Job Description

Objectives

• Regional role as key representative from a leading business unit in ensuring the efficient and smooth operations of finished goods & raw material planning (Compounding Plant), inventory management and purchasing for compounding plants in Asia Pacific.
• Frequent interaction and collaboration with global counterparts i.e., HK, Europe, US as well as other regions and business units to assure effective operations throughout the supply chain.
• Strengthen and support Regional Business Unit to achieve Supply Chain performance KPIs and manage supply chain process in the areas of planning, sourcing, production, and delivering at the most efficient way.

Responsibilities

1. Master Production Planning for plant

• Tally overall and Compounding plants beginning inventory.
• Collect consumption figures from plants. Plan replenishment.
• Review Advance Planning Optimizer (APO) demand forecast and make clarification with sales.
• Collect, aggregate, and prioritize demand requirement from ASEAN customers and plants.
• Make production plan according to demand, Plant production capacities and inventory level on monthly basis according to predefined planning calendar.
• Provide 6 months rolling forecast to Plant & Procurement and Compounding plant.
• Coordinate with production plant planner on production schedule to meet customers\' requirements.
• Manage finished goods and raw material supply constraint.
• Monitor vessel schedules for plants, adjust production schedule or outsource whenever necessary.
• Make weekly distribution plan for 3rd party sales & own compounding plants.
• Monitor production/product availability and alert supply chain/marketing/sales in case of shortages/bottlenecks.
• Attend to customer\'s enquiries on the material availability check.
• Perform yearly Operational planning.
• Customs and Foreign Trade topics, reconciliation the export figure with export team

2. Data Collection & Planning

• Prepare collection plan base on production campaign and allocation.
• Liaise with Global Business Services / Order Management to create PO according to collection plan.
• Liaise with Logistics Team for collection & delivery.
• Perform Good Receipt for bulk export.
• Monitor Good Receipt by Logistics Team, tally actual production volume & ensure collection completed.
• Handle Non-Conformance Management (NCM), if any.

3. Order Management

• Key raw material - Plan replenishment and create Purchase order for Compounding plants.
• Other Raw Materials (Internal sourcing) - Create Purchase order for Compounding plants.
• For relocations - Create Relocation orders for Compounding plants.
• Support Campus on sourcing their material requirement for production trials.
• Monitor shipment and follow up missing documents, if any.
• Coordinate with Global/Regional suppliers & service providers to ensure the requirement is met.
• Liaise with local logistics team for urgent shipments and actual arrivals of cargo for immediate customs clearance; coordinate the change of destination if necessary.
• Handle NCM, if any.

4. Raw Material Forecast (Internal & external)

• Collect intercompany raw material forecast from each plant.
• Consolidate, review and submit 6 months rolling raw material forecast to supplier.
• Balance offtake against contract volume & operational planning figures for key raw material.
• Coordinate with plants on adjustment where necessary.
• Support yearly Operational planning.

5. Inventory management

• Initiate and coordinate raw material relocations between Asia Pacific plants to reduce aging or excessive stocks.
• During shortage / supply constraint, maintain inventory balance sheet for an overview on Business Unit inventory level.
• Perform allocation to mitigate shortage.
• Identify supply gaps, work with Product Management (PM) & Technical Product Management (TPM) to mitigate shortage (qualify alternative, airfreight) where possible.

6. Return/NCM Management

• Act as coordinator between plants & suppliers on product quality or logistics complaints.
• Manage return process and settlement due to NCM.

7. Key raw material with toller

• Maintained inventory balance sheet of plants.
• Plan replenishment volume & submit forecast.
• Prioritize raw material allocation among plants.
• Work with PM, TPM & plant planners to switch volumes to other sources.

8. Others

• Prepare slides and participate in monthly Supply review and Pre-Sales & Operations meeting.
• Backup for internal team when required.

Requirements

• Diploma or bachelor\'s degree in supply chain & logistics management
• Minimum 3 years\' experience in Supply Chain Management preferably from chemical or pharmaceutical industry
• Experience in SAP Material Master/MM & SD Module, and international trading is preferred.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Power BI is an added advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management and comfortable to work in a matrix organization.

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Singapore, 01, SG

BASF South East Asia Pte. Ltd.

Logistics & Supply Chain Management

Permanent

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