Main Purpose of the Job

Ensure availability of materials to fulfill the requirements of the production plans within the agreed cost boundaries.

Strategic:

1) Responsible for the planning activities of raw & packing materials to meet factory production program requirement at accepted & required quality & quantity. 2) Optimize inventory holding costs vs delivery frequency/related costs for major/key materials (Raw & Pack & inclusive non-saleable HALB).

3) To fulfill launch of a constrained, feasible and realistic Detailed Production Schedule (DPS) plans for Finished/Semi-Finished Goods for production run in consensus with MPS planner.

Operational :

To monitor and expedite delivery of materials to ensure timely delivery for production. To manage day-to-day materials requirement planning (MRP) for factory and ensure Detailed Production Scheduling is consistently delivering achievable plans for factory's operations within given Master Production Schedule. To coordinate & liaise with relevant stakeholders (Production, QO, Application & Technology Group, Warehouse, etc.) in area relating to MRP planning to ensure timely supply for local and export sales with inclusive of customer orders fulfillment for both export & local shipment. Highlight in the event of high stock of factory's related materials due to drop in demand forecast or low inventory stock with sudden surge in demand.

Manage exceptions & Follow up with relevant stakeholders on corrective and preventive actions :-

a) Quality non conformance – liaison with QO team on estimated release, salvaging method and recovery plans & liaise with Procurement team on supplier performance improvement.

b) Material shortfalls – review on the delivery plan and reschedule recovery based on next arrival date with liaison with Procurement team where need be.

Key Outputs

Key Experiences

Two or more years of relevant operational experience at factory/market level is useful, in at least one of the following areas:

• Factory Planning

• Supply Planning

• Shelf Life management

Experience in the following processes would be highly beneficial:

• Product lifecycle process

• Factory Master data management

• Experience in export or shipping industry is an additional advantage

1. Core knowledge of the 10 principles and expert knowledge in our areas of responsibility.

Key Knowledge

• Integration points between the Material Management Planning, Supply planning and Procurement Operations

• Warehouse management for raw & packaging materials, inventory counting/Master Production scheduling / Factory Operations / Quality management / Supply Chain KPIs

• Material and product portfolio (type of demand, seasonality, lifecycle status, shelf life management)

Work Location

No 1 Tuas South Ave 4

Singapore 637609