Pepperl+Fuchs Asia Pte Ltd – Supply Chain Planner

Pepperl+Fuchs is one of the leading companies in the development and manufacture of electronic sensors and components for the global automation market.

We supply our products and solutions to a wide range of different industrial sectors, including mechanical and systems engineering, the automotive sector, packaging technology, the chemicals industry, the oil and gas industry, and the pharmaceuticals sector. 

Supply Chain Planner (1 Year Contract Role)

Job Purpose

The supply chain planner must have the ability to plan the upstream and downstream network in a short-term and long-term schedule and capacity planning to deliver subassemblies and finished goods on time, in the right quantity, and in the most cost-effective way for the company, while ensuring inventory efficiency.

Major Accountabilities

• Ensure process adherence and use of best practices by executing the documented operational procedures
• Planning of manufacturing and distribution orders with advanced planning system / ERP system in consideration of the upstream and downstream requirements
• Fine schedule planning and optimization of the supply plan considering short-term and long-term upcoming problems and prioritization of bottlenecks to provide detailed and executable production plan
• Tracking of schedule realization by production and support for counter measures in case of delays
• Determination of delivery options for customer project requests including effects on current supply plan in case of prioritization
• Revise and execute maintenance of essential planning parameters in the ERP / other planning system
• Confirmation of new orders towards sales / distribution center interfaces
• Prepare and report planning relevant KPI’s – SFM participation incl. escalation (handling of escalation cases, etc.)
• Plan, control, scrap and replenish subassembly and finished goods inventory
• Pro-actively manage risks and breakdowns [BT1] (focus on managing impact on availability…) in the supply chain and propose action plans to avoid delivery problems
• Responsible to investigate and report on process and technology exceptions to drive towards efficiency and effectiveness, as part of the continuous improvement process.
• Conduct and drive the capacity request meeting with respective total production unit (TPU) and responsible for capacity request, aligned with the overall S&OP process.
• Maintain proactive communications with Supply Chain interfaces to ensure minimal impact to our stakeholders and customers
• Participate and contribute [BT2] actively in the S&OP and S&OE process for their respective portfolio.
• Understand production concept and product knowledge to make the right decision for planning.
• Execute engineering changes with support from TPU, R&D and material operations[BT3]
• Responsible to plan and ensure availability of P+F internal sub-assembly for pilot run, prototype, evaluation, first order quantity.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Engineering Management, Supply Chain Management or related.
• Fresh graduate / young professional with up to 2-5 years of work experience in manufacturing environment, like production planning, procurement, disposition or logistics.
• Good proficiency in common tools and methods of supply chain.
• Follow guidelines, procedures, standards in the entire supply chain process
• Control automated / standard processes and execute special exceptional processes
• Good communication and interpersonal skills (in same cultural background)
• Customer oriented thinking and business understanding
• Structured thinking, basic technical understanding of production processes
• Basic ERP / APS system knowledge
• S&OP process experience[BT4]
• Process oriented, conceptual thinking
• Economical thinking
• Basic analytical, mathematical, statistical & root cause analysis skills
• Logical skills to understand production planning processes in order to take the right measures
• Ability to work under pressure