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Date: 16 Apr 2024

Location: Shanghai, CN

Company: AkzoNobel

We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. 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 have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering paints company that’s committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com.

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Job Purpose

Responsible for the planning of raw materials and packaging materials, ensuring that the production plan can be executed. Through close contact with procurement and suppliers, you ensure a solid supplier relationship and performance.

As an interface to manage slow moving and obsolete (SLOB) for site level.

Key Accountabilities

  1. Review/ update material planning and manage material availability: planning raw & packaging materials, ensuring that the production plan can be executed. 
  2. Creation of purchase orders and information production planning on timelines. 
  3. Inputs and maintains inventory stocking policies, including safety stock settings on raw & pack materials for existing, new, and phase-out products.
  4. Ensure master data correctness & proper housekeeping of transactional data.
  5. Support projects and process improvement to enhance the performance and efficiency of the required material planning activities.
  6. Needs coaching and support to operate from other planners and can manage low complexity planning processes.
  7. Leading the site to analysis slow moving and obsolete stock (SLOB) and deplete plan implementation.

 

Key Activities

Experience

  • At least 5-year experience in Supply Planning in FMCG, Paint/Coating or Chemicals
  • Expert on Supply Planning in SAP and BI
  • Expert on International biz modelling together import and export procedures.
  • Experience on coordinating teams and managing stakeholders.
  • Focused on results. Good problem-solving skills, able to identify and structure issues, run accurate analyses, and synthesize recommendations.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, flexibility and able to work under-pressure.
  • Be able to work in English.

Competencies

Accepting Direction
Accepting Responsibility
Acquiring Information

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.

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