About AkzoNobelSince 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

* Delivers the expected performance of Outbound supplies aligned with the agreed SLAs.
High-level understanding of the trade-offs between service, inventory and costs.
Coordinate with demand & planning team to ensure customer expectations to achieve targeted OTIF.
Ensure good communication and integration with other planning teams, manufacturing, logistics, customer care and other stakeholders. Drive MDI meeting & gate keeping meetings with other departments and support with providing relevant KPI’s to measure performance.
Manage Freight forwarders & customs process to ensure timely delivery and achieving targeted cost KPI’.
Unsure coordination with freight forwarders, customs brokers, coordination with relevant stakeholders to meet targeted expectations.
Well understanding of customs’ process & Exportation.
Maintain all records and validate monthly invoices.
Monitor & report Outbound KPI.
Manage activities related to distribution planning to secure demand (fcst and orders) in line with the required customer service offer (in reliability, lead-time, MOQ and mode of transport). Ensure availability in line with MRP parameters, replenishment strategy and production/ supplier capabilities
Ensure consolidation of independent, dependent and distribution demand at SKU level.
Requirements inventory setting and DRP process management. Resolve exceptions in accordance with IBP rules.
Distribution plan full horizon/ weekly/ daily release for Stock Transfer Orders / ICDs depending on the flows.
Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
Inventory plan volume and value projection and warehouse/ logistics capacity planning.
Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required planning activities (SLOBs, Inventories and Service across scope site / supply points), reviews logistics schedule adherence and drive improvement including optimization of truck load management.

Responsibilities

* HSE

 Comply with Akzo site HSE policy and LSR rules.

 Familiarity with Site Emergency procedures

 Promote self and team on reporting of HSE concerns (Hazard reporting & closing)

 Participate in incident/accident investigation

Task Execution

 Establish a clear mode of communication with the internal/ external stakeholders to meet SLA expectations

 Manage and align with 3rd party service provider and their team to ensure timely delivery and achieving target cost KPI’s.

 Manage the supply and replenishments across the whole supply network.

 Ensure consolidation of independent, dependent and distribution demand at SKU level.

 Requirements inventory setting and DRP process management. Resolve exceptions in accordance with IBP rules.

 Distribution plan full horizon/ weekly/ daily release for Stock Transfer Orders / ICDs depending on the flows.

 Inventory plan volume and value projection and warehouse/ logistics capacity planning.

 Reviews logistics schedule adherence and drive improvement including optimization of truck load management.

 Ensure all deliveries are timely executed to achieve target OTIF.

 Process documentation for outbound shipments as per the agreed SOPs.

 All export documents are to be aligned with local legislation.

 Maintain monthly records of all outbound shipments with costs through report generated by SAP

 Drive gate keeping meetings with the other departments and support with providing relevant KPI’s to measure performance.

 Provide impact analysis when needed to show the impact of decisions or scenarios to the plan. Support on reporting where necessary.

 Monitor FINI distributed to DCs as contact point to resolve over/under stock position. Execute and support allocation of constraint supply to demand/ create needed visibility through network.

 Good understanding of production and distribution throughput times. Ensure replenishment policies are defined and maintained for all SKUs, considering, shipment restrictions, shipment calendar, etc… including inventory stocking policies, safety stock levels on ERP system.

 Manage reduction and prevention of slow and obsolete stock. Ensure rework and scrapping at the primary and/or secondary DC’s

 Support projects and process improvement to enhance performance and efficiency of the required planning activities.

 Inputs to inventory strategy on existing, new and phase-out products.

 Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.

Policy Compliance

Abide by Akzo Nobel values, Code of Conduct, departmental SOP’s, ISO procedures.

Job Requirements

* A minimum of 2 years of experience in logistics, supply planning areas.
Bachelor’s degree Minimum.
Effective communication in English, including writing, speaking and Interpersonal communication.
Basic skills in MS office
Basic experience of an ERP system and the potential to be trained, preferred with Experience in SAP
Should also possess analytical, time management and customer care skills

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.