Planning Lead (MPS)

Supply planning process aims to identify, prioritize and aggregate supply resources for an OpCo, based on demand plan and customer requirements.

It supports overall inventory planning for finished goods and allows the alignment of inventory targets to service levels while reducing overall working capital.
Supply planning Lead - MPS gives a reliable outlook on inventory of finished goods at brewery level across planning horizons.

Supply planning Lead - MPS reports to the Supply Planning Manager - Networking.

Supply planning Lead - MPSmust comply with the Planning standards and procedures and is responsible for the creation of weekly Production plan (rolling 26 weeks). Supply planning Lead - MPS follow the process of Supply planning fundamentals in HEINEKEN: Master Data, Inventory Optimization, Service Level Agreement.

The scope of activities is defined as follows:

Short term (Operational horizon):

Long term (Tactical horizon):

In the execution of his/her daily tasks, the Planning Lead - MPS interacts with various internal stakeholders: Production, Scheduling, Demand Planning, NPI Coordinator, Marketing, Logistics (Warehousing and Distribution), Customer Service.

• Budget: None
• Impact:

• Direct: 0
• Indirect: 0

• Generate feasible supply plans (including inventory), in line with business plan, budget, demand plan and main bottle necks in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.
• Reliable supply plans with clear explanation on underlying assumptions.

• Analyse and update (if required) the production and supply plans in the short time frame, balancing production and material constraints and required service levels, because of any changes to the plan, involving relevant stakeholders.
• Critical short notice changes are reflected in supply plans.

• Generate and discuss alternative scenarios on the supply plan for the S&OP process, with clearly listed assumptions and risk assessment on volume and cost.
• Insight in consequences, possibilities, and bottlenecks in the supply planning.

• Coordinate and monitor the supply planning processes, considering the interdependencies with demand planning, brewing, scheduling, material planning and NPI activities.
• Lead Weekly Demand & Supply Review meeting.
• Lead the Supply Review preparation and contribute to the Supply Review meeting by delivering timely and accurate information.
• Processes run smoothly and are well aligned with other processes in- and outside the company.

• Identify gaps between actual and required performance, discuss and update planning parameters accordingly (OPI, stock levels, lot size, system master data).
• Keep update parameters to ensure capacity planning is up to date.
• Key contact point to work with local and global support teams to solve system issue.
• Lead improvement project related to ESP system.
• Improved planning performance.

• Initiate, implement and embed improvements to production and supply planning processes and procedures and supports TPM initiatives.
• Reduced losses (TPM)
• Improved processes and procedures.

• Provide clear and accurate information on supply planning performance.
• Management information provides insight in performance and enables stakeholders to make decisions and determine or adjust strategy.

• Communicate the various plans and their impact to relevant stakeholders.
• Stakeholders are timely informed to take appropriate action.