Overview The Finished Goods Supply Planner is responsible for the end-to-end finished goods supply plan for assigned manufacturing facilities, ensuring target service levels are achieved while balancing capacity, inventory, and waste risks. The role translates the rough-cut capacity plan provided by the network modeling team into a detailed, daily supply plan within the 0–16 week planning horizon, including the creation of distribution plans and support for operational planning and exception management. This role requires flexibility, adaptability, and a continuous improvement mindset, as processes are first stabilized and subsequently enhanced across strategy cycles. Responsibilities Supply & Production Planning Create and maintain optimized, cross-site finished goods production plans that are schedulable and aligned with target inventory levels to meet BU service requirements. Develop constrained capacity production plans within the defined planning horizon. Review and validate detailed line scheduling plans to ensure feasibility and alignment with supply plans. Inventory & Waste Management Manage inventory projections and identify risks related to excess, shortages, and business waste in collaboration with market teams. Monitor and proactively manage inventory and waste exposure to support service and cost objectives. Integrated Planning & Performance Management Prepare and execute the Supply Review for the assigned Platform/Hub as part of the monthly iS&OP cycle. Monitor key service KPIs and identify worst-performing SKUs or flows in collaboration with the Integrated Planning Lead and senior stakeholders. Perform root cause analysis for service or supply performance issues and support the definition and execution of corrective action plans. Stakeholder Integration & Communication Act as the key integration point between Market teams and GBS, ensuring alignment and effective information flow. Clearly communicate supply plan changes and impacts to scheduling teams through established governance and communication channels. Change, Innovation & NPD Support Enable product supply for the commercial change agenda, including promotions, portfolio changes, and strategic initiatives. Support NPD launches and phase-in/phase-out activities by ensuring supply planning systems and master data are set up in advance. Ensure timely communication of changes to all relevant operational and planning teams. Qualifications Experience • 2 – 3 years in associated function Qualifications: • MBA Operations/Supply Chain/Logistics / Engineering (preferred) • Any relevant industry specific Certifications/Memberships (desirable) • Very experienced in Supply Planning (incl. inventory mgmt.) • Proficiency in product category planning - FMCG background preferred Abilities: • Experience of planning in supply planning tools – preferrably JDA-BY • Strong Analytical skills • Masters planning methodologies, optimization etc • Very good collaboration skills and ability to interact with multi-cultural teams spread across geographies • Experience in ERP (SAP) usage is a must • Excellent numeric abilities; • Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel