Description
Unilever implements a proactive approach in expanding our Talent Pool – to reach out to prospective candidates while we don’t have a current vacancy so that when an opportunity eventually arises, we will promptly get in contact to share more.
We are now expanding our Talent Pool for Material Planning Manager.
Responsibilities:
Materials Planning
- Establish material requirements for Production Plans with the use of MRP Planned Orders.
- Monitor Stock levels and ensure material availability for current production requirements. Establish and maintain appropriate safety stock levels.
- Highlight material constraints that could impact production plans
- Communicate with suppliers on material requirement forecasts on an ongoing basis.
Purchasing
- Raise Purchase orders and call offs to suppliers based on planned requirements.
- Follow-up on supplier confirmation of Purchase Orders and shipments.
- Monitor shipments of all imported materials and take action when necessary to ensure timely arrival of material on site, thereby avoid disruption to production plans.
- Co-ordinate with Internal Logistics to ensure availability of all imported materials at BUL
- Establish requirements of specified packaging materials both local and imported based medium term requirements. Place purchase orders and issue call offs according to Production Schedules.
- Liase with Suppliers on rejected materials or short shipped consignments.
Co-ordinate on sourcing issues
- Co-ordinate with Planners / Sourcing on new raw and packaging materials.
- Provide data to establish Supplier Performance rating.
Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
- Ensure MRP (planning) and call-off procedures are followed.
- Update MRP Master Data.
- Obtain information on MOQ, shipping and clearance lead-times and update planning information in Fourth Shift.
Requirements:
- University Degree
- At least 3 Years experience of procuring local and imported materials and dealing with overseas suppliers
- High analytical skills
- Advance excel skills
- Familiar with MRP systems (SAP, Fourth Shift etc)
- Should have good interpersonal skills
- Planning and organizing skills
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Only qualified candidates will be progressed to next step.
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