Global Head of Supply Chain Planning

Company: Nufarm Limited
Location: Alsip
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Career Opportunities: Global Head of Supply Chain Planning (6890) Requisition ID--6890-----Posted--12/10/2020-----United States-----Alsip-----Supply Chain Job Title: Global Head of Supply Chain Planning Job Location: Alsip, IL Major Responsibilities: Maintain and communicate company Supply Plan to Manufacturing and supply chain operations. Use forecasting, customer order information, and inventory strategies to ensure balance between working capital maximization and customer service. Manage and control inventory totaling $1.2 billion. Support periodic inventory reviews with local leadership teams to drive accountability in inventory actions and manage risks in inventory planning assumptions. Manage Excess and Obsolete (E&O) products and develop initiatives and process improvements to reduce slow-moving inventories and to improve inventory turns. Analyze inventory performance to develop and execute optimization plans with Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Finance leaders. Ensure STD global processes and reports are delivered by regional planners. Provide support and guidance to Regional Supply and Demand Planning leads and/or associated teams for all processes, people and relevant technology related to issues. Ensure the execution and implementation of company standard planning strategies and systems and implement customized solutions as needed. Define and deliver Global Supply and Demand Planning Continuous Improvement Roadmap by reaching a collective agreement with regional planning teams and relevant business partners according to business priorities and associated time-lines. Ensure appropriately skilled resources are available to employees and customers, processes and technology. Manage communication and engagement activities for project plans to meet timelines to budget and ensure committed benefits are realized. Manage and author key strategic business plans, processes and meetings. Work with IBP stakeholders to develop synergy and accelerate company's strategy. Lead and provide strategic direction to regional managers/planners in the business unit. Ensure regional teams follow standard global processes and identify and rectify the root causes of violations in conjunction with regional and global leadership. Build changes in personnel or technology into the Global Planning Continuous Improvement Roadmap. Train all planning regional managers and planners through company's Training and Education Program. Define, modify and develop key public reports as appropriate to meet the needs of relevant regional and global stakeholders. 30-40% international travel. No. of employees Supervised: 4. Job Requirements: Applicant must possess a Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in International Business/Affairs, Business Administration, Engineering, Economics or a related field; and 8 years' experience in an Supply Chain role in the chemical, pharmaceutical or FMCG fields. Additionally, the applicant must have professional experience in the following: (1) Managing and authoring strategic business plans, processes and meetings, preparing budgeting process, strategic roadmaps and connecting strategy to execution in a business at least of U$500MM; (2) Defining, modifying and developing public reports to regional and global stakeholders (including KPIs, and STD templates) for E2E supply chain, such as inventory projection, supply diversity program, net working capital, product availability, service level; (3) Implementing Supply Chain planning strategies including Logistics, Production Operations Management Manufacturing, Procurement, DRP, MRP, MPS, inventory management and controls at least of U$150MM, replenishment and Demand planning; (4) Advanced SC Planning (APS) and Demand Planning applications, and ERP, ASCP, Demantra, (Oracle), and Reporting tools (BO and Tableau); (5) Building, implementing, leading S&OP/IBP process; based on 5 STEPS and Building block methodology; (6) Forecasting business processes, demand plan preparation including market information, trading, marketing initiatives, customer and channel management based on building blocks methodology, understanding frozen period and financial forecast impacts on the business; (7) Lean Six Sigma processes and management; (8) Management of P&L, ROI and trade-off scenarios inside S&OP/IBP process, Net Sales, Margin and Net Working Capital (Inventory, DPO, DSO) action plans; and (9) Project Management based on PMBOK-- Guide, project management concepts, needs assessment and cost modeling - Projects at least of US$200MM.

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