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Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture

Role purpose

This section describes the overall purpose of the role, why it exists, and how it adds value to the business. It is a summary list of up to six statements for key result areas where the role holder will have decision-making responsibility.

• Coordinate to ensure that the material scheduling strategy and processes are in place and work effectively to ensure material supply meets production requirements with minimum stock levels, whilst optimizing costs.
• Take ownership of material planning issues that arise, including over or under-delivery, and take any follow-up actions, especially in the event of material shortages that affect production.
• Manage & Flag inventory risk and ensure that contingency plans are in place.
• Seek and recommend solutions to overcome issues arising to meet production requirements and address operational risks
• Liaison with the local procurement department for local bulk and co-formulant availability.
• Develop, agree, and implement KPIs for material supply for Crop protection supply.
• Provide necessary capacity inputs for the ROP cycle.
• Daily reporting of Supply vs demand Gaps and close monitoring & reporting of Inventory targets.
• Ensure the integrity of Bill of Materials (BOM) and inventory accuracy at all times and manage and control inventory levels and movements
• Liaise with production facility for real time capacity calculation and availability for optimum production plan loading
• Perform an active role in PK Export’s initiative by coordinating timely production and F&P activities; be the first point of contact for export orders processing and developing and maintain a stock/inventory segregation mechanism for local vs exports
• Liaison with production facility for conformance to plan with respect to weekly and monthly plans.
• Establishing close working relationship with local commercial and production teams to ensure smooth operation of the Demand and Supply Management cycle.
• Effective usage of SAP, APO (SAP), Qlik and other e-tools in Planning scope.

• People management, Material resource planning, Forecasting and ERP.
• 2 – 5 years in planning function.
• SAP knowledge
• People management skills, Problem-solving, Interpersonal, and time management skills,