Material Planner
Unilever -
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPosted 5 years ago342People have clicked1 open position
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Job Description
Main purpose of the role:
- Ensure material supply (raw and packing materials) to meet the planned requirements in the short term horizon.
- Maintaining packing materials inventory to agreed policies.
- Establish and execute the material call off schedules to support production plans.
- Monitors supplier delivery performance (VMI, Call-off, and/or Order based).
- Adheres to the Supplier order policy i.e. lead times and MOQ as defined in the Service Level Agreements.
Main Accountabilities:
Material Management:
- Run Daily MRP on the agreed production plan
- Do daily call offs, follow up with the deliveries
- Responsible for keeping the material stocks at target stock level
- Quarterly updates on target stock levels through stock modelling
- Chair monthly S&OP meetings with suppliers to address operational issues and drive improvements in the process
- Ensure supplier’s compliance with Unilever standards and drive improvements via MMS
- Run up/down of packaging materials in times of innovations/promotions to ensure limited business waste and on time availability of new materials
- Maintain lines of communication with suppliers and/or Supply Management on the performance of the suppliers.
- Execute savings projects in coordination with Supply Management team
- Projects
- Ensure OTIF implementation of SNC (Supply Network Collaboration)
Job Requirements
Key Competencies:
- Passion for Growth
- Team Commitment
- Objective Analytical Power
- Influencing Others
- Developing yourself
- Being responsible and accountable
Essential Requirements
- 1-5 Years Supply Planning/Material Planning/Import Planning required.
- Bachelors in Industrial Engineering, Engineering or Business Admin. Supply chain (APICS etc) qualification advantage
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience on ERP (S&D, MM, MPS, APO modules)
Preferred Requirements
- FMCG background is preferred
- SAP experience is preferred
- Factory Experience is a plus
Contacts:
Internal:
- Logistics, planning functions
- Supply Management Team
- R&D
- Finance department
- I.T
External:
- Packaging suppliers