Job Description
About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
About the role
Work location : Tokyo
Reporting to : Supply Chain Manager
Key responsibilities
- Develop demand forecasts at multiple time horizons as part of a Demand / Supply planning function. Develop continuous improvement activities to drive planning excellence through efficiencies in capacity plan. Act as single point of contact to operation planning.
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results. Interact with Sales, Marketing, Commercial and Customer
- Finance to understand demand forecast drivers.
- Responsible for the supply planning functions such as MIP planning for Master Scheduling & MRP planning, FGs inventory and RCCP plan. Develop optimum level of supply planning execution to support Business Units & Operations.
- Reconcile significant variances and refine the forecast model to reflect updated sales and marketing assumptions
- Ensure the right capacity and capability in place to supply and deliver end products to customer. Ensure sales orders, inventories, supply plans are properly managed including close monitoring of excess, slow moving, aging and phase in and phased out models.
- Use and maintain the Demand Planning tool, working with preferred categorizations. Create supply strategy and identify capability needs aligned to the business strategy and establishing the supply foundations that will enable future growth.
- Provide input to the Supply Planning department to develop supply planning and inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase
- Execute the agreed standard supply planning processes, supporting the implementation of new projects and tools to ensure continuity of excellent supply plan
- Work with Customer Care to establish 'Supply Level Agreements' that secure supply with an appropriate balance between risk, opportunity and flexibility.
- Play a key role in facilitating of emergent issues that impact the schedule and commitment, and work with functional team to find solutions and perform root cause and gap analysis. Share knowledge in high-level operating Capacity Plan and manage unconstraint. A top-down bottoms-up approach to roll out business plans into demand plan.
- Support the site product (Finished Goods) database
- Act as gatekeeper for product launches ensuring agreed business rules are met
- Attend NPD meetings to support future development pipeline
- Manage de-lists and act as key contact for the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) process and support SKU Rationalization efforts
- Ensure that the controls, records and procedures laid down in the Company Work Instructions, are adhered to
- Perform ad-hoc projects and other duties as and when required
Qualifications and skills
- Candidate will be qualified to degree level in a Business / Commercial, Supply Chain, or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in supply chain / planning roles, with a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in demand planning. For a Senior Executive position, candidate must have minimum of 5 years’ planning experience.
- Must have a good understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations
- Food industry experience is a distinct advantage
- Must be coming from a Manufacturing background and must have prior multinational experience
ERP / Demand planning systems / SAP experience is a definite advantage
Competencies Required:
- Excellent and impartial communicator regarding issues of the demand plan at site level (to all functions) whilst balancing these issues with site and /or wider business strategies and objectives. Actively listens and shares information and knowledge with others in an effective and a timely manner. Ensures that appropriate information is disseminated, received and understood.
- Able to participate, influence and (on occasion) lead cross-functional site teams; Ability to work well with teams. Develop relationships inside and outside the organisation to enhance personal and company effectiveness.
- Focused, results-oriented and able to challenge the status quo to achieve both the medium term to long term goals
- Establishing channels and networks which generate a constant flow of information, from within and outside the organisation; regularly and consistently gathering, analysing, challenging, and using the information gathered to improve the information source and ultimately the Demand Plan provided.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
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