Key Responsibilities
1. Planning & Raw Materials Management
* Ensure adequate stock coverage by monitoring inventory levels, supplier lead times, and shelf-life constraints.
* Support pilot batches and new product launch planning (Pilots/Launch Plan).
* Actively participate in operations and project meetings.
* Ensure accurate stock data in SAP and Abacus and manage corrections (including IDOC adjustments).
* Upload and manage legal documentation required for import/export of raw materials.
2. Bulk tactical planning
* Review FG demand in SAP and identify risks where forecasts do not convert into purchase orders.
* Create and maintain Bulk Net Demand Forecasts (NDFs), ensuring accuracy of demand, inventory, and production data.
* Ensure bulk inventory alignment between SAP and Abacus until RM project go-live.
* Share bulk forecasts with Raw Material Planning and Finance to ensure visibility and alignment.
* Create bulk purchase orders in SAP, including correct vessel sizing and scrap rate assumptions.
* Post goods receipts in SAP and perform manual corrections when required.
* Execute month-end financial reconciliation, ensuring alignment between bulk POs and Abacus sales orders.
* Maintain formula master data and BOMs in SAP, including change management for revised formulas.
* Monitor scrap rates in bulk production and track long-term forecast trends, escalating key risks proactively
3. Purchase Process & Order Follow-Up
* Create Purchase Orders (POs).
* Monitor supplier delivery commitments and update delivery dates in SAP.
* Maintain accurate pricing in cooperation with Procurement.
4 Abacus SAP Master Management
* Responsible to Maintain Master Updated on SAP and Abacus. (descriptions, dates, shelf life, and MOQ)
Qualifications
* Experience in Supply Chain, Materials Planning, or Purchasing, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
* Strong experience with SAP (MM module preferred).
* Excellent organizational and communication skills.
* Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
* Detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability