About Kerry

About the role

The Supply Planner will be responsible for the planning and management of inventory levels that is effective in meeting customer service levels, considering overall supply chain efficiencies and working capital targets. Be required to work with internal & external stakeholders to ensure timely availability of inventory for manufactured and imported/locally traded finished goods to meet customer demand nationally and to support the Supply Planning Manager in monitoring performance of the relevant key performance indicators and developing action plans with key parties to ensure performance targets are met.

Work Location : Otahuhu - Auckland ( New Zealand)

Reporting to : Supply Chain Manager

Key responsibilities

• Acting 2IC for the Supply Chain Manager.
• Provide and lead OTIF discussions and improvement on service e.g., reasons for OTIF failure and root cause analysis.
• Inventory and/or Capacity Planning across the medium/long term planning horizon to meet customer demand (this can include promoting efficiencies in production scheduling activities for some) at least operating & inventory cost
• Active led participation in SOP process, via the Monthly Supply Review Meeting & supporting processes
• Managing customer & Supplier facing meetings – To discuss stock, potential supply issues and collaborative ways of working.
• Supporting Quarterly Business Reviews with Key Customers/Suppliers
• Ensure system tools and data are fully utilized to allow optimization of capacity planning & supply/inventory planning activities
• In conjunction with Supply Chain Manager conduct ongoing analysis of inventory and replenishment parameters to ensure improved working capital performance.
• Coordinate re-balancing of inventory where required
• Vendor claim management: managing and following up on supplier issues when materials received are defective, non-compliant, or not fit for production use
• Identification and reduction of stock at risk.
• Working with commercial as a key stakeholder.
• Ordering of materials & covering of other material controllers when on leave/sick/as business needs
• Data Analysis and Reporting by establishing and/or maintenance of reporting mechanisms which provide analysis of:
• Inventory coverage, value, turn over
• Review and action on obsolete and slow-moving stock.
• Working with our finance partner on write off versus provisions.
• Performance to Production Plan
• Maintenance of order delivery dates in SAP against actual deliveries

Qualifications and skills

• Solid understanding of basic supply chain theory coupled with hands on inventory / materials planning experience
• Strong Analytical and Data management Experience
• Intermediate to Advanced ERP knowledge, SAP experience is essential
• Experienced in excel (Ability to do sumifs and iferrors)
• Must have a strong business understanding and insight

Competencies Required:

• Strong Analytical, Planning, Influencing & Negotiation Skills
• A good communicator who can build strong relationships and is able to challenge the process to strive for continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills that exemplify professionalism in both internal and external environments and enables effective ways of working with people from different functions and levels
• Motivated with a drive to succeed in a demanding and challenging working environment
• Excellent problem solver with the ability to tackle complex issues and work to tight deadlines to achieve desired outcomes.