Material Planning - Southampton, United Kingdom - British American Tobacco

British American Tobacco

Verified Company

Southampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

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 MATERIAL PLANNING AND SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT PROCESS LEAD

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 goals and expectations from this role?
As central to the Supply Network Planning (SNP) Centres of Excellence (CoE) this role:

Is the Product Owner for
Supplier Management &
Material Planning Processes and tools.
Drives a
step change in Supplier Management & Supplier capabilities to drive
coordinated processes, enabling digital transformation & control towers, value chains to accelerate Supply Chain maturity & gain competitive advantage.
Drives
continuous improvements (CI) for Supplier Management and related material planning processes

- finding and prioritising features using AGILE (simplification, standardisation, automation, optimisation) methodology.

Drives process and system (KINAXIS/ECC) alignment to the global template.
Drives Multicategory Enterprise & ERP strategy for Supplier Management.
Support Multifunctional process and platform integration (Forecast to Stock, Procure to Pay).

What is the direct impact of this role on the team or organization?

Supplier collaboration transformation

- "Define" and "Develop" elements) across process, systems, and data parameters - plus

Collaborate closely with SNO Leadership Teams to ensure that only capabilities with clear business value are delivered.
Works across all product categories and types, digital platforms, and value networks.

Reports to
Head of SNP CoE

**Number of Direct Reports
**1

Core Relationships

Internal

Centres of Excellence (CoEs) across Supply Network Operations (SNO) and wider
Planning teams
Digital Business Solutions (DBS) teams
IWS (Integrated Work Systems) Pillar Leads and teams
Functional / regional / area change agents (such as value stream engineers)
SNO Finance
Procurement team
Business Optimisation centre (BOC) teams

External:

Third party IT solution development companies and DevOps structures.
External suppliers
External thought leaders e.g Gartner.

**Geographic Scope
**Global

Travel Required
Yes

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Supplier management and digital initiatives:

Product Owner for "Supplier Management" & "Material Planning" Processes standards, tools, and capabilities as part of the overarching coordinated planning template.
Custodian of Global Templates for Material Planning & Supplier Management : SAP+KINAXIS, processes, critical metrics
Handles the enhancements, automation, reporting and analytics capabilities
Operates within right CI governance forums such as Focus Groups and Design Review Groups (DRGs)
Drive Multicategory Enterprise & ERP strategy
Handles SAP & KINAXIS Template Change Requests and Waivers in process.
Articulates the supplier management strategy and framework.
Analyse supplier management capability: find, design, and develop optimisation processes and tools that advance the framework.
Leads data integrity and quality improvements
Ensure all modifications to supplier management systems, tools and processes conform to relevant authorisations (example: legal and SOx regulations). Ensure these are accurately solutioned, assessed, governed, and detailed prior to implementation.
Uses AGILE framework to priorities work.

IWS (Supply Network Pillar):

Define/drive mechanisms to check in process controls and compliance for supplier management DMS and Processes; includes root cause analysis and actions to drive standardisation and supply chain performance.
Support and take part in compliance and phased assessments to ensure processes, metrics and organisation follow integrated planning template model(s) and approach.

PEOPLE

Function as change agent and advocate standards that drive connected digital transformation and faster, simpler, and globally consistent end to end value chain networks.
Drives the development agenda in relevant governance (example: Focus Groups and DRGs), cascading upwards and downwards as part of a continuous improvement culture.
Proactively engage with Heads of Functions, to drive standardisation and improvements
Work closely with functional / regional change agents to ensure only valuable initiatives are delivered and constantly checking the product is of use to the business.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL

The role demands a strong basis in the Operations, SNO and digital transformation to deliver sustained improvement.
Continuous Improvement, AGILE and growth mindset passionate about optimising pr