Material Planner

Job description

Company Profile:

At Unilever you are more than your job title, you are part of the world’s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.

We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann’s and Omo, alongside trusted local names and innovative-forward thinking brands like Ben & Jerry’s, The Dollar Shave Club and Surf.

Be part of the most successful purpose-led business in the world. Have the opportunity to see the true impact that you’re having in the work you do - every small thing counts.

Main Job Purpose:

· Ensure availability of all imported materials for BUL.
· Ensure availability of Local Materials for BUL.
· Maintain stock levels of ordered materials as per the agreed stock norms.
· Help in achieving the supply chain objectives of reducing working capital and supplying the demand at the lowest cost.
· Maintain system parameters (SAP) & related integrated systems (PLM & GMMD) activities those input main system (SAP).

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

Materials Planning
• Ensure materials requirements are reflected in SAP.
• Establish material requirements for Production Plans with the use of MRP Planned Orders/Purchase Requisitions & Purchase Orders.
• Monitor Stock levels and ensure material availability for current production requirements.
• Establish and maintain appropriate safety stock levels.
• Highlight material constraints that could impact production plans for the coming 3 months at least
• Communicate with suppliers on material requirement forecasts on an ongoing basis.
• Identify materials with continuous bottlenecks situations & plan to mitigate them or debottleneck them
• Anticipate constraints in materials availability On Time In Full
• Plan materials with near expiries or expired to replenish them or request extensions from Quality (Raw Materials Planning mainly)
• Plan new innovations or projects materials orders with alignment of Supply Planners & Innovation Planner respecting the innovation/projects network & alignments
• Plan [To be delisted/To be obsolete] materials rundowns/depletion based on alignment of project network
• Cross check with suppliers on materials development of projects/innovations

Purchasing
• Raise Purchase orders and call offs to suppliers based on planned requirements.
• Follow-up on supplier confirmation of Purchase Orders and shipments.
• Monitor shipments of all imported materials and take action when necessary to ensure timely arrival of material on site, thereby avoid disruption to production plans.
• Co-ordinate with Internal Logistics to ensure availability of all imported materials at BUL
• Establish requirements of specified packaging materials both local and imported based medium term requirements.
• Place purchase orders and issue call offs according to Production Schedules.
• Liase with Suppliers on rejected materials or short shipped consignments.

Co-ordinate on Sourcing issues
• Co-ordinate with Planners / Sourcing on new raw and packaging materials.
• Provide data to establish Supplier Performance rating.

SAP
• Ensure MRP (planning) and call-off procedures are followed.
• Update MRP Master Data.
• Obtain information on MOQ, shipping and clearance lead-times and update planning information in SAP.

REPORTS

• Provide necessary information and maintain necessary records to enable proper control of inventory and prices
• Reports such as:-
• Working Capital reports
• Critical Material Report
• Purchase Order Report
• SLOBS List Report
• Critical Materials Report (CMR)
• Neary Expiry Materials Report (Raw Materials Planning mainly)

Key Skills & Compentencies:

· At least 1 year of experience of procuring local and imported materials and dealing with overseas suppliers
· Knowledge of principles of Material Requirements Planning (MRP II)
· Familiar with SAP
· High degree of analytical skills
· Communication skills