POSITION SNAPSHOT

Location: Head Office, Bangkok

Company: Nestlé

Business Unit/Division: Supply Chain Management

Full-time (Hybrid)

At least 2 years' working experience demand or supply planning

Experience in exporting finished good is a plus

A DAY IN THE LIFE...

• Establish a feasible 3-4 weeks Load Plans reference to 78 weeks Dispatch Plans delivering planned delivery and arrival dates for receiving markets (IMS receivers.
• Collaborate with Regional Supply Planners, DPS Planners and Factory Logistic to ensure stocks are available for planning/execution by forwarders and shipping lines.
• Load plans are established respecting the deployment strategy (Push) for all markets to eliminate any stock holding in Export DC, where stocks are produced based on production MOQ.
• In exception case, coordinate share production MOQ or consolidation of SKUs due to production frequency for smaller markets.
• Collaborate with Demand & Supply Planners in the markets to drive full supply availability to achieve COF in the markets by participating in WOR.
• Provide weekly actual shipment advise to all receiving markets with clear actions for recovery for any delays.
• Drive flawless execution of shipments and ensure on time communication in collaboration with factory warehouse, forwarder and shipping lines.
• Propose prioritization in case of constraints for execution and create visibility for stakeholders to make decision.
• Identify possible opportunities and improvements in collaboration within regional team and factory team to achieve highest dispatch/shipment attainment with optimized lead-time.
• Work closely with GLP (Global Logistic Procurement) in case of escalation for support. Ensure every shipment is companied with accurate and timely documentations.
• Lead IMS complaint management with receiving markets, forwarders, shipping lines and factory.
• Lead WOR for IMS export performance review, issue management and escalations with close engagement with 3rd party forwarders.
• Participate in the discussion with markets to define the right stock cover policy together with Regional Supply Planners.
• Ensure the markets maintained correct transit lead time, deployment strategy, load profiles (container size, type) and etc. Drive correctness of DRP/SNP Master Data & adhere to weekly planning cycle using SAP/APO.
• Collaborate with Event Coordinator to ensure I2L and events are considered in load and dispatch planning.
• Work on prioritization within region, markets and factory. Lead coordination of trial shipments and regulatory documentations (GSI sign off) where applicable.
• Same coordination is required for export to new geographies, especially for SKUs consolidation and documentation.
• Support the preparation for Regional MAR (Detail Execution) by collaborating within region, factory and market teams.
• Ensure usage of standard reporting and analytics tools and dashboards. This include KPIs and outlook like Export WH utilization, stock cover and freshness (aging stocks).

ARE YOU A FIT?

• Minimum 2 years’ work experience in demand or supply planning
• Experience in import/export or shipping industry, with knowledge of Laws & Regulations related to export/import businesses such as customs law, tariff and duty, excise and revenue taxes, FDA, Department of Livestock Development Regulation, would be an advantage
• Excellent command of Thai & English
• Intermediate-advanced computer skills (i.e. MS-Office programs)
• Basic understanding of supply chain processes (particularly Import, Export, Demand & Supply Planning)     
• Strong project management, logical thinking, negotiation, problem solving and leadership skills with excellent service mind