Supply Planner, Arla Foods Iraq

Description

Job ID

41001258

Job Title

Senior Professional - Supply Planning

Job Function

Planning

Job Family

Supply Planning

Job Level

6

Career Stream

Individual Contributor

Position examples

• Supply Planner
• Supply Planning Specialist

Level definition

• Acts to deliver organization's policies and programs within a defined technical or functional area.
• Requires advanced knowledge of operational procedures and tools.
• Exercises considerable discretion and independent judgment in problem solving.
• Seeks assistance to non-familiar and complex activities.
• May influence others within job area through explanation of facts, policies and practices.

Key responsibilities

• Based on forecasts, order production and transportation, achieves stock levels that contribute to a high delivery service to customers and minimises wastage of finished goods.
• Plans and optimises stock levels by setting models and parameters such as safety stock, production frequency etc.
• Monitors and analyses results/KPIs to take corrective action and ensure improvement.
• Coordinates and cooperates with demand planners, production, warehouse, transportation, commercial etc., to ensure a cost-efficient flow with high delivery service in the whole value chain.
• Ensures continuous improvement of the replenishment planning process and system and identifies and suggests improvements in the rest of the value chain.
• Actively participates in S&OP to proactively make sure that Supply Chain can fulfil requirements.

Educational background

• Academic degree in Supply Chain Management or similar.
• 2-3 years of experience within planning.

Competencies