Goods Production Planning & Outbound Logistics
  • Responsible for the monthly production planning of Semi-FG and FGs across 2 factories, to ensure safety inventory levels are maintained at factory & distributor warehouses yet in balance with stock freshness and minimized write-offs.
    Main scope include:
  • Given the inputs of market demands (product variants, quantities, timing), calculate and communicate monthly Semi-/ FGs production plans to factories, liaise with internal & external stakeholders to ensure sufficient materials are in place for required production.
  • Continuously monitor inventory and production status, making adjustments or cancellation if critically required by business (e.g. sales execution exceeding plan, ad-hoc machine break-down, etc.)
• Inventory Management
  • Weekly reviews of safety stocks across factory and distributor warehouses, monthly assessment of FG freshness and propose actions where necessary.
  • Monthly / regular reviews of raw materials inventory safety level and expiry dates, timely identify potentially issues preferably with a recommended solution to reflecting into upcoming supply & production plans.
• Other tasks:
  • Lead and/or support recurring related tasks such as: monthly estimate reports of purchases, AR, inventory and DIO; monthly system loading of sale volumes; annual order lot-size & implications; (bi-)annual importation quota forecast, etc.
  • Support ad-hoc tasks as assigned by Supply Chain & Logistic Manager, including but not limited to: depletion scenarios / write-off estimates for product discontinuation, optimizing NTM capacity for new launches yet in balance with write-off exposure, VMC optimization, etc.
  • Support Supply Chain related projects initiated by Region and HQ.

Requirements

• Bachelor degree,  preferably with Supply Chain Management
• Minimum of 3 years experience in Supply Chain Planning, ideally within the FMCG  industry or manufacturing environment FMCG.
• English fluency
• Functional Skills:
  • Analytical mindset (data analytics or Statistics)
  • SAP / ERP knowledge
  • Excel proficiency
  • Communication & coordination skills