Australia
• SAP: APO and ECC knowledge and experience. • Ensured inventory levels were maintained to support supply programs. - Managed production capacity, scheduling and sourcing, to ensure forecast requirements are met. • Ensured New Product Innovation stock available within agreed time frames to meet demand forecasts. • Provided updates with tollers to ensure production schedules and requirements were met. • Ensured all material shortages that impacted supply plans were managed across stakeholders. • Ensured production requirements were delivered, to allow logistics placement with customers cross country. • Worked with Syngenta’s Global and Regional Planning community, to identify and develop improvements within (a) the planning function, and (b) SAP, that would lead to improved system integrity, improved planning accuracy, and lower overall inventory holdings. • Participated and contributed to S&OP deliverables, ensuring business strategies were delivered in line with business targets. • Worked to stabilize the production planning program during multiple planning upheavals with tollers. • Worked to build a strong network of stakeholders across Global and Regional Planning, as well as strengthening local relationships with Portfolio Crop Leads.
• Coordinated & executed the import and receipt of all inventories for Australia and New Zealand. • Coordinated & executed the export of inventory as per planned requirements from Australia. • Wrote and coordinated the documentation of all import and export shipping requirements. • Primary liaison for all incoming shipping inquiries and documentation, from warehouses / shipping agents / AU and NZ customs. • Liaised and reported any delays or trans-shipment issues. • Reported damaged stocks of raw materials, intermediates, AI, and Fill & Pack end items, wherever these were received into the warehouse system, to both Quality Manager and Inventory Controller. • Conducted monthly analysis and reporting on key performance measurements by Shipping Agents. • Reported monthly projection and variances of imported / exported product volumes & shipping costs to Logistics Manager. • Liaised with Production / Material Planners, to work towards timely (in accordance with forecast) product availability. • Contributed to the integrity of static data maintained in SAP, which was relevant to the Planning process. • Invoice Analysis and coding for all imports / exports.
• SAP: APO and ECC knowledge and experience. • FG production planner and scheduler for Glass, Cans, Bag In Box (Postmix), and PET Water (approx. 200 SKUs in total). • Also covered PET soft drink (approx.150 SKUs) planning/scheduling when other planner was away. • Weekly capacity leveling and analysis on a long term overview • Reviewing and requesting production line shift adjustments as/when required, providing 4 weeks’ notice of change. • Ensuring MasterData of my 4 production lines were up to date: - line start-up / changeover / cleaning - line speed (production output) - variables dependent on flavor, packaging type, product siz • Ordering raw material packaging JIT (24 - 48hrs) for production. • Meeting raw material ordering and FG planning/scheduling requirements (inclusive of time required for QC checks for both) in time for trials and launches of new products and promos. • Balancing inventory requirements and current stock holdings, across multiple sites throughout the country, according to… - Demand forecasting - Purchasing - Late notice promos - New product development - Maintenance / shutdown requirements • 24/7 on call for all scheduling/raw material queries/issues. • Payment processing of RM supplier invoices • Chaired all daily (30mins) and weekly (1hr – managers only) production meetings.