Innovations Planner-2

Job description

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
The Innovation Planner's main job to ensure alignment within the cross-functional chain, both regional and local, to flawlessly execute key innovations for the Hair Care category on-time and in-full.

JOB SUMMARY
· Ensure monthly FG supply plan in line with the agreed demand plan & month end FG stocks.
· Ensure S&DR process is in place, and key member of Supply & Demand Reconciliation Meeting.
· Review daily the performance of the current month and providing feedback to the leadership.
· Prioritize issues & opportunities in case of risk in current month together with leadership team.
· Review, challenge and comply with approved finish good stocks targets (month end stock targets, safety stock targets, and stock cover targets) for the Hair care category and holding responsibility from them in terms of volume and value.
· Recommend slow-moving and obsolete stocks to Customer Channel Development for banding and promotions.
· Ensure the accuracy of the replenishment process and distributor stock management.
· Ensure the system is in place and facilitate CD team following the replenishment system rules.
· Full time member of S&D Reconciliation Meeting within S&OP
· Full time member of IPM & Network teams
· Develop a supply chain system wherein resources (both in-house and extended chain) are tapped to perform activities where they can add the greatest value through effective delegation/ function deployment.
· Together with the Category Planning Manager, continuously review and improve related systems in Product Supply Chain with the objective of achieving the company's target on customer service for the Hair Care cateory.
· Ensure compliance with the approved optimum stock level at the distributors to ensure high service level for customers and for secondary sales.
· Analyze trends, identify weakness, areas of improvement, and benchmarks of satisfaction and recommend appropriate actions.
· Identify and assess the impact of changing customer requirements.
· Drive integrated activities with the broader supply chain and customer teams, as well as through collaboration, both internally and externally, to ensure customer service requirements are understood and met.
· Support the following key corporate initiatives- Working Capital (Stock) reduction, and Strategy In-to Action (SIA).
· Ensure compliance to the approved result for accuracy and modeling of safety stock targets for FG at primary DC.
· Plan and purchase requirements for Imported Finished goods for Hair Category. based on long term plan, economic order quantities, inventory policies and working capital targets
· Plan adjustments in both short term and long term plan based on surges (increase and decrease) in demand, unexpected shortage in material supply, etc. This is done in consideration of company's stock level target and material availability.
· Coordinate with regional counterparts and sourcing unit on imported FGs to ensure on-time development and delivery of quality FGs.
· Ensure compliance to the repacking requirements ( refers to reconfiguration of goods to accommodate customer requirements and promotional plans)
· Generate the dependent demand and ensuring appropriate supply plan, arranging supply of all component parts.
· Liaising with R&D on packaging specifications and placing a request for execution by an approved SU or 3 rd Party.
· On-time in full execution of repacking plan within lead times agreed with CD
· Medium term and capacity planning for repack volumes
· Manage Hair care innovation projects logistical requirements based on the Unilever Innovation Process Management adhering to the Gate rules and requirements together with the Project Team.
· Develop and implement guidelines on security of confidential documents and information such as product formulations, material specifications, marketing plans, forecasts, production capacities, plant expansion and others.
· Ensure security and confidentiality of innovation projects as logistical requirements are progressed with the suppliers.
· Inform task force on how to reduce supply chain network lead time to meet target launch date without sacrificing quality/safety.
· Advise concerned departments of product supply chain implications of product launches/line or variant extensions.
· Ensure on-time in full launch requirements on all innovations, activations and promotions
· Coordinate with Product Group on a monthly basis to discuss Innovation Update and Demand and Supply Reconciliation.
· Lead in conducting Early Management and Risk Assessment prior to Pre-production Meeting for Innovations/Activations on time to ensure alignment throughout the entire chain.
· Provide possible ways/opportunities to reduce write off costs post innovations to Marketing and Development.
· Deliver area financial commitments to business operating plans, financial cycles and medium-term financial frameworks.
· Manage and proactively communicate any variances to the collaborative company forecast with objective risk analysis as well as area budget for each relevant financial cycle.
· Ensure accurate FG stock forecast is in place for TWC forecasting for the Hair Care promotional stocks.
· Advise Management Accounting of write-off provisions for potential obsolete finished goods.
· Prepare and analyze the monthly working capital report to determine causes of major variances against targets and ensure that future targets are met.

KEY REQUIREMENTS
· University degree, preferably Engineering Graduate, Supply chain qualification advantage
· Experience in FMCG Supply Chain (Planning, Customer Service, Logistics)
· Experience on SAP ERP, APO
· Commercial acumen
· Cross functional business process knowledge
· People management
· At least 3 Years in Supply Chain operations (production planning, demand planning/forecasting, inventory management)
· Customer Service, Planning experience
· Exposure to Order to Cash, Requisition to payment cycle
· Budgeting & Planning skills
· Good general management skills and business acumen.
· FMCG experience
· Unilever Exposure
· Experience in managing the team through a substantial change
· Experience in finance, customer, and category management an advantage.