Country Supply and Inventory Planner

Job Description - Country Supply and Inventory Planner (0090BG)

Country Supply and Inventory Planner - 0090BG

Do you dream of working in a company that is driven by a meaningful purpose? An inclusive company that empowers you to do your best and be innovative?

We are looking for  Country Supply and Inventory Planner to make an impact!

At  Schneider Electric  , we believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. We empower all to do more with less, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. We provide energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability.

Key mission of the Regional Supply Planner is to lead the execution and continuous improvement of a monthly, cross-functional, distribution forecasting process for his/her respective territory. The primary objective is to drive inventory/supply KPI’s to target to ultimately improve on-time delivery (customer service) while allowing for reduced inventory requirements. Candidate will be a confident and credible voice representing the Supply Planning function and taking ownership to drive cash efficiency.

Essential duties and responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Accountable to reach performance on Distribution Forecast Accuracy, Inventory, Unhealthy Stock (UHS), Customer Service, Cost to Serve, etc. through control of COGS-in & COGS-out volume planning.

• Support the monthly Sales, Inventory and Operation Meetings (SIOP) with the participation of Country president, Business Units VPs, Country CFOs, GSC Logistic Heads, CS&Q Directors, and other related functions. Articulate the key demand, inventory and operation challenge in respective BU/Zone or country and facilitate the consensus discussion for solution and decisions.

• Run Distribution Requirement Planning for defined perimeter (Products X DCs) and upload the forecast at reference level in ERP for execution at all nodes. Animate the regional monthly Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) for full transactional business scope within defined perimeter (Products X DCs) and upload the forecast at reference level in ERP for execution at all nodes.

• Understand demand drivers to ensure right balance of demand / supply in collaboration with Downstream Planning Leaders and the Demand Planners (deviation & assumptions)in the region planners + Supply & Inventory Planners in other regions, supporting NPI/EOL projects in collaboration with Supply Chain Design Leaders of the Business Unit.

• Define, plan, update, and ensure compliance of Replenishment Strategy & Supply Chain Parameters (stocking policy, time-phased safety stock, forecast upload and consumption rules, reorder point, ramp up/down linked to strategic inventory and anticipation stocks, lead-time) & ensure master data consistency to achieve expected customer service while optimizing the health & level of inventory.

• Plan & ensure industrial transfers and in compliance with the Network Modelling guidelines (number of steps / "authorized DC" through a dashboard).

• Identify Circular Supply Chain opportunities (rebalance, promotion, re-use, re-distribute, repair, recycle) & ensure execution in collaboration with flow controllers.

• Prepare DRP handshake with stakeholders as well as E2E Supply Review & proactively inform / escalate Manufacturing Supply Risk Alerts in SIOP.

• Prepare what-if simulation to propose scenario on (de)/Growth impact and recovery plan.

• Proactive participation in projects linked to customer and inventory initiatives such as Offer Optimization (O2), Industrial Transfer, Network Modelling, Transport Optimization, etc.

• Proactively facilitating, re-engineering, best practices & consensus between functional experts (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, LoB planning, Sales & Marketing, Logistics, cross-functional stakeholders, and Finance) and continuously self-learning.

Qualifications

Experience and skills we are looking for:

• Strong background in Demand planning & Forecasting. Working knowledge of IBF (Integrated Business Forecasting), SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning)
• Experience using SAP (DRP, MM module) &/or Kinaxis (sales forecast and DRP module), or other ERP statistical software packages
• Strong analytical abilities /High level of data analytics skills – forecast modeling
• Good communication, independent, team player and strong team building skills
• IT Skill (Create Tableau, database, Power Query, Advanced excel, Office) is preferrable to support his or her analysis
• Ability to lead cross-functionally with strong collaborative skills in getting consensus among teams in mitigating demand gaps & supply gaps under planning point of view
• Mature, confident, and collaborative. Capable to directly engage senior executives at VP or SVP level.
• Customer Collaborative planning experience is preferred.
• 3-5+ years experiences / Background in Supply Chain (Planning / Production / Procurement / Logistics) Working in cross-functional environment 
• Tertiary qualifications in a commercial or logistics (Business, engineering, or related field)