Network Supply Planner

**NETWORK SUPPLY PLANNER**This planning role, part of Global Supply Chain & Strategy, reporting into the Network Supply Lead, has responsibility for planning a group of resources (internal or external). In this capacity, the role creates, develops and maintains a cross-brand constrained production & capacity plan for assigned resources / products, while facilitating efficient manufacturing operations for the slushy and tactical horizon, according to monthly planning cycle.As part of this planning responsibility, they ensured that relevant resource supply constraints and events are modelling in the system. This role drives the S&OE process by facilitating the relevant meeting and reviews on a weekly basis. The role is a key player in the S&OP process by leading the supply consensus meeting with sites and PETS, in which the role supports by providing necessary simulations to support decision making. Gate keeper of the operational plan and liaison between site (mainly governed by S&OE) and market companies via demand planners (or MCAMs). Finally, the role ensures that constrained executable plans are seamlessly handed over to Production Planners.**TYPICAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**:**_ Resource Supply Constraint and Event Modelling _**- Incoming net requirements' validation (completeness & accuracy) including month on month difference analysis.- Review of resource capacity and relevant production planning data in line with monthly S&OP cycle (validation of base capacity & exceptions, constraints, shift schedules, review & validation of events (stock builds, projects,), this in collaboration with the production planner.**_ Resource Rough-Cut Capacity Planning and Capacity Requirements Planning (constraining the plan at a resource level across brands)_**- Creates, develops and maintains a cross-brand constrained production & capacity plan for assigned resources / products, while facilitating efficient manufacturing operations for the slushy and tactical horizon, according to monthly planning cycle taking into account:- The preset requirements- Internal available capacity & exceptions (preventive maintenance,)- Key material availability (bulk/API/device)- Inventory targets & tactical planning parameters- Preferred and approved variants of production flows- Reviews resource utilization, identifies capacity constraints and potential impacts on service levels, evaluates options to mitigate capacity constraints, coordinates & consults with site and other SC partners to increase capacity if needed.- Maintain Intermediates and Finished Goods inventories within target, reviewing and providing insights on actuals/adherence through Stock Tolerance.- Assess respective supply impact for assigned resources / products in conjunction with the Global Brand Planner for proposed manufacturing changes.**_ Drives Resource S&OE, escalation & monitoring_**- Drives the S&OE process supported by Proactive Planning tool, Supply Network Planning cockpit and in later phase Advanced Planning & Scheduling control tower.- Performs initial impact assessment of identified issues, determine appropriate stakeholders, makes necessary decisions & monitors resolution.- Holds the S&OE meeting & reviews on a weekly base the critical material constraints, prioritized orders, network resource constraints, brand service & inventory risk which impact the network plan in the operational horizon.- Collects cross-functional supply issues from MCAMs, demand planners, QC Lab, Warehouse & Distribution and production planner- Escalates issues to the Global Brand Planner based on predefined escalation rules.**_ Key Contributor to S&OP cycle _**- Attend the Network S&OP and Brand S&OP and lead the Supply Consensus meeting with sites and PETs- Scenario Planning : Responsible for developing & executing scenario’s and simulations to support management decisions.- Develop, maintain and publish information on resource / product specific supply chain management metrics & KPI’s.- Responsible for delivery/quality of X-brand production volumes for budget purposes in alignment with Global Brand Planners.**_ Site Gatekeeper & Intra-Site Planning Interface_**- Gate keeper of the operational plan and liaison between site (mainly governed by S&OE) and market companies via demand planners (or MCAMs).- Approves changes to CMI/MTO orders in the customer quoted leadtime (CQLT) and approves orders deviating from tolerance/contractual rules.- Works closely with the next upstream and downstream Network Supply Planners, to validate and secure robust demand signals and plan alignment between nodes.- Responsible to validate the replenishment plan between sites.- Contribution to manufacturing excellence improvement actions whiles balancing value stream requirements.**P**_lan Handover to Production Planners_**- Ensures that constrained executable plans are seamlessly handed over to Production Planners - filtering, evaluating and prioritizing options