AMEA Regional Supply Chain Planner

Role purpose

• Ensure customer on-time delivery for a given portfolio (both within and outside AMEA) via seamless E2E communication throughout the Supply Chain (AI Planners regional and country commercial functions AMEA sites customer service distribution).
• To create and maintain the overall AI & FF&P supply plan across AMEA region for assigned portfolio providing options to meet variances in demand and supply
• Ensure efficient use of Inventory (both regional and international) maintaining agreed customer service levels whilst minimising working capital.
• Clearly communicate constrains in the supply chain via tier meetings processes and implement alternative solutions via Syngenta processes and understand customer constraints and issues through planning role in order to co-ordinate actions through portfolio planners to ensure country requirements are met.

Dimensions

• Financial: Revenue x $ Budget x $
• People: No of direct reports 0 No of indirect reports 0
• Geographic Scope: all within AMEA

Accountabilities

Maintain balance of overall supply/demand requirements for their portfolio (3-27 months horizon) as well aligning and supporting asset planners in the short-term horizon (0-3 months horizon). Challenging commercial units (receiving countries) and third party demands sales fore-casts & demand uncertainty as the owner accountable for the full 27 months horizon.

Plan all products within their portfolio according to Global and AMEA Planning processes and policies. Manage the monthly Requirements & Operations Planning (ROP) meeting with the Production sites for assigned portfolio

Work in partnership with Supply Chain managers Global planners Asset planners and Demand Managers to ensure the optimization of demand/supply as well inventory throughout the regional supply chain (AI raw materials bulk and finished products) managing the trade-off between Customer service Inventory investment and Production efficiency

Review requirements in SAP/APO for assigned portfolio/AIs and ensure that it is up to date. Follow up with IMCs on purchase orders/ production orders for finished packs/ Intermediate; place Tolling POs to Toller according to production plan and/or against demand POs.

Review of SAP/APO master data with country planners periodically and ensure timely update of changes including efficient introduction and removal of products (SKUs) according to the Range Management Process.

Act as SME (System and process) for assigned planning process for AMEA

Qualifications :

Knowledge experience & capabilities

Critical knowledge & experience

At least 2-5 years exposure in a Supply Chain and/or Planning environment

Experience of the key interfaces within a Supply Chain

Planning parameters master data management and data integrity

Understanding of supply chain planning MRPII principles

Critical technical professional and personal capabilities

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Customer Focus and attention to detail

SAP APO & BW knowledge

Good Team Player

Critical leadership capabilities

Ability to work across functions cultures and geographies

Proactive and innovative resolution of issues action oriented and delivery focused; maintain under pressure

Effective stakeholder and expectation management

Sense of urgency with ability to prioritise work and quickly manage changes

Ownership of issues to completion

Manages change and holds ambiguity

Focuses on customers

Additional Information :

Note: Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status

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