Execution Planner

2 days ago


Durban, South Africa Unilever Full time

Execution Planner - Indonsa Foods Factory (RMPM)

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
The Execution Planner (RMPM) is the Planning representative at Unilever’s factories from RMPM perspective. The role covers Material Scheduling: receives the Production Schedule - and schedules and executes the daily call offs of Raw and Packaging Materials from suppliers.

JOB SUMMARY:
Material Scheduling
- Schedule the delivery of materials with Suppliers, monitor delivery logistics (Call off)
- Liaise with local Suppliers to ensure material availability to meet schedules and define and execute corrective actions when necessary
- Manage and resolve week 0 to 1 material availability crises with suppliers
- Execute SLOB management actions proposed by the Inventory Optimisation Specialist
- Maintain delivery due list with inbound warehouse personnel
- Ensure the tracking document is populated with integrity of materials by ensuring prompt write offs of obsolete stocks (following global policy)
- Recommend changes on POs to L2 team (MRP Coordinator)

Liaison with other parties:

- Escalate to Procurement planned material availability issues
- Liaise with inbound stores on overdue deliveries and follow up with suppliers
- Liaise with inbound stores and Suppliers for most desirable delivery days
- Liaise with Suppliers of rejected materials and ensure that all materials are returned to the suppliers
- Ensure that all GRN on materials on week 0 to 1 are capture timelessly, and if not escalate to the Market & Site Collaboration Planner
- Advise Suppliers of all changes in stock holding policy to ensure that stock is appropriately managed

Transition Management:

- Manage RMPM material write offs at product launches, re-launches, SKU rationalisation, 5S projects, working closely with the MRP Coordinator to ensure that all plans are optimised and run-out schedules are accurately maintained
- Ensure material availability for RMPM on week 0 to 1 - production trials, ramp up and ramp down
- Provide input into MOC for RMPM

Working Capital Management
- Work closely with the Procurement team and suppliers to ensure appropriate stock levels for bulks are maintained both on-site and at the suppliers to ensure material availability
- Execute actions proposed by the Inventory Specialist and End to End Planners on Slow and Obsolete (SLOB) raw and packaging materials and ensure that provisions are raised timeously

Data Maintenance
- Provide feedback to Parameter Optimisation Specialist to ensure run strategy is workable
- Provide and validate input data to the Inventory Specialist for generation of the Inventory Planning Model and agree output prior to implementation
- Provide and validate other planning master data required by the L2 Hub
- Ensure proper maintenance of relevant data in the system as defined by the Master Data templates
- Perform regular scheduling data health checks

Reporting
- Ensure the plant shortage report is issued weekly

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

- 1-3 Years exposure to broad based Supply Chain management.
- Understand ‘Make’ and ‘Source’ processes
- Fully operational in ‘Plan’ processes
- Experience in managing external parties.
- Experience working and interacting with all levels in a business.



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