Demand Requirement Planner

Job title: Demand Requirement Planner

Job description: We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering paints company that’s committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com.

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Job Purpose

Responsible for distribution requirements and activities to ensure optimized distribution of products from factories and central warehouses towards the different regional/global warehouses to support customer service. Understand market demand and customer needs in order to best divide the production plan and allocate inventory.

Total Compensation

• $70,000 to $80,000 annually
• 3 weeks vacation
• 5 sick/personal days + company determined floater days
• Annual Bonus
• Health & Dental Benefits including life insurance
• Healthcare spending account
• Employee assistance program

Location

This position can be performed from any one of our 5 distribution centres located in:

• Burnaby, British columbia
• Edmonton, Alberta
• Calgary, Alberta
• Dorval, Quebec
• Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

This is a hybrid position where you can work from home up to 2 days a week.

Key Accountabilities

• Creating of the distribution requirement plan to ensure optimized distribution of products from factories and central warehouses towards the different regional/global warehouses to support customer service. Understand market demand and customer needs in order to best divide the production plan and allocate inventory.
• Manage activities related to distribution planning to secure demand (forecast and orders) in line with the required customer service offer (in reliability, lead-time, MOQ and mode of transport). Ensure availability in line with MRP parameters, replenishment strategy and production/ supplier capabilities.
• Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
• Ensure good communication and integration with other planning teams, manufacturing, logistics, customer service and other stakeholders. Drive MDI meeting & gate keeping meetings with other departments and support with providing relevant KPI’s to measure performance.
• Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required planning activities (SLOBs, Inventories and Service across scope site / supply points).

Production Planning Responsibilities

• Manage the supply and replenishments across the whole supply network & review mid term and long term outlook of the supply plan against resources and warehouse capacities.
• Ensure consolidation of independent, dependent and distribution demand at SKU level.
• Requirements inventory setting and DRP process management. Resolve exceptions in accordance with IBP rules.
• Distribution plan full horizon/ weekly/ daily release for Stock Transfer Orders / ICDs depending on the flows.
• Inventory plan volume and value projection and warehouse/ logistics capacity planning.
• Reviews logistics schedule adherence and drive improvement including optimization of truck load management.
• Manage demand exceptions with Demand managers/planner, logistics and Supply Planning Manager.
• Drive gate keeping meetings with the other departments and support with providing relevant KPI’s to measure performance.
• Provide impact analysis when needed to show the impact of decisions or scenarios to the plan. Support on reporting where necessary.
• Balance service level (OTIF- On Time and In Full) and inventory targets (OWC) at the primary and/or secondary DC’s, while understanding cost impacts on manufacturing.
• Manage reduction and prevention of slow and obsolete stock. Ensure rework and scrapping at the primary and/or secondary DC’s
• Monitor FINI distributed to distribution centres as contact point to resolve over/under stock position. Execute and support allocation of constraint supply to demand/ create needed visibility through network.
• Good understanding of production and distribution throughput times. Ensure replenishment policies are defined and maintained for all SKUs, considering, shipment restrictions, shipment calendar, etc… including inventory stocking policies, safety stock levels on ERP system.
• Drive gate keeping meetings with the other departments and support with providing relevant KPI’s to measure performance.
• Balance service level (OTIF) and inventory targets (OWC), whilst understanding cost impacts on manufacturing.
• Manage reduction and prevention of slow and obsolete stock. Ensure rework and scrapping at the site/primary distribution centre.
• Inputs to inventory strategy including safety stock settings on existing, new and phase-out products.
• Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
• Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required planning activities.

Level of Autonomy

• Decisions related to creation and releasement of the master production planning
• Low-impact exception management decisions
• Change replenishment model for a concrete SKU (e.g. from Pull to Push)
• Adjust replenishment policies for a set of products
• High level of autonomy with low level of supervision and guidance but ensuring alignment.

Job Requirements

• University Education (e.g. Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics or other relevant discipline) with Degree or equivalent qualification
• At least 1-year experience in Supply Planning in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Retail
• High-level understanding of the trade-offs between service, inventory and costs.
• Strong desire to challenge and improve status-quo
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and able to work under-pressure
• Able to work in English. Understanding and sensitivity to different cultural behaviours.
• Experience on Supply Planning in SAP and BI is an asset
• High-level understanding of the trade-offs between service, inventory and costs.
• A comprehensive understanding of existing and future capacity plans/constraints (RCCP) at the manufacturing plant and distribution network, and knowledge of how production capacity can be flexed to meet demand.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 34187 #LI-KT

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