Supply Chain Manager

Demand Planning

Develops and ensure execution of the Demand Planning strategy to improve demand excellence.

Leads the Demand Planning cycles, collaborates actively internally (Sales & Marketing) and with Customers driving for high Forecast Accuracy and low Bias

Supervise and consolidate the Opco’s/BU’s unconstrained (or agreed upon constrained) demand plans from the demand planners into the Opco/BU IBP demand plan as input for the IBP Demand and Supply Network Plan

Supervise Opco’s/BU’s Account Review and Demand Review meeting(s)

Communicate/report to the demand planners and commercial teams’ decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle and drive the related actions to take place in the organisation

First point of contact for the commercial organization (Sales, Marketing, Species teams, Key Account team) for the operational and/or tactical planning horizon

Understand the impact of business dynamics (NPD/NPI, EOL, promotions, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts) in the demand plan

Understand, apply and maintain Opco’s/BU’s priority rule book (product & customer) based on input from Species, Key Account team and/or commercial teams (sales, marketing and formulation) and manage in case of e.g. constraints and matching of demand & supply

Supply Planning

• Manage team responsible for preparing and optimizing the operational and tactical planning for the assigned supply network (internal and external capacity); by balancing demand, inventory and production and packaging capacity, identify constraints and opportunities as input for IBP and acquire agreement with the assigned supply points on the supply plan (tactical, operational as well as day to day (local) execution)
• Responsible for production planning, (raw) materials planning and intra- supply planning.
• Drive the execution of the S&OE process (operational), organize all meetings according to the Nutreco standards.
• Responsible for ensuring that Planning Parameters within the ERP system are regularly reviewed and maintained by the team with clear ownership and accountability within the team.
• Responsible for making day-to-day decisions, where planning conflicts occur (E.g insufficient capacity for multiple orders) and where relevant, escalating for resolution to the Regional Supply Chain Manager.
• Provide the supply points with a realistic and attainable planning, in line with the identified guidelines and constraints.
• Discuss yearly maintenance plans with the plants
• Develop relationships of trust with both internal & external parties, e.g. suppliers
• Communicate/report to the supply planners and commercial teams' decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle and drive the related actions to take place in the organisation
• First point of contact for the commercial organization (Sales, Marketing, Species teams, Key Account team) for the operational and/or tactical planning horizon
• Understand the impact of business dynamics (NPD/NPI, EOL, promotions, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts) in the supply plan
• Understand, apply and maintain Opco’s/BU’s priority rule book (product & customer) based on input from Species, Key Account team and/or commercial teams (sales, marketing and formulation) and manage in case of e.g. constraints and matching of supply & supply

Inventory & Working Capital Management

Define and implement inventory and replenishment targets and apply inventory segmentation effectively.

Manage the team that is responsible for the inventory processes and ensure that inventory covers the projected demand (correct DIO for RM and FG)

Manage and optimize working capital in line with the agreed targets according to the inventory management guidelines, replenish relevant warehouses (in line with targets), follow up on aging stock and obsoletes and acquire agreement with demand, procurement, and logistics (day-to-day contact and fixed meeting structure)

KPIs and Continuous Improvement & Management Information

Maintains the relevant KPI’s such as OTIF, capacity utilization and stock levels (working capital), including supplier and procurement (RMR and 3rd party manufacturing) performance evaluation methods

Observe and evaluate bottlenecks and identify opportunities and drives improvement actions in supply planning and supply consolidation related processes, planning systematics, procedures and/or systems, and ensure implementation of improvements after approval in the Opco/BU.

Be the owner of KPI dashboards, insights and decision documents regarding quantitative and qualitative developments by means of periodical (e.g. IBP, budget) and ad hoc reports and/or analyses, based on reporting guidelines to drive PDCA cycle in your area of expertise

Responsible for developing insightful, actionable and user friendly KPI dashboards and reports and share with relevant stakeholders

Participates in Community of Practice and drive local implementation of CoE initiatives

Monitor, analyze and challenge the quality of the Opco’s/BU’s order fulfillment

Coordinate any activities related to the constraining and allocation process for the Opco/BU and determine impact on customer level

Continuously look for opportunities & improvements within daily work context and take ownership in implementing solutions

Capability building and people coaching

Provides leadership by reviewing performance and providing ongoing feedback on a formal & informal basis to supply and supply planners taking part in the cycles

Contributes to the development and performance of supply and supply planners through a culture of coaching and skills development

Provides training to the planning community on key topics within the planning & IBP work field

Supports the establishment of a culture of full chain collaboration

Leadership

• Builds and leads an effective and impactful SP Team: recruits, coaches, develops, appraises, rewards, counsels and terminates in compliance with Nutreco HR Policies and Standards
• Provides leadership (i.e. setting individual SMART objectives, reviewing performance and providing ongoing feedback on a formal & informal basis) so that all reports are aware of what they are required to achieve and how they are performing against their objectives.
• Manages the development and performance of the team members through a culture of coaching, skills development and increased accountability.
• Supports the establishment of a culture of leading and collaboration and thereby focussing on improving the supply chain processes and performance
• Builds strong working relationships with key functions to drive improvements within the Opco, region or BU including Finance, Formulation, Procurement, Production and Commercial.
• Establish and optimize team processes to balance dynamic business priorities. Embed mechanisms that allow oversight of active projects, resource allocation, tracking to completion and “telling the story”

Continuous Improvement & Projects

• Identifies, benchmarks and implements Planning and IBP best practices. Initiates and implements both operational, tactical as strategical improvements through development of control systems within all teams
• Drives the efficiency and effectiveness of Supply Planning, IBP and Supply Chain activities to ensure a responsive, robust response to customer supply.
• Initiates root cause analysis and (sustainable) problem solving
• Manages various identified improvement projects

Quality / HSE Compliance

Assures that all activities and operations are executed in line with HSE / Quality rules, regulations, procedures, instructions, guidelines, and promotes awareness thereof, including addressing anomalies to others