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Department: Supply Chain

Location: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Reporting to: Supply Chain & Logistics Lead

Contract Duration: 9 Months

Supply Planning Supervisor (Temporary)

The candidate is responsible for, under the supervision of Logistics and Supply Chain Lead and in collaboration with cross-functions at different Market/ Regional/ HQ levels, the Raw Material Supply Planning, Semi-finished goods and Finished Goods Production planning amongst other related activities of JTI business in Vietnam, contributing to ensure market demands are supplied in a timely, sufficient and efficient manner. The first and foremost objective is to ensure no out-of-stock in a rapidly changing business environment.

As the Supply Planning Supervisor, you will:

Primary and Finished Goods Production Planning & Outbound Logistics (Main stakeholders: Marketing & Sales, Regional functions, Factories)

Responsible for the monthly production planning of Semi-FG and FGs across 2 factories, to ensure safety inventory levels are maintained at factory & distributor warehouses yet in balance with stock freshness and minimized write-offs.
Main scope include:
Given the inputs of market demands (product variants, quantities, timing), calculate and communicate monthly Semi-/ FGs production plans to factories, liaise with internal & external stakeholders to ensure sufficient materials are in place for required production.
Continuously monitor inventory and production status, making adjustments or cancellation if critically required by business (e.g. sales execution exceeding plan, ad-hoc machine break-down, etc.)
Responsible for monthly planning cycles to ensure placements of raw materials are calculated & executed in a timely, sufficient and accurate manner to accommodate market demands & business sensitivities, yet at optimum lot size & costs. Main scopes include:
Obtain from Sales thorough understanding of Market's demands including business scenarios and sensitivities, from Marketing timely updates of product portfolio requirements, from Factories updates of inventories across locations.
Analyze the gaps between demands vs. supply capacities and facilitate solutions/ action plans throughout the supply chain processes.
Support and supervise the placement of raw materials (executed by regional designated functions) as per market's instructions.
Support Marketing in multiple projects such as new launch, product / packaging rejuvenation; looking for creative ways to minimize out of stock and write-offs.
Continuously liaise with Logistics & related functions to ensure on-time arrival of raw materials for production (e.g. re-prioritize shipments or cancellation of orders if required by unexpected market needs)
Ensure business opportunities and/or potential issues are identified and appropriately escalated to stakeholders, preferably with recommended solutions.

Primary and Finished Goods Production Planning & Outbound Logistics

Responsible for the monthly production planning of Semi-FG and FGs across 2 factories, to ensure safety inventory levels are maintained at factory & distributor warehouses yet in balance with stock freshness and minimized write-offs.
Main scope include:
Given the inputs of market demands (product variants, quantities, timing), calculate and communicate monthly Semi-/ FGs production plans to factories, liaise with internal & external stakeholders to ensure sufficient materials are in place for required production.
Continuously monitor inventory and production status, making adjustments or cancellation if critically required by business (e.g. sales execution exceeding plan, ad-hoc machine break-down, etc.)

Inventory Management

Weekly reviews of safety stocks across factory and distributor warehouses, monthly assessment of FG freshness and propose actions where necessary.
Monthly / regular reviews of raw materials inventory safety level and expiry dates, timely identify potentially issues preferably with a recommended solution to reflecting into upcoming supply & production plans.

Other tasks:

Lead and/or support recurring related tasks such as monthly estimate reports of purchases, AR, inventory and DIO; monthly system loading of sale volumes; annual order lot-size & implications; (bi-)annual importation quota forecast, etc.
Support ad-hoc tasks as assigned by Supply Chain & Logistic Manager, including but not limited to depletion scenarios / write-off estimates for product discontinuation, optimizing NTM capacity for new launches yet in balance with write-off exposure, VMC optimization, etc.
Support Supply Chain related projects initiated by Region and HQ.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, preferably with Supply Chain Management
Minimum of 3 years experience in Supply Chain Planning, ideally within the FMCG industry or manufacturing environment FMCG.
English fluency
Functional Skills:
Analytical mindset (data analytics or Statistics)
SAP / ERP knowledge
Excel proficiency
Communication & coordination skills