Execution Planner - Durban, South Africa - Unilever

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Durban, South Africa

1 week ago

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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, relaunches, SKU rationalisation, 5S projects, working closely with the MRP Coordinator to ensure that all plans are optimised and runout schedules are accurately maintained
  • Ensure material availability for RMPM on week 0 to 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 onsite 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:

  • 13 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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