Principle Accountabilities:
Maintain the safety goals around Planning, no injure and recordable incident as first priority.
Create, validate and maintain a valid materials plan based upon the Master Production Schedule.
Ensure the right materials are procured at the right time, quality and quantity to minimize production and storage costs, based on the material plan.
Schedule and manage the execution of material deliveries against existing contracts or purchase orders.
Assess and respond to expected raw material storage and distribution capacity requirements based upon supplier lead times.
Lead resolution of short-term supply/demand imbalances for ingredients and packaging materials.
Identify and initiate response to raw material service/quality complaints from manufacturing. Initiate return material process involving QA and Sourcing.
Participate in and provide data for evaluation of supplier service performance and work with sourcing and suppliers to improve performance.
Execute the plans for slow-moving/obsolete raw materials for disposition. Manage health of raw materials, semi-finished and packaging materials.
Communicates with manufacturing, plant technical, purchasing, and master scheduling personnel regarding supply problems and their resolutions.
Leads the continuous improvement of the material planning process
Maintain accurate raw material and supplier master data including planning parameters suchas order quantities or lot sizes, lead times and safety stocks.
Identify inaccurate raw material inventory records and initiate actions to address.
Skill and Knowledge Required:
With college degree or above
At least 2 years' relevant working experience
Good knowledge of Import and export transaction
Supply Chain knowledge is a plus
Excellent computer skills, to include MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel are also required
Strong communication capability in both English and Mandarin
Proactive, a good team player, and willing to learn and take extra responsibility
SAP experiences a plus.