Supply Planning Executive - Southampton, United Kingdom - British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco

Verified Company

Southampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

BAT is evolving at pace - truly like no other organization.

To achieve the ambition, we have set for ourselves, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to live our ethos every day. Come be a part of this journey

BAT UK
IS LOOKING FOR A SUPPLY PLANNING EXECUTIVE

JOB TYPE:
Permanent

FUNCTION:
Operations

SALARY RANGE:
competitive salary package + excellent benefits + market leading bonus

LOCATION:
Southampton, United Kingdom

Role summary

What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?

Complete activities to support the delivery of Cash, Cost, Service, and SNO critical metric for Area/Category
As SNO "single point of contact" (SPOC) working with a specific factory/ end market to help achieve Area/Category, Direct Reporting Business Unit (DRBU) & Region's targets
Actively adopt and implement digital transformation initiatives (Integrated Planning Transformation, Hive, Clear Metal, PBI, and other online tools) for the assigned factory/end market/category
Continuously upskill technical capabilities and commercial understanding
Continuously seek and explore process simplification within Area & DRBU

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Specific accountabilities for the role:

Responsible for communication with the customer and/or customer service.
Responsible for the supply chain networks and maps
Responsible for overall inventory within the supply network
Calculating stockholding policies and (Multi echelon Inventory Optimisation (MEIO) FG) handling inventory service levels, safety stock and inventory levels
Handling and validating the cumulative planning leadtimes
Resolving and presenting supply issues the impact external demand
Responsible for the planned orders (deployment) for inter and inmarket inventory deployment
Demand & distribution exceptions
Responsible for execution of distribution orders within the firm zone
Collaborating with the demand planner, master planner (or SNP) and local distribution orders in the scheduling zones
Ensuring constraint availability
Responsible for D&I planning, transactional and master data
Achieving efficient plan for the entire planning horizon

(FG, WMS, SFG)

Firming and aligning supply and planned orders (for production and purchasing) in the planning zone
Responsible for MP planning, transactional and master data
Supervising and actioning supply exceptions
Defining and maintaining the resources that are not in source system
Responsible for handling the constraints in supply
Build Planning BOM and new constraint in KXS Rapid Response
Responsible for sharing forecast with suppliers

Specific accountabilities for the Master Planner (external):

Achieving efficient plan for the entire planning horizon
Responsible for firming and aligning planned orders (for purchasing) in the planning zone
Responsible for the planning, transactional and sourcing master data
Responsible for supervising and actioning supply exceptions
Responsible for collaborating with Master Planner Production (or SNP), purchasing planner, production scheduler and D&I Planner.
Responsible for managing the constraints within suppliers
Responsible for ensuring visibility for the supplier capacity and supplier raw materials availability
Responsible for calculating stockholding policies (excluding Multi echelon Inventory Optimisation (MEIO) FG)
Selects scenarios in case of resolution
Approval of parameter automation policies due to segmentation
Approval of stockholding or other policies

Experience, skills, knowledge

ESSENTIAL

Experience Required

13 years across Planning, Logistic, NPI (Manufacturing & Commercial experience would be an advantage)

Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required

Good interpersonal and communication skills
Good analytical and digital skills
Good Supply Chain knowledge (process, metrics)
Solid understanding in IWS, CI tools, and agile concept
Some evidence of leadership capabilities, for example:
Anticipation in order to craft the future rather than react to it.
Resilience
Ability to make inquisitive decisions in the face of ambiguity.
Curiosity to seek out new insights and knowledge.
Challenging complexity and seeking out simpler / faster ways of working.
Driving empowerment at all levels.
Developing teams and individuals.
Setting high standards and delivering outstanding results.

Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required

University degree (Supply Chain related major could be an advantage)
Mastery in sophisticated planning system could be an advantage

Beneficial

Experience with ERP / Planning systems.
FMCG and/or consumer electronics supply chain experience

Qualifying questions for applicants

How experienced are you in handling small sized, diverse teams?
What FMCG Supply Chain knowledge / experience do you have? Especially in the area of Supply Planning?
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