Manager - Sales & Operations Planning

**Company Overview**

**Leading Growth Through Innovation**

As the World's No.1 Nitrile Glove manufacturer, Hartalega is currently in the process of recruiting a diverse pool of talented people, across various specialisations and backgrounds. You will enjoy exceptional benefits and incentives, as well as a well-defined path for career success.

Hartalega is made up of a tight-knit, passionate and highly-skilled set of individuals. From our top executives, to our line technicians; we are all proud to be part of an elite group responsible for revolutionising the glove-making industry.

**OVERVIEW**
- Drives organisational alignment on the sales and operations plan through S&OP
- Ensures that an optimal demand and supply balance is achieved that meets service levels in the most profitable manner

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Assigns and prioritises supply chain service levels to market/customer segments with Sales/Commercial
- Supports the Demand Planning Manager in the creation of the statistical forecast and ultimate approved demand plan
- Supports the Supply Planning Managers in the creation of the rough-cut capacity plan and ultimate approved supply plan including facilitating the Supply Review Meeting
- Serves as the escalation point for issues that arise in the demand and supply planning processes
- Supports the Supply Planning and Warehouse team in the inventory strategy review and the generation of the inventory plan
- Ensures the proper cascading of the S&OP Plan to all relevant parties post the Executive S&OP meeting
- Prepare monthly Actual Sales and Forecast Report for Chairman
- Prepare the monthly Pre-S&OP and Executive S&OP meetings
- Accountable for weekly S&OE and ensure escalations from S&OE meetings are taken care of
- Any other duties or tasks as assigned by superior

**REQUIREMENTS**

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline

**Work Experience**:

- Minimum 8 years relevant working experience in planning functions, preferably in a manufacturing environment (high volume process)

**Technical and Professional Knowledge**:

- Functional experience in Demand, Supply and Inventory planning
- Business and financial acumen
- Knowledge of manufacturing process and target markets
- A strong work ethic, organization skills, and people skills are required
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment is needed
- Excellent leadership skills are required with a demonstrated ability to achieve results through motivating and developing others
- Ability to influence and gain commitment at all levels of the organization

**Certification / License Requirement**:

- N/A

**General**
- Hartalega’s country-specific strategic imperatives (vision, mission, values, strategic priorities, operational plans)
- Country regulatory environments, governing bodies and industry compliance requirements
- Degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

**Business / Operations**
- Supply chain processes and management including the cycle time required to complete end-to-end process
- Tabulation of raw materials requirements and consumptions in manufacturing and resource planning
- Continuous improvement methods (e.g. Process mapping, 5S and Kaizen)
- Analytical techniques to understand and analyze solutions critically
- Manufacturing processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

**People / Stakeholder Management**
- Employee engagement, development, succession planning and performance management

**General**
- Min 3 years’ experience in supply chain management preferably in manufacturing industry

**Business / Operations**
- Driving organisational alignment on the sales and operations plan through S&OP
- Ensuring that an optimal demand and supply balance is achieved that meets service levels in the most profitable manner
- Assigning and prioritising supply chain service levels to market/customer segments with Sales/Commercial
- Ensuring that an optimal demand and supply balance is achieved that meets service levels in the most profitable manner
- Ensuring inventory levels are planned to adhere to target levels while being used to balance supply and demand.
- Supporting the Demand Planning Manager in the creation of the statistical forecast and ultimate approved demand plan
- Accountable for weekly S&OE and ensure escalations from S&OE meetings are taken care of
- Recommending process improvements to enhance capacity optimization
- Developing and sustaining internal/external stakeholders’ relationships to manage expectations

**People / Stakeholder Management**
- Building cooperative interdepartmental working relationships
- Navigating and influencing multiple stakeholders within the organization to achieve results
- Leading and coaching a team of executives and non-executives in a medium to large-scale manufacturing organization for a minimum of 2 years

**General**
- Strict compliance with organization processes and systems and regul