Supply Planner

Job Title: Supply Planner

Position Summary
The Supply Planner is responsible for managing end to end supply chain planning activities while maintaining strong partnerships with Commercial organizations, Business Groups, Manufacturing teams, and suppliers.
This role ensures product availability, accurate planning data, and optimal inventory levels through proactive analysis, scenario planning, and execution of key supply chain and production planning processes.
Key Responsibilities

End-to-End Supply Planning
• Manage relationships with Commercial teams, Business Groups, Manufacturing teams, and suppliers to ensure seamless supply chain operations.
• Maintain accurate master data in SAP and JDA/BlueYonder systems to support rule based planning.
• Execute PDLM phase in/phase out planning activities.
• Lead the monthly S&OP Supply Review, defining and reviewing mid and long term supply plans.
Master Production Schedule (MPS) & Detailed Scheduling
• Plan, control, and maintain the short term Master Production Schedule (MPS), balancing customer demand and inventory levels.
• Collaborate with Production Planners to ensure a feasible and constrained MPS, taking into account equipment and labor capacity.
• Support creation of weekly simulation versions of the MPS/DPS for scenario evaluation.
• Align with Operations/Production teams to minimize changeover times and maintain optimized production sequences.
Capacity & Constraint Management
• Identify capacity constraints during MPS creation and communicate issues proactively to Production Planning teams.
• Evaluate constrained MPS outputs against installed production capacity to ensure feasibility.
Material Requirements & Inventory Support
• Support MRP processes by ensuring accurate demand signals flow into production scheduling.
• Coordinate with operational buyers and factory planning teams on material shortages, planned orders, and replenishment triggers.
• Monitor stock levels for finished, semi finished, and raw materials to ensure alignment with production needs.
Production Planning
• Review weekly frozen week production schedules jointly with production and OMM teams and ensure updates are accurately reflected in SAP.
• Ensure production plans are feasible based on latest constraints and fully synchronized with upstream demand and downstream commitments.
Allocation & Risk Management
• Make allocation proposals when the order book exceeds production capacity or material availability.
• Perform scenario mapping and root cause analysis to mitigate supply and production risks.
• Build allocations and constraint based strategies that protect customer service levels.
Operational Excellence
• Drive key performance indicators such as CSL Availability, CSP, SRM, SRMS, DPMA, and inventory health metrics (inventory as % of MAT sales, excess & aging stock).
• Support factory level KPIs including CLIP, LAP, MIP, and PIPO execution.
• Support Blueheart/BlueYonder manual PO process during transition to automation.
Qualifications & Competencies

Education & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations, Business, or related field; Master's preferred.
• 3-5+ years in supply planning and production planning roles with exposure to S&OP, MPS, PDLM, and PIPO processes.
Technical Skills
• Proficiency in SAP for MPS, MRP, routing, and production schedule alignment.
• Experience with JDA/BlueYonder for advanced rule based supply and production planning.
• Strong Excel and data visualization skills.
• Ability to support manual PO workflows during system transitions.
Planning Expertise
• Experience generating or supporting constrained and unconstrained MPS cycles and evaluating capacity fit.
• Skilled at integrating production schedules with supply plans, ensuring smooth alignment between demand, supply, and factory operations.
• Ability to lead S&OP supply reviews and represent supply plans in cross-functional forums.
Analytical & Problem Solving
• Strong capability in scenario planning, root cause analysis, and constraint based decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to improve operational KPIs such as CLIP, LAP, MIP, and PIPO.
Stakeholder Collaboration
• Works effectively with Production Planning, OMM, Operations Management, OEM suppliers, and Commercial & Business Groups.
• Able to communicate capacity risks, supply scenarios, and production impacts clearly in S&OP and SteerCo meetings.