Planning Executive

Duties and responsibilities:

• Overview together with the Team the demand (forecast) from APAC Regional Sales team, as well as from Global SCM for all end products intended for production in Malaysia.
• Enter the collected data into SAP and ensure continuous follow-up and update on that data to optimize accuracy on regular basis.
• Compiled the APAC demand (forecast) in excel sheet and share to subsidiary in China and Germany.
• Preparing raw materials forecast to suppliers and HQ in Germany.
• Consistently communicating with APAC Regional Sales team in terms of material availability and other material related issues.
• Support Macro production planner and scheduling of all incoming orders to ensure the Company can meet Customers’ demand and requirements in a timely manner.
• Allocate the demand for raw materials to the production schedule, ensuring fulfillment of the existing orders.
• Create and coordinate the raw material demand plan together with Purchasing, to ensure availability, timely deliveries to Malaysia plant and securing safety stocks according to production schedule and/or sales forecast.
• Work closely with Purchasing and Inbound Logistics department to keep track of incoming raw materials to meet/ adjust of production schedule.
• Review raw material delivery plan (overall raw materials and strategic raw materials) and amend the delivery plan if necessary.
• Assisting APAC Regional Sales team to update material cost as well as to input relevant costs into SAP to facilitate analysis and market trends.
• Work closely with procurement and product stewardship team for new materials and finish good introduced.
• Escalate to APAC Regional Sales team for raw materials that are close to expiry date, if possible, to produce in advance.
• Keep track of raw material inventories and overview finished goods inventories, as well as in/out schedules to assist Warehouse Management in the space planning to keep the warehouse in optimal conditions.
• Responsible and analyze on the Product Costing in SAP.
• Maintain and Computation of actual and standard costing
• Compile and analyze product related costing and reporting
• Calculate finished goods (FG) standard cost for selling price
• Provide constant feedback to help identify opportunities to improve existing processes to maximize simplicity and achieve a lean supply chain network.
• Member of Food Safety Team, responsible to coordinate and improve the food safety issue. Ensure to report if detected any quality or food safety issue and participate in resolving it.
• Preparing month end-to-end report – budgeted, forecast, and actual sales comparison.

Educational & Professional Background

• 3-5 years’ experience in either Supply Chain, Planning and/or Procurement
• Degree holder in either Supply Chain, Management, Business Administration and/or Logistics
• Prior experience working in, or providing services to, the food industry (or related industries)
• Experience with working with ERP systems is preferred.
• Proficiency with standard software tools such MS Office
• Technical knowledge in Food Hygiene standards, HACCP, FSSC and other food safety requirement.
• Fluent in English and Bahasa Melayu, both written and spoken. Ability to speak or write in German and Chinese is an added advantage.