Supply Planning Lead

Valvoline Global Operations
Arlington, VA
Category Operations
Job Description
Valvoline Global Operations is seeking a Supply Planning Lead to manage the production of final products and ensure the availability of final products to meet sales demand. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of relevant Supply Chain Planning experience and a proven track record of leading and driving operational improvement.

Requirements

  • Lead and mentor the supply planning team
  • Monitor team performance and provide regular feedback for professional development
  • Implement strategies to optimize supply chain processes and reduce costs
  • Serve as a liaison between departments to resolve issues and enhance collaboration
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and supply reliability
  • Analyze sales forecasts and work with sales to validate and improve the accuracy of the forecast
  • Make long term and short-term supply plans and make yearly and monthly production plans and make weekly production schedules
  • Drive improvements in the supply process by adapting it to fit the business model in KSA
  • Ensure the capability of suppliers to meet the production plans and ensure business continuity related to materials supply
  • Monitor the cost of prices of finished goods & materials making sure not exceeding the budgeted prices
  • Establish controls for all working capital of raw materials and finished goods
  • Define MTS and MTO SKUs & determine the stock level of finished products to meet sales demand and minimize slow and nonmoving items
  • Work with materials planning suppliers to maintain the required materials for the production
  • Monitor and improve the utilization of available resources
  • Evaluate the performance of the toller and issue production orders
  • Post all the transactions of production in SAP and provide finance with the Production POs and GRN to process the invoices of the toller
  • Work with Finance and do the weekly production settlement and solve all the issues
  • Work with Procurement on all the matters related to the contract with the toller & raw material vendors
  • Work with Quality to solve the quality issues related to finished goods, raw materials and packaging materials
  • Do the monthly, quarterly, yearly stock counts and make sure no variances between the system and physical quantities

Benefits

  • Paid Time Off
  • 401k Matching
  • Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement
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