Operational Business Planner

Job description

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. Our success as a company relies on the engagement of our employees. We encourage our employees to develop their strengths, and we recognize their achievements. For you, this means a wide variety of job roles, and exciting opportunities for learning and career development.

Description

Demand & Distribution Planning

·  Validate and challenge 24 months sales forecasting plan with country sales & marketing team in collaboration with financial business planner.
·  Provide final validated sales plan to financial business planner for uploading into MAP / APO system.
·  Prepare required material for demand review (DR) meeting.
·  Facilitate monthly demand review process with sales and marketing team.
·  Identify and review opportunities and potential risks to sales plan on monthly basis including likelihood and decision time.
·  Drive improvement measures on Forecast Accuracy KPI in collaboration with sales & marketing team.
·  Communicate any sudden demand changes to the relevant regional supply planning teams without delay.
·  Act as local DP BAM (Check and update required APO steering tables).
·  Collaborate with GSO (BASF Logistic team) on issues related to physical distribution / transportation of material.
·  Support Business planning manager to monitor and report local non-conformances issues in line with the process established by region.
·  Closely liaise with regional supply planning team to monitor delivery plan & ensure customer requests are met.
·  Provide regular and up to date feedback to Customer service Operator (CSO) on delivery schedule.
·  Maintain/request new product article master data to GMDT (MatForm).

Local Inventory Management

·  Provide & execute specific action plan to reduce dysfunctional stock (aging, no & slow mover).
·  Proactively identify suitable action in collaboration with sales & marketing team to reduce excess inventory (local & pre-local allocated based on forecast).
·  Strictly follow the BASF inventory guideline process for inventory write-off and stock taking procedures.
·  Proactively highlight critical issues that would require regional supply planning team support / guidance.

Commercial Support

·  Sales tracking: Provide actual sales data to related sales team.  
·  Distributor stock report: Compile & Analyze distributor stock.

Sample Management

·  Support Local, Regional, and Global sample request on timely manner.
·  Arrange sample shipment.