Supply Planner - MYSG
Reckitt
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- Supply Planner - MYSG
- City: Kuala Lumpur
- We are Reckitt
- Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
- Supply Chain
- Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen. If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships. Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.
- About the role
The Supply Planner manages the end-to-end planning, material scheduling, and production execution of promotional and customized product lines. This includes seasonal gift sets, multi-packs, and always on bundling. Operating in a high-velocity FMCG environment, to bridge the gap between Commercial Marketing, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Third-Party Logistics (3PL) co-packers to ensure on-time delivery for retail launches while minimizing inventory write-offs.
Your responsibilities
Promotional & Co-Packing Execution
- Master Production Scheduling: Design and maintain rigid co-packing schedules to meet highly strict retail launch dates and promotional windows.
- Capacity Management: Evaluate 3PL co-packer capacities against commercial demand to identify bottlenecks and negotiate production slots.
- Component Synchronization: Coordinate the simultaneous arrival of base products (e.g., standard stock) and unique promotional packaging (e.g., corrugate displays, shrink sleeves, ribbons).
Material & Inventory Optimization
- MRP Management: Run Material Requirements Planning (MRP) for all unique packaging, labels, and promotional materials, and purchase based on desired inventory level requirements.
- Disposal & Excess Mitigation: Track and manage the short life-cycle risk of promotional inventory to minimize obsolete stock and write-off costs post-campaign.
- Stock Balancing: Reconcile stock levels weekly between the company's internal ERP system and the 3PL co-packer’s Warehouse Management System (WMS).
Cost Management
- Quotation: Supporting commercial marketing on recommended embellishment processes and quotation.
- Co-packer Invoicing: Monthly review and validate on co-packers invoicing, raise concerns for justification and rejection if outside the quotation / budget unjustified.
- Periodical Assessment: Monthly cost tracking against business budget, and quarterly cost projection on annual expenditure.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Commercial Alignment: Partner with Brand Managers and Trade Marketing during the Stage-Gate / Innovation process to evaluate the operational feasibility and lead times of new promotional concepts.
- S&OP Contribution: Provide crucial visibility on promotional stock readiness during Supply Review meeting and daily outlook.
- Finance Reconciliation: Monthly reconciliation with finance team on expenditure.
- The experience we're looking for
- • University degree related to the field of Supply Chain or Engineering
- • 2+ years in production planning, material planning, or co-pack operations within a fast-paced FMCG or consumer goods environment. Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
- • Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP PP/MM module and Kinaxis preferred) and advanced MS Excel capabilities (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, data modeling).
- • Customer centric and with strong customer service mindset
- • Highly analytical and fact-based decision making
- • Able to work independently, think logically, challenge status quo, and consistently seek to improve current way of working to seek productivity
- • Exceptional agility to handle sudden demand spikes, strong negotiation skills with external vendors, and a high attention to detail.
- • Team working ability
- • High levels of motivation to get the job done
- • Good interpersonal skills and strong command of both written and spoken English.
- What we offer
- With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
- Equality
- We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applican