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We are looking for you to become our Supply Planner AME to join the regional team in Egypt, which is part of the supply chain capability to enhance its effectiveness, efficiency and advance an Integrated Business Planning (IBP) tools in the current S&OP process leading to improve supply chain management, upgrading the entire customer experience, and adding value to overall organization while focusing on opportunities that create virtuous cycles of mutual benefit.
Reporting will be to the supply chain Director of the AME region. Job requires intensive communication with global teams, Capability leaders.
What You Will Do In Your Role
- Understand where we can produce each product and what are products that are part of Guardian portfolio (regional level).
- Develop an operationally and financially optimized capacity plan that is developed, considering customer requirements, inventory levels, available capacity, and any dependent demand. Material and other constrains must the consider when they apply.
- Measure performance to identify risks and/or opportunity in production plan.
- Evaluate best alternatives to supply a given demand – make our buy options.
- Understand if there will be potential need to increase capacity, either by drive potential CAPEX and/or shift pattern change.
- Having excess of supply, process the most economical alternatives to mitigate additional cost.
- Evaluate scenario for mid-long-term planning to support demand and risk /opportunities scenarios.
- Evaluate the propose best alternatives to support the business strategy, maximizing the value.
- Define inventory strategy based on service proposition exception and/or indicate tradeoffs.
- Embed new product introduction plans and its development into production plans.
- Plan, organize and lead the supply revision meeting to validate and/or adapt operational assumptions, including major capital investments plans or maintenance plans that will impact production output.
- Plan, organize and lead the Pre-S&OP at regional /sub regional level.
- Provide the operational assumptions and data for FP&A to complete the financial.
- Ensure that any short-term decision is not impacting the long-term plan.
- Measure, analyze and report key process metrics on the supply side for the S&OP, and monitor adherence to KPIs, using them also as an input to improve assumptions on the production scenarios.
- Ensure proper system parameter are updated to support the planning functionalities for Guardian’s planning tools.
Job Requirements
The Experience You Will Bring
Requirements
- Strong Analytical thinking connecting demand and supply alternatives.
- Strong operations knowledge and theory of constrains.
- Planning capability.
- Develop creative solutions to complex problems.
- Communication – written and oral and presentation.
- Proficiency using technology tools in the organization including planning and reporting.
- Proficiency in excel for analytical support (if required).
- Economical and strategical thinking.
- Collaboration – ability to work with diverse profiles and high-performing teams.
- Capability to influence, building relationships with key stakeholders, coaching and training when necessary.
- Capability to gather and work with data, translating into high level analysis to drive business decision.
What Will Put You Ahead
- APICS, CPIM or other Supply chain certification are a plus.
- Proficient in English
- Ability to travel (when appropriate).
- Knowledge in Supply Chain and finance will be comparative advantage for the individual.
- Education in field of expertise like operations, supply chain management, business, engineering, or equivalent years of experience.
