Supply Planner

Requisition ID 63688

Position Type FT Permanent

Workplace Arrangement

About Kerry

Kerry is the worlds 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.

Key responsibilities

• Oversees all supply plan activity for the factory resources and traded goods
• Build constrained supply plans for the rolling 12 months planning horizon that support business needs.
• Conduct Periodic Meeting internally with Customer Care, Material Planning and review Demand Plan / Order book and proactively highlight issues if any.
• Prepare RCCP overviews to drive meeting with Operations and Finance to determine mid to long term business & operation strategy
• Main escalation point for supply topics
• Communicating with customer care around supply issues / requests which can be Customer or Factory driven - e.g. short lead time requirements, amendments to customer orders, delivery dates, factory issues
• Implement mechanism to capture exceptional orders LTO’s, cost and risk of order changes impact to capacity and recommend solutions.
• Develop a robust supply plan to ensure there is an appropriate level of products available to support the sales and increase customer service level
• Inputs into NPI Process.
• FG inventory management including traded goods planning. Responsible for inventory days on hand and obsolete stock management
  
  

Qualifications and skills

• Candidate will be qualified to degree level in a Supply Chain, Business / Commercial or related
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Planning
• Food manufacturing experience is preferable
• Detailed understanding of Materials assurance of supply for Production Scheduling, Inventory controls and constraints management
• Advanced SAP and MS Office skills.
• Excellent and impartial communicator regarding issues of the supply plan at site level whilst balancing these issues with site and /or wider business strategies and objectives.
• Actively listens and shares information and knowledge with others in an effective and a timely manner.
• Ensures that appropriate information is disseminated, received and understood.
• Able to participate, influence and (on occasion) lead cross-functional site teams; Ability to work well with teams.
• Develop relationships inside and outside the organization to enhance personal and company effectiveness.
• Focused, results-oriented and able to challenge the status quo to achieve both the medium term to long term goals
  
  

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 “starter kit,” 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.

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