Overview
The Material planner is responsible of Supply Chain Planning process to serve Asia market even worldwide demand.
She/or he needs to closely co-work with sales, finance, procurement, customer service, tolling suppliers, and logistics to
drive processes and systems to satisfy internal & external customers, optimize supply & delivery plans and reduce Supply
Chain operation costs.
The Material planner reports to GBE Supply Chain Leaders of Asia Pacific. The planner is focused on one or more
plants/tolling suppliers and is responsible of planning, directing, and coordinating with tolling suppliers on production
schedules, and planning, purchasing, warehousing and control of packaging, spare parts and materials to optimize supply
and demand. The planner is also responsible for inventory planning and forecasting and maintenance of optimal inventory
levels, delivery Supply Chain KPIs in Asia Pacific level.
Responsibilities:
61 Support planning of Safety Stock, Replenishment Lead Time, Lot Size, Stocking Location with guidance from
Global Supply Leaders
61 Optimize Distribution Requirement Plan to ensure the material inventory at healthy levels in multiple warehouses
to satisfy customer demand.
61 Balance supply with demand at the SKU level while adhering to established both packaging, spare parts and
material purchase plan, policies, resource constraints and requirements need date.
61 Makes sure that all Material Requirements Planning elements in material master, BOM, Zrules & Recipe are
correctly setup in accordance with tolling requirement.
61 Convert purchase requisitions to PO/STO’s; Reviews APO-SNP demand & supply daily and takes action as
required; Executes schedule changes in accordance to time fence policies.
61 Responsible for Stock Transfer Order maintenance for Material/Title transfer at Toller – components - or 3rd Party
Supplier.
61 Accountable for key metrics: OTTR, SOTTR(Supplier On Time Delivery), DOS (days of supply), RTDE(Real Time
Data Entry) & IRA (Inventory Record Accuracy), ETECT(End to end cycle time) saving.
61 Familiar with SIOP process, lead site SIOP execute in AP monthly supply plans for the products sold via the
Distribution Center. Drive root cause, corrective actions for areas not achieving SIOP metrics targets
Required Qualifications
61 Good communication skills (both verbal and written) at Mandarin and English.
61 Good skill in Excel operation especially for data analysis.
61 Minimum 3 years experience in planning, production scheduling or related field, Chemical working experience is
preferable.
61 Proven ability to build consensus within a cross functional team and external suppliers.61 Demonstrated ability to identify business process issues and opportunities and to implement effective improvements
and control plans
61 Good SAP ECC & SNP knowledge of Supply chain planning & logistics function
61 Capable to work under pressure.