Supply Chain Planner

INEOS Phenol • League City, TX

383d

About The Position

The jobholder steers the planning process for their production units with the sales team, Business and Product Manager as well as the operations team. The job holder will report to the Supply Chain Team Leader. The jobholder proposes the allocations of products on different production units to deliver required customer service levels and minimize total cost (production, distribution). In order to maximize sales volumes and minimize costs, the jobholder has to coordinate with the local production site's engineers, the sales team and the business to understand and challenge internal or external constraints in order to ensure the best plan is implemented. The jobholder ensures the business strategy is implemented through continuous interaction with business, Product Manager and other functional teams, challenging performance in these areas; and therefore participate actively in delivering the EBITDA and Cash targets. The jobholder ensures full product availability at all times taking into account shutdown, flexibility & constraints of the business and other Oxide related businesses.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, applicable work experience, or combination of education and equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Previous related experience preferred in Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Site Logistics, Supply Chain, and Logistics.
• Fluency in English essential.
• Understanding of supply chain / logistics and customer specific requirements.
• Understanding of the logistics, and technical standards and regulations.
• Understanding of basic product characteristics and high consequence dangerous goods logistics.
• Understanding of the US Chemicals markets: customers, suppliers and competitors.
• Ability to work with MS-Office and SAP IT tools efficiently and effectively.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a similar role within the chemical industry.
• Knowledge of safety and environmental regulations in the chemical sector.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire unit Planning including Terminals.
• Coordinate and challenge production and sales forecasts.
• Focus on Short and Mid Term S&OP activities and own the planning process for his/her units.
• Manage the supply/demand balance by liaising with manufacturing sites, business manager, product manager, sales managers and customer service group.
• Optimize overall performance of the production sites by continuous monitoring, allocating, optimizing orders and transport means.
• Seek, propose and implement creative solutions to overcome short term supply interruptions.
• Manage operational variances in the months versus supply/sales forecast.
• Work with and challenge the sales team to ensure sales forecast match sales and business targets.
• Support the product and business manager in identifying and executing co-producer contract/swap deal opportunities.
• Issue a monthly and yearly raw material requirement plan.
• Lead the weekly meeting with the sites and report to business.
• Ensure effective usage of the logistics fleet.
• Identify and support continuous improvement initiatives linked to Planning.
• Cover for the other Product Planners.
• Schedule and enter Transfer Orders into SAP.
• Manage terminal stock balance process during month-end close.
• Closely coordinate with the Rail Specialist regarding rail car availability and allocation.
• Manage day to day terminal activities.
• Receive pipeline raw materials into SAP.
• Review and approve invoices for material received or services performed.
• Assist/implement improvement projects for Supply Chain.

Benefits

• Employee ownership opportunities.
• Commitment to safety and health.
• Continuous improvement culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees