Supply Planner FTC - Westville at RCL Foods

RCL Foods entrusts the Supply Planner to:

• Manage the creation and delivery of both the short term and longer-term business supply plans, up to a 24-month horizon, in order to optimise customer service, maximize profit in terms of product mix, minimise cost (processing, distribution and working capital) and facilitate the overall supply chain delivery of innovation.
• Manage the ordering process of packaging and ingredients, as well as the physical management of the packaging and ingredients stores, and associated stock levels (including stock accuracy and obsolescence). Responsibility includes determining when Finished Goods or raw materials need to be procured either locally or imported to supplement inhouse production. This may also mean working with the commodities procurement team in order to secure key materials,
• Where applicable, manage the loading and despatch of Finished Goods to meet customer delivery requirements (time slots, delivery equipment and snake loading) and ensure all commercial requirements are reconciled with the finance team.

Minimum Requirements    

• Relevant 3 year degree or Supply Chain Diploma
• 7 years’ experience in the supply chain of which 3 years should be in a management position

Duties & Responsibilities    
Strategic Planning:

• Using the forward demand plan, ensure that there is a a forward supply plan for 12 - 24 months. This will be used to determine where capacity constraints exist (eg: production line capacity / bottlenecks, shortages in key inbound materials like birds, key ingredients or packaging) and used as input to capex discussions.
• Provide input into the 5 year strategic planning process when requested

Functional Strategy into Action Operationalisation:

• Work in conjunction with other Senior Managers in the Supply Chain team to co-create the supply chain strategy, based on a 1-2 years view of requirements.
• Facilitate integrated supply chain delivery by managing relationships and interaction with cross functional teams (planning, manufacturing, sourcing distribution and customer), both nationally and regionally.
• Direct input into the annual functional "Strategy into Action" plan.
• Ensure the agreed SIA is implemented through team targets and that these targets align cross functionally within area of responsibility.
• Coordinate and drive the supply chain planning projects when applicable.

Supply Planning of Finished Goods and key input materials:

• Manage the supply planning process across all plants to ensure the national supply plan is balanced against the demand plan, for the next rolling 18-24 months.
• Facilitate the overall delivery of the demand plan within the category’s supply chain working across functions like customer, processing, procurement and distribution.
• Ensure that customer demand is appropriately met through active management of days cover, any agreed model stcok where appropriate, and providing guidance on priorities, both by SKU or customer.
• Deliver optimal customer service while maximizing profitability and minimizing distribution (both transport and storage) costs by managing the planning of stock carefully across regions or sites, where applicable.
• Ensure that the Rough Cut Capacity Plans (RCCP) meet the customer service targets, while meeting stock and cost (working capital and factory recoveries, warehouse and transport) targets (timeframe: weeks 1 – 104).
• Using the RCCP, manage and make recommendations on potential inhouse processing capacity constraints, factory capex requirements, and/or potential shortfalls against demand in order to meet customer demand (using the monthly rolling forecasts).
• Provide the Distribution and Customer Service Manager with the anticipated forward space and stock movement plan on a rolling monthly basis.
• Ensure that all plans maximise product mix to drive up profitability.

Short Term Supply Planning (Production Planning and MRP call-off):

• Drive the delivery of a detailed production plan to the factory taking into account factory constraints (line capacity, labour/ shift patterns), distribution constraints (warehousing and transport) as well as internal inbound constraints (birds, transporting of inhouse materials from other facilities) and external supplier constraints (eg: ingredients and packaging materials).
• Manage production that is made at a third party or remote in-house facility in line with RCL Foods’ planning procedures and take the necessary steps to align all new facilities to meet these requirements.

Stock Management (Finished Goods, Raw Materials, Packaging and Ingredients):

• Manage national stock covers, ensuring that the minimum and maximum days target covers are set in a manner that takes into account variability of both demand and supply (ie: using an appropriate inventory planning model).
• Manage stock builds to ensure that customer service levels, profitability and cost targets, as well as peak period capacity constraints are met.
• When/where appropriate, agree stocking holding of specific materials or facilities with the Distribution and / Customer Service Excellence Manager.  

Material Requirements Planning (Packaging & Ingredients):

• Ensure that the national material requirements plan that is generated is appropriate and meets the forward packaging and ingredients requirements for a rolling 12 month forward plan. The first 13 weeks should be done in weekly buckets, thereafter in monthly buckets using the RCCP.
• Manage the company’s financial exposure to excessive stock holding and potential write-offs.
• Work closely with the procurement team to determine opportunities for reduced stock holding, minimum order quantities and reducing overall complexity in packaging/ingredients

Distribution Management:

• To manage the despatch environment, including customer deliveries and the returns process to ensure customer service level targets are maximised with the stock that is available, and that the team’s productivity and performance are effectively managed at lowest cost
• Ensure that the distribution requirements of each customer is met. This includes understanding delivery time slots, loading equipment (like dollies and lugs)

Sales and Operations Planning:

• Provide input into company-wide demand planning process and continuous improvement initiatives within the S&OP business process, particularly for balancing supply against the demand plan.

Innovation/Discontinuation:

• Drive the delivery of innovation into the supply chain, including the management of innovation planning, production planning and managing the introduction, discontinuation or bleed-out of old products.

Food Solutions Contractual Agreements:

• Ensure that contractual stock holding and service levels are met by actively driving the operations supporting these contracts.
• Meet regularly with appropriate customers (including with customer managers and demand planning) to drive correct stock holding policies and innovation management through the supply chain.

Supply Chain Reporting:

• Measure national KPI's and issue monthly KPI reports that are shared appropriately within the regions and use the KPI's to drive action plans where appropriate.

Project Management / Participation:

• Be involved in appropriate project work that drives the continuous improvement in supply chain processes, cost reduction initiatives as well as technology improvement projects (eg: SAP, MACs, Barnton, Advanced Planning Systems).

Administration:

• Oversee filing and safeguarding of records within area of responsibility.

Staff Management:

• Monitor staff performance and provide regular feedback.
• Manage staff activities, ensuring service levels are met and protocols are adhered to.

Closing Date    
2023/07/15