Supply Chain Planner

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External Job Description

Closing Date: 12 th June 2016

About Diageo

Diageo, the world's leading premium Drinks Company and home to iconic brands such as Guinness, Baileys and Johnnie Walker to name but a few - a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of our industry, is seeking a Supply to join the Dublin based team at the infamous St James Gate site.

Are you prepared to take risks in the pursuit of greatness? Do you hold yourself to the highest standards with real accountability for results? Would you treat the business as if it is truly your own – because you want your legacy to be worthy of that of our founders? If so then we want to hear from you!

Context

ISC Beer brews and packages 7.3mHls of beer at 3 sites across Ireland and the UK. It also manages the IOI Spirits & RTD supply chain for 1.7m cases via the Supplier Managed Replenishment (SMR) process with Amsterdam and Santa Vittoria. This team is also responsible for managing the Diageo keg population of 2.7M kegs with an asset value of £44m.

The Supply Chain Planning team interprets demand signals from Domestic and Export Markets and translates these into supply plans and replenishment plans, with the objective of optimising customer service, inventory, capacity and cost. The function is responding to increasing SKU, packaging and component complexity, and it is operating in environments that are becoming increasingly constrained from a supply perspective.

About the Role

The purpose of the Supply Chain Planner is to l everage, orchestrate and facilitate along the End-to-End Supply Chain to deliver robust demand and supply plans that meet business needs. This will be delivered via highly developed partnerships and adopting an Integrated Business Management approach. Adherence to all demand and supply planning processes for operations in Ireland and the UK in line with the objectives of the ISC Beer organisation is required at all times.

Key Responsibilities:

·  Produce clear and concise Demand, Supply and SMR replenishment plans to guarantee availability of product to meet customer demand on time and in full to world-class standards. Manage capacity positions at brewing, keg, beverage blending agent and packaging plants in Ireland and UK to meet demand and avoid additional costs.
·  Provide timely and robust volume insights to the business.
·  Ensure excellent communications of forward plans to each participant in supply chain (e.g. IMCs, manufacturing, brewing, logistics, procurement, EBLT, SCLT & FLT).
·  Initiate, lead and action inventory and empty keg management plans to control stocks of WIP and FG product and to avoid write off costs for all markets supplied. Instigate and manage annual portfolio review with all IMCs to drive maximum production efficiency.
·  Play key role in Global Supply Chain Project, Continuous Improvement activities, Product Innovation and Renovation Processes, balancing need for flexibility with commitments to service, cost and quality.
Qualifications and Experience Required

·  BSc in Supply Chain, Business Administration or equivalent
·  APICS Qualified or MSc in Supply Chain or equivalent
·  At least 3 years Supply chain planning experience in an FMCG would be advantageous.
·  Good knowledge and understanding of Demand and Supply Planning, Operations, Logistics and Route to Market is desirable.
·  Excellent IT and numerical skills, to exploit benefits of SAP ECC6, SAP APO DP & SNP, Business Warehouse and BEX Analyser.