Material Planner (Las Palas)

The Production Planner is responsible for defining the daily, weekly, and monthly production plan and evaluating all the variables in the process and striving to ensure that production objectives are achieved. The production plans typically have a time horizon of about the 0-13 weeks and 1-15 months. This job contributes to Nutreco’s success by ensuring the high level of competence within the Supply area and ensure a smooth and cost-efficient flow of our production operations as an integrated part of the SC process]. The process of production planning aims to draw up, monitor and alter an optimal production plan for the assigned part of the supply network (operational and tactical horizon) based on the consolidated demand plans, taking into consideration predefined service level agreements, inventory levels and planning parameters to realise the requested performance at the lowest possible cost. The production planner is responsible for making, monitoring, and adjusting the detailed operational production planning for plant(s) based on a supply (network) plan in order to link with promised service levels. The Production Planner plays a crucial role as liaison between Demand Planning, who is the commercial liaison and Operations. The Material Planner is responsible for the timely arrangement of raw and auxiliary materials to be able to produce the optimal supply and production plan. Manages and controls inventory in his/her remit to ensure optimal stock levels purchased items are made available when required and without exceeding practical and financial limits or delaying customer orders. This job contributes to Nutreco’s success by ensuring a high level of competence within the Planning area. The process of material planning aims to draw up, monitor and alter an optimal material plan for the plant(s) production plan. Taking into consideration predefined service level agreements, inventory levels and planning parameters to realise the requested performance at the lowest possible cost. The Material Planner plays a crucial role as a liaison between Production Planning, Operations and Procurement / formulation. The Demand Planner is responsible for defining the monthly demand forecast for one or more product groups on a 1–15 month time horizon. To establish this forecast the Demand Planner must use a combination of statistical analysis of sales history, along with enrichment from sales. The enrichment from sales could include information such as sales promotions, new item introductions or customer losses. The Demand Plan/Forecast which is created is crucial input for the IBP process as it becomes the basis for assessing the ability to supply. Therefore, the Demand Planner plays a crucial role as a conduit between Sales and market prospects and Operations. Along with the monthly forecasting process, the Demand Planner is responsible for the in-depth analysis of forecast accuracy performance to identify how to improve forecast accuracy. Exploring different forecasting methods/techniques, how to use the Demand Planning software more effectively and other aspects that will improve the accuracy of the forecast. : JOB CONTEXT Production planning, Material Planning and Demand Plannig is a key role in the IBP process, as the forecast it delivers will enable operations to meet the production targets timely, efficient, and cost effective. The Production Planner combines variety of information from sales, supply chain / procurement, operations (timely, as accurate as possible, useable in qualitative and quantitative terms) in order to properly plan the products that need to be produced. The Production Planner delivers an important piece of information for the IBP cycle. The Production Planner role has typically a planning horizon of 1 to 15 months on monthly buckets and 3 months in weekly buckets The level of the role depends on the scope and complexity, based on number of customers and size & complexity of the product portfolio. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Production Planning
- Creates the Production plans based on approved demand plan (forecast) which is enriched by inputs from the commercial teams; for the operational (0-13 weeks) and tactical horizon (1-15 months)
- Understand and anticipate on business developments and translate these into the Production plan: e.g. new product introductions, phase-in/out, events, seasonality, tenders, contracts.
- As approved by IBP cycle as well as follow the business priorities set, secure Production plan constraining in case of supply restrictions and share the results with internal stakeholders (e.g. Operations, Commercial, Demand Planning and customer service)
- Co-prepares, with e.g. Supply Planning manager and SC Manager the Supply review meeting MT IBP meeting
- Follow-up of the decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle of the organisation and/or supply points
- First point of contact for the Demand Planning team as well as Customer Service teams for the operational and/or tactical planning horizon
- Production scheduling (plan)
- Translates the Production plan / customer orders into an optimal production schedule for the various production processes (receival & dispatch, mixing and filling departments) in a planning tool for the operational horizon (week X
- X+1), considering the technical production & quality requirements and constraints
- Communicates detailed planning through M3 with supply & material planning, production, warehousing, maintenance & logistics to ensure an optimal service level & efficient usage of resources
- Continuously monitors production output to ensure that presente production meets scheduled production output and raise foreseen issues, advises corrective and preventive actions
- Adjusts production schedule and plan based on changes in the supply plan or real production output
- Consult with maintenance, engineering and product development with respect to time for (interim) maintenance, repair scheduling and trial productions
- Aligns with Material Planner or team lead in case of availability issues
- Creates robust production schedule that anticipates ad-hoc production or distribution issues
- Solves problems and provides timely solution to ensure minimal impact to customer. Identifies most appropriate action plan and effectively communicates plans to internal and external stakeholders
- Distribution planning of products (if applicable)
- Placing distribution orders between raw material warehouses
- Monitoring planning (PDCA-cycle) & Analysis
- Maintain Production planning master data, parameters and systems/software. Maintains relevant data, monitors and analyses to enable the PDCA cycle
- Drive continuous improvement of the Plant(s) and production lines conformance to plan in alignment with Operations teams
- Coordinate any activities related to the constraining and allocation process for the organisation and/or supply points and ensure the match of Production & supply
- Prepares and monitors the planning related KPIs to help identify improvement areas and monitor performance
- Keeps up to date with the latest planning theory and concepts in order to become as effective as possible
- Coordinate with Operations and Demand Planning to determine priorities, corrective and preventive actions to prevent OOS and Waste in accordance with the internal procedures
- Continuously look for opportunities & improvements within daily work context and take ownership in implementing solutions
- Continuous improvement & Projects
- Proposes improvements to the (production) planning process and putting it into practice.
- Leads and/or participates in various projects with the aim of improving our End-2-End planning reliability and planning processes Material Planning
- Planning of raw and auxiliary materials
- Determines the number of auxiliary materials, packaging materials and ingredients needed given the internal stock policies to assure the availability of materials based on production planning
- Creates the Material plans based on MRP from the approved production plan for the operational (0-13 weeks) horizon
- Adjusts planning based on changes in the production schedule or real production output
- Aligns with schedule, supply planner or lead in case of availability issues
- Anticipates plans based on ad hoc production or distribution issues
- As approved by IBP cycle as well as follow the business priorities set, secure Production/Material plan constraining in case of supply restrictions and share the results with internal stakeholders (e.g. Operations)
- Co-prepares, with e.g. Production Planner, Supply Network Planner and SC Manager the Supply review meeting.
- Follow-up on the decisions/constraints from the IBP cycle of the organisation and/or supply points
- Ordering of raw and auxiliary materials
- Placing purchase orders with suppliers, calls of raw materials and auxiliary materials at suppliers considering contract agreements and lead times to ensure timely delivery
- Placing distribution orders from external warehouses
- Switches in time to contingency supplier in case of shortage to prevent delivery issues
- Discusses complaints with suppliers about delivery issues such as lead times, quality, packaging
- Sends out purchase orders of raw materials and auxiliary materials to suppliers considering the lead time
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with suppliers, resolving concerns and evaluating performance
- Support Procurement with supplier meetings and negotiations
- Distribution planning of materials (if applicable)
- Optimize use of external warehouses
- Placing distribution …