Source Planner with French language

The successful candidate should have experience in operations, inventory management & planning, demand forecasting, and/or product life cycles. He/she must be able to manage a large portfolio of products, be solution-oriented & able to build/improve efficient processes. This person will be highly analytical, flexible, action and results oriented, self-starting, and be comfortable with computer databases and tools.

The person will also have responsibility for analyzing the production capacity which is needed by an organisation to meet changing demands for its products. He/she must understand how the business operates and cooperate with Production Planners on plans for future capacity requirements. Monitors Production Planning activities to ensure targets are met in-time and on-full; in direct contact with production/factories.

Job Responsibilities:

Develop and manage inventory plan for assigned products
Coordinate new product and product phase out planning with the Brand Management & Sales Team
Prepare Supply Agreement Meeting (SAM) analysis in support of the Sales and Operations Planning Process
Manage inventory in terms of Inventory level, lead time, Turns, Days of Supply and non-performing inventory at the Finished Good and Product Family level
Communicate Supply Status including Production Forecasts to key stakeholders and external Vendors
Work closely with manufacturing partners as well as Asia Planning team to reduce excess of raw material inventory
Monitor and help resolve customer service related issues for assigned products in support of customers, brand manager & Sales parties
Resolve shortage situations by proactively managing and monitoring inventory levels for assigned materials and material types
Create capacity plans which meet business targets
Analyze specifications and capacity to support Production planner in undertaking appropriate calculations to estimate job requirements, in terms of labor, tools, materials and resources
Reconcile variances from original plans and maintain a view of actual against forecast projections
Design and maintain capacity performance reports and statistics to share with internal stakeholders and provide information as required in relation to organizational metrics and updates