Supply Planning Manager

Job Id: 9205- City: La Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa- Department: SCM- Function: SCM- Employee Type: Permanent Full Time- Seniority Level: Mid-Senior levelDescription:
**Job Title Job Title**:Supply Planning Manager - Southern Africa**

**Designation GJL : 4**

**GJL Location : Southern Africa**

**Location**

**ABOUT UPL**:
**_UPL is focused on emerging as a premier global provider of total crop solutions designed to secure the world’s long-term food supply. Winning farmer's hearts across the globe, while leading the way with innovative products and services that make agriculture sustainable, UPL is the fastest-growing company in the industry. Our successes in the field add up to powerful financials. UPL delivers results from protecting crops that translate into attractive investor value. Based on the recognition that humankind is one community, UPL’s overarching commitment is to improve areas of its presence, workplace, and customer engagement._**

**_Our purpose _**_is_**_ ‘OpenAg’. _**_An agriculture network that feeds sustainable growth for all._**_ No limits, no borders._**

**_We are one team, for maximum impact. One team with shared goals. We have a laser-like focus on what our customers need and want, on anticipating their future needs, and on how we can create innovative solutions and experiences for them. We think outside the box and go beyond our comfort zone. We believe in agility, we mix the power of speed, with structure from process. And wherever we can, we always believe in having fun._**

**Role Summary**

Accountable and responsible to ensure that the demand for products is met timely in full while maintaining cost effective processes to plan and improve the supply of goods as required. Responsible for the monthly master plan of materials and finished goods as well as the relevant communication thereof to S&OP forum, stakeholders and others as required. Manage exceptions and timely cover any anticipated gaps as required. Lead the daily, weekly and monthly planning forums to manage daily, weekly and monthly changes to plans always ensuring net working capital requirements does not exceed allocations and where it does, gain the needed approvals before execution of changes.

**Role Responsibilities**

Financial
- Impacts of supply plan on financial performance - Supply risks and opportunities managed.
- Impacts of SC inventory levels being managed on Net working capital targets - process in place to manage inventory levels efficiently and reduce excesses in time.
- Yearly, Monthly and Weekly Forecasting & Budgeting of inventory, manufacturing, purchasing plans for the purpose of volumes assigned in overhead cost calculations and setting of net working capital budgets and all the drivers of net working capital.
- Drive cost effective product allocation in the internal network to low-cost alternatives regularly reviewing alternate routings for optimization and continuous improvement in the supply of products utilizing the UPL network.
- Responsible for accurate planning master data (e.g., SPK) to ensure product flows are planned accurately as these impacts on the availability of accurate costs in the system.

Customer
- Ensure products are available as per SLA to ensure efficient execution of customer orders, depot replenishment of commercial inventories on time and in full. Setting pro-active processes to manage flow of materials to and from plants and tracking of changes to plans impacting Nett working capital.
- Manage communication with internal customers with risks and opportunities identified in the planning and planning evaluation process. Propose solutions for gaps.
- Accountable for weekly planning process and coordination between factory and customer service teams to address shortfalls in supply.
- Support but also challenge the forecast collecting and update process in each cycle.
- Understanding major movements in markets and business to be managed in changes to plans - ensure DCR process is functionally correct and respond accurately to out of forecast requests without overcommitting.

Operations/Process
- Lead the design and execution of a Demand Management & Forecasting process on both aggregate (business) and granular (operations) level that drive excellence in supply planning & execution in a high SKU and complex manufacturing environment
- Prepare consensus monthly purchase plan, production plan and updated inventory plan.
- Ensure medium term production plan is prepared, reviewed and agreed in S&OP forum.
- SNP super user - ensure regular review and checks of Planning master data including default routings is accurately reflected.
- Set up automated and efficient re-ordering processes and safety stocks as required.
- Create check and balances to ensure critical materials of Top 50 products are ordered on time and where there are changes review process includes all components in the BOM.
- New product introduction - manage supply planning inputs when new products