Manager, Global Supply Planning

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Ansell is looking for a Manager, Global Supply Planning, to join our team in Port City, Colombo!

In this position, The Global Supply Planning Manager bears overall accountability for ensuring reliable supply plans within the IBP & S&OE horizon (0-18m) while optimizing inventory across an assigned finished goods portfolio of products and suppliers for all Ansell regions and warehouses worldwide.

Within Mechanical SBU (Strategic Business Unit), the role will be accountable for key activities below:

• Consolidating the unconstrained distribution requirements & direct shipment demand forecast and creating the constrained net requirement plan based on the bottleneck capacity constraint
• Rough cut capacity planning, critical raw material & capacity requirements planning that will enable identification of the bottleneck constraint.
• Optimizing inventory to maximize ROCE and fulfilment of distribution requirements.

Key cross-functional interfaces will be Regional Planning, Global Marketing, Manufacturing Operations, Sourcing and Logistics.

The Global Supply Planning Manager will be the owner of the 0-18m tactical plan and includes anticipation of future constrained situations, working across the organization on optimizing the plan.

What benefits and opportunities does Ansell offer?

• Competitive compensation, including a performance-based annual incentives
• Flexible and hybrid schedule
• An inclusive and collaborative environment that values diversity and fosters an international culture
• Ansell University programs to develop professional and interpersonal skills
• Opportunities to advance and grow within the company

What your role will be?

Constrained Supply Planning

• Run the constrained supply planning process according to the cadence as defined by the organization.
• Consolidate the net DRP (Distribution requirements plan) from regions & DS (direct shipments) demand forecast for assigned product groups/portfolios, working with regional planners to understand the variances from one cycle to another.
• Shape the unconstrained requirements as above according to known supply/capacity constraints as below:
• Adherence to the bottleneck capacity constraints (to be identified via the Rough Cut Capacity Planning process - see below)
• Adherence to size ratio constraints as per the former availabilities
• Adherence to MOQ (minimum order quantities) where-ever applicable
• Adherence to Source(s) of Supply fixed run schedules, wherever applicable
• Adherence to critical raw material (latex/yarn/chemicals etc) availability
• Adherence to inventory targets per region (wherever unconstrained)
• Level loading wherever possible
• Communicate constrained supply forecast with Source(s) of Supply, release constrained supply plan for SBU planning specialist to execute PO placement with Source(s) of Supply.
• Assess gap between constrained supply forecast & unconstrained requirements and provide relevant insight and data points to facilitate communications by regional planning teams to commercial teams and customers
• Work across the organization with different stakeholders in further optimizing the constrained supply plan and to close gap between the constrained supply forecast and unconstrained requirements.
• Prepare CBO projections based on constrained supply plan, work with Regions on identifying root causes, corrective actions & recovery dates.
• Key KPI: Planning (NRP) forecast accuracy, Net CBO, Inventory Cover

Rough Cut Capacity Planning & Constraint Management

• Understand in detail relevant manufacturing capacity for assigned product category and stay informed of any changes and additional interdependencies
• Own capacity parameters for assigned product/capacity group – review capacity data from Operations such as number of working days, line speed, cycle time, OEE etc and calculate line capacity for assigned product category. SBU supply specialists supports in collecting such data per plant.
• Maintain Capacity master data in Logility planning system
• Challenge capacity numbers and output by supplier and work closely with Operations and SoS to ensure optimized output from overall capacity and manufacturing capability for assigned product category, including:
• current and potential (alternate) SoS
• creation and maintenance of available manufacturing capacity at line level
• product and size mix impact at line level
• line level utilization details at product / size mix level
• MOQs/Fixed runs
• identification of bottle necks
• Review capacity utilisation load at different steps & constrain the supply orders to plant based on the bottleneck step
• In situation of capacity constraints, work with operations to debottleneck constraints & create contingency plans. Examples include suggestions of mfg line validations, dual-sourcing options, mfg line modifications, adjustments to MOQs and fixed run production scheduling
• Reconcile regional inventory needs with supply constraints and translate/allocate to regions via committed plan

IBP / Supply Reviews

• Run supply reviews at the cadence as required by SBU with Supply Specialists & Source(s) of Supply to review constrained NRP forecast and handshake on constrained supply plan.
• Provide inputs to Demand/Supply Handoff and other IBP process meetings
• Provide the constrained supply plan input to the IBP Committed Plan
• Support SBU Lead in implementing the global allocations and tracking of global allocation adherence
• Support SBU Lead in IBP topics preparations, preparing planning scenarios/trade-off options for issues related to assigned product portfolio/capacity group.

Product Life Cycle Supply Management

• NPD/phase-in management
• Consolidate demand requirements from Global PPM and ensure that the supply plan of the phase in of NPD is translated into the constrained NRP requirements.
• Ensure master data for NPD is set up in collaboration with Global PPMs, regional planners.
• Communicate status of inventory build with key stakeholders and follow up with Regional Planners on demand actualization & inventory until product stabilizes.
• Phase out management;
• Work with cross functional teams to manage replenishment and forecasting parameters
• Manage risk of raw material and finished goods exposure through analyzing, communicating and optimizing build down/phase out
• Proactively communicate any exposures identified to relevant stakeholders
• Phase in/out management includes key product changes such as new formulations, new formers, new SoS, etc.

Projects (ad hoc)

• Lead or support key enterprise-wide projects

• Lead or support projects within the supply chain improvement initiative

People Management

• Lead and manage a team of supply specialists as appropriate for the product/capacity group

• Coaching/mentoring team

What will you bring to Ansell?

• University degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Science or similar level through experience.
• APICS, Lean/Six Sigma or any supply chain related Certification is a plus.
• 5 years of relevant and transferable experience.
• Deep systems (eg. SAP, Oracle, MS D365, Logility or any other advanced planning optimizers) knowledge
• Supply Chain management within industrial environment and complex manufacturing/distribution flow
• Global/Multicultural team management
• Influencing stakeholders
• Problem solving/root cause analysis skills
• Data analytical skills & able to present data to upper management
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Excellent English, written and spoken. Other languages is a plus.
• Ability to train/coach others
• High numeracy skills, advanced Excel skills.
• Up to 15% global travel required

Join us to lead the world to a safer future, apply today !

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