Supply Chain Planner, EOA

INEOS•Pasadena, TX

3d•Onsite

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: 1) deliver required customer service levels 2) 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 and 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.
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 (i.e. flashpoints, freezing points, ADR etc.)
Understanding of the US Chemicals markets: customers, suppliers and competitors.
Ability to work with MS-Office and SAP IT tools efficiently and effectively.
Tenacious attention to detail and a drive for extreme accuracy is essential.
Concern for and adherence to high standards.
Sound organisational skills required with initiative and thoroughnes.
Multitasking ability is critical.
Good oral and written communication.
Independent, highly motivated.
Analytical thinker driven by results and ability to use rational perusasion with a conern for high standards
Possess interpersonal awareness and excellent interpersonal skills.
Comfortable working holidays or out of hours when required.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and perform tasks requiring repetitive use of hands.
The employee must occasionally walk, stand and travel by car, airplane or other means.
Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
Employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.
Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make discriminations in sound.

Nice To Haves

Previous related experience preferred in Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Site Logistics, Supply Chain, and Logistics

Responsibilities

Manage the entire unit Planning including Terminals - Manage the balance of the products on the unit originating across the sites to optimize margin and minimize total cost (production cost and cost to serve)
Coordinate and challenge production and sales forecasts in order to provide latest view update to the business. Focus on Short and Mid Term S&OP activities and owns the planning process for his/her units.
Manage the supply/demand balance by liaising with the manufacturing sites (planning & engineers), business manager, product manager, sales managers and customer service group to ensure continued product availability for external customers and maximize plant output across all sites.
Optimize overall performance of the production sites by continuous monitoring, allocating, optimizing orders and transport means to the sites.
Seek, propose and implement creative solutions to overcome short term supply interruptions (FM, rail strikes, production interruptions, etc...) as a result of external factors/plant shutdowns.
Manage operational variances in the months versus supply/sales forecast and continuously ensures the supply/demand balance is up to date which is used as the basis for the 4 months financial outlook by the business management.
Work with and challenge the sales team to ensure sales forecast match sales and business targets.
Control and monitor sales allocations when production falls short.
Support the product and business manager in identifying and executing co-producer contract/swap deal opportunities.
Organize and plan shutdown cover in order to ensure continuation of supply bearing in mind minimal distribution costs via optimal supply.
Issue a monthly and yearly raw material requirement plan.
Steer raw material procurement in ensuring the correct amount of raw materials in made available.
Lead the weekly meeting with the sites and report to business.
Work with the Business Manager to implement new products.
Ensure effective usage of the logistics fleet – where applicable.
Identify and support continuous improvement initiative linked to Planning such as on-site logistics improvements.
Cover for the other Product Planners.
Schedule and enter Transfer Orders into SAP, manage replenishment of inventories such that terminals - barring a Force Majeure event - never stock-out.
Handover to Customer Service for order fulfillment.
Track and record actual v. planned order dates.
Manage terminal stock balance process during month-end close.
Ensure all variances are addressed and cleared.
Closely coordinate with the Rail Specialist regarding rail car availability and allocation.
Manage day to day terminal activities.
Ensure SAP is being utilized, PGIs are done in at timely manner and issues are resolved in a timely manner.
Receive pipeline raw materials into SAP
Receive miscellaneous items such as sample requests or ad hoc services
Review and approve invoices for material received or services performed
Assist/implement improvement projects for Supply Chain.