Supply Network Replenishment Planner

at  ColgatePalmolive

WHO WE ARE

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
We are recognised for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.
If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business or a related field.
• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain a plus if it is in logistics, planning or inventory management.
• Strong experience in Excel.
• Advanced English level.
• Desirable experience in data management and analysis.
• Desirable experience working with SAP - APO.
• Desirable experience in Scripting.

• Manage inventory shortage communication – Communicates all pertinent inventory availability issues to the commercial organization and Supply Chain. Acts as a contact point between the commercial organization and Supply Chain.
• Execution of DC target stock level strategy – Validates synchronization between R3 and SNP ensuring data integrity to drive accurate calculation of Safety Stocks and able to Promise Logic in APO.
• Network Balancing – analytical skills and functional knowledge to identify, resolve and prevent unplanned inventory deployment exceptions such as, but not limited to, production shortages, necessary stock redistribution, forecast changes/fluctuations, and transportation interruptions, direct shipments from central warehouses to large wholesalers.
• Meet budgetary goals – meet or exceed targets including truck load weight, unplanned warehouse to warehouse movements as well as other FTG savings. Incorporates and executes “Best Practice” replenishment processes to contribute to maximizing customer service, minimizing cost and optimizing inventory.
• Exception Management - Conducts weekly “Root Cause” analysis and identifies corrective actions that may be taken to avoid unnecessary future cuts.