Description
Join our Supply Team as a Distribution Requirements Planner's (DRP) Leader. You will lead a team of DRP located across APAC, enabling smooth DRP operations and delivering service, cash, cost, SLOB, and capability.
You will be responsible for:
- Coaching, mentoring, and developing the supply planning team
- Ensuring Supply Planning systems and processes are aligned to global supply planning standards
- Delivering an optimal supply network plan to meet customer service OTIFNE targets and driving Diageo inventory performance to the level of top 3 CPG companies
- Owning appropriate inventory policies in partnership with markets to deliver upon agreed business targets
- Representing Supply in leading S&OP process, balancing demand and supply signals whilst ensuring strategy and annual targets can be delivered
- Leading and embedding continuous improvement agenda across wider supply planning team enabling effective delivery of performance improvement plans prioritised by business targets
- Tracking progress of performance improvement plans and course correcting to consistently ensure projected benefits are achieved
- Addressing any supply disruption or conflict situation through consensus solution or recommendation for escalation
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- 5 years + Supply Chain planning experience in CPG (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, SMR, Logistics)
- Exceptional systems experience within supply chain optimisation platforms (ERP / master data, time-phased replenishment planning systems, SAP, APO, OMP)
- Detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain operational processes e.g. DRP, MPS, inventory, conversion, logistics, and customer service
- Exceptional influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and manage tension in demand/supply and S&OP conversations
- Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written, and presentation
- Customer-centric mindset
- Numerate with statistical and analytical skills and attention to detail
- High degree of quantitative and analytical skills
- Proficient in MS applications e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access